{"product_id":"a-quagmire-in-the-pine-barrens-handmade-chapbook-edition-2nd-edition","title":"A QUAGMIRE IN THE PINE BARRENS - HANDMADE CHAPBOOK EDITION 2ND EDITION","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Quagmire In The Pine Barrens.  Handmade chapbook short story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA local farmer and amateur wildflower photographer snaps the last picture he might ever take…one he thinks is of some monster that lives in the Pine Barrens.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eTall tales and superstition tell the story of what lurks in the woods.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA monster, the Jersey Devil or perhaps Ol’ Scratch himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the true fashion of such stories as Washington Irving’s The Devil and Tom Walker and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown, when faith and superstition provoked the lives of everyday people, here is a modern yarn coursing with the same fearful blood.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eBased not on the fear of faith and religion but of a more sinister force driven by greed, power and the anthropocentric ideologies that take the wilderness for granted.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhen the last tree is cut down what will be left of us?\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWould you sell the last plot of wilderness for a quick buck?\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhat is your price…the devil wants to know.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLetterpress cover on brown linen weave 80lb cover stock. Digital printed interior pages on sage fleck 60lb paper.  Hand bound with hemp cord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis chapbook was written and hand bound by Mathew Sabatino (founder of Barnaby Black) in Sayville, NY.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst Printing limited to 50 copies.  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSigned and numbered.  March 2023.  5.5 x 8.5 | 48 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor local interest this book is available at Tiny Racoon Books in Sayville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNote: These are individually printed by hand in small batches, no two covers will be exactly alike.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnaby Black - Wilderness Fragrance Distillery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41771564630119,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0100\/8792\/files\/Screenshot2026-04-01at9.17.09AM.png?v=1775049566","url":"https:\/\/barnabyblack.com\/products\/a-quagmire-in-the-pine-barrens-handmade-chapbook-edition-2nd-edition","provider":"Barnaby Black - Wilderness Fragrance Distillery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}