{"id":21087,"date":"2024-10-20T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=21087"},"modified":"2024-10-23T08:29:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T14:29:47","slug":"the-electric-god-and-other-shorts-by-michael-thomas-perone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=21087","title":{"rendered":"The Electric God and Other Shorts by Michael Thomas Perone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tense, dark, and thought-provoking; a gripping exploration of blurred realities and fractured identit<\/strong>ies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his latest collection, Perone plunges readers into disquieting worlds where the lines between reality, identity, and absurdity blur in unexpected ways. The collection opens with \u201cThe Electric God,\u201d in which a small town becomes increasingly obsessed with television, leading to societal decline. \u201cHow to Save a Drowning Butterfly\u201d presents a person facing the fragility of life in a bleak, hostile world. In \u201cPaper Language,\u201d a writer spirals into obsession over a cryptic note, exploring the maddening depths of creative inspiration. “Investigating the Future’s End” is a chilling sci-fi tale that delves into the twisted psyche of a man haunted by a gunshot wound and forced to navigate a fractured and dangerous world. \u201cThe Shovel\u201d centers on an isolated character finding hope in an unlikely bond with an inanimate object, while \u201cSchool Spirit” takes readers through a surreal, darkly humorous high school experience, confronting alienation and identity crises. Perone\u2019s characters grasp for meaning in chaotic worlds. His use of stream-of-consciousness heightens their disorienting journeys, while dark humor provides a balance of levity and gravity. This collection confronts the madness of modern existence with wit and heart, leaving readers unsettled\u2014and hungry for more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date October 14, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wheatmark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN  <\/strong>979-8887472232<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $12.95 (USD)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tense, dark, and thought-provoking; a gripping exploration of blurred realities and fractured identities. In his latest collection, Perone plunges readers into disquieting worlds where the lines between reality, identity, and absurdity blur in unexpected ways. The collection opens with \u201cThe Electric God,\u201d in which a small town becomes increasingly obsessed with television, leading to societal decline. \u201cHow to Save a Drowning Butterfly\u201d presents a person facing the fragility of life in a bleak, hostile world. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":21090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[56739],"tags":[7223,91,2364,3328,723769808,178,1747,1136176,723769804,723769803,91586,723770403,723769805,1473,1008073,856121,309,723770404,349],"class_list":["post-21087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-reviews","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book","tag-book-reviews","tag-bookblogger","tag-books","tag-fiction","tag-indie-books","tag-kindle","tag-kobo","tag-literary-fiction","tag-michael-thomas-perone","tag-nook","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-the-electric-god-and-other-shorts","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/The-Electric-God-cover.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-5u7","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21087"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21131,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21087\/revisions\/21131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}