{"product_id":"exit-zero","title":"Exit Zero","description":"A Best Book of the Year • Boston Globe • Literary Hub • Electric Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Marie-Helene] Bertino blurs the line between writer and magician . . . Dazzling.” ―Molly Young, The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElectric Literature’s Best Short Story Collection of 2025\u003cbr\u003eA Must-Read: The New York Times Book Review, Bustle, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Chicago Review of Books, Our Culture, Literary Hub, Book Riot\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed for the Story Prize\u003cbr\u003eWinner of a PEN\/O. Henry Prize: “Exit Zero”\u003cbr\u003eIncluded in The Best American Short Stories: “Viola in Midwinter”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve delightfully strange, haunting stories from the acclaimed, oracular author of Beautyland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeath-shaped entities―with all of their humor and strangeness― haunt the twelve stories in Exit Zero. Vampires, ghost girls, fathers, blank spaces, day-old peaches, and famous paintings all pierce through their world into ours, reminding us to pay attention! and look alive! and offering many other flashes of wisdom from the oracle and author of Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino.","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47828754759906,"sku":"MTO-MACMILLAN-2026-05-22-8.10-1868","price":30.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/book_367_9EqF_h3W_8960090a-0d30-44c9-83de-4d950bdcbc04.jpg?v=1779821632","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/products\/exit-zero","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}