{"product_id":"floyds-gone-short-stories-by-jacob-a-smith","title":"Floyds Gone - Jacob. A Smith (Pre-order)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“When you have them pixelated, magic occurs. You become the imagination of the technology. Like you’re watching the technology dream.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eA man plans to disappear after his partner becomes pregnant. Films play on loop in a countryside home filled with waste. A violent video appears on an online server where people plot and rate hoaxes. An employee stalks his boss to protect her from a threatening man. Pictures of a burning building are nominated for a major prize. An empty boat returns to shore and the photographer on board has disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThese are some of the unsettling, vivid images that accumulate throughout \u003ci\u003eFloyds Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, Jacob A. Smith’s debut story collection. Inhabiting the uncertain space between images, dreams and reality, Smith’s stories probe the strange data of our mediated lives. Built around moments of arrival, departure, and change, and a recurring name that may refer to more than one man, the stories of \u003ci\u003eFloyds Gone \u003c\/i\u003eare all\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003epowerful screenshots of life lived in a world of multiplying images and vanishing selfhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e£4 from each copy sold goes to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeshare.org.uk\/\" title=\"Lifeshare\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLifeshare\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.map.org.uk\/\" title=\"Medical Aid for Palestinians\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMedical Aid for Palestinians\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eidolon ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57288318943580,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0856\/7848\/9948\/files\/Untitled-4_3.png?v=1776621341","url":"https:\/\/eidolonink.myshopify.com\/products\/floyds-gone-short-stories-by-jacob-a-smith","provider":"eidolon ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}