{"product_id":"2940152686821","title":"The Three Words Project: Short Stories Inspired by Readers","description":"\u003cp\u003eBanana. Elephantine. Kendama. -- What kind of worlds can be created from just three words?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 2014, I asked the readers of my email newsletter to send me just three words, which I would use to inspire flash fiction pieces I'd write on the spot. The project ended up a lot more popular than I expected, with dozens of word sets coming in both that summer and the following winter. The words ranged from fedora to susurrus, from explosion to widdershins, and I was inspired to write flash fiction stories just as diverse in content. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a time traveler stuck on hold while being chased by a dinosaur, to family inheritance dispute, a magician's quarrel to a private investigator on New Mars, not to mention a haunted bone garden and a Viking coming of age story, these stories run the gamut of time and space in bite-sized pieces. Each comes labeled with the three words that inspired it, both as a tribute to the original reader and as a fun glimpse into the mind of a writer at play.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alex C. Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46462355964145,"sku":"2940152686821","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940152686821_p0.jpg?v=1765861207","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152686821","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}