{"product_id":"real-sugar-is-hard-to-find-stories","title":"Real Sugar is Hard to Find: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kern, Sim\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Interlink Books, 2026-10-20\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kern is a master at creating worlds that feel vast and lived-in with very few words, as well as balancing pathos with wry humor. The result is a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction.\" —Publishers Weekly, starred review\n\nFrom the bestselling author of Genocide Bad and The Free People’s Village comes a collection of genre-bending short stories, charting a course from bleak dystopian nightmares to wildly liberated futures.\n\nWhether on a far-off planet spiraling out of orbit or in an enchanted forest poisoned by pesticides, the characters inhabiting these mirror-worlds face off against environmental collapse and rising fascism with hope, resistance, and enduring human connection.\n\nThrough eleven funny, fast-paced, and closely observed stories, Real Sugar is Hard to Find guides readers from apathy and despair towards radical, revolutionary optimism.\n\nNow with a new afterword by the author, providing a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50494225711273,"sku":"PHBK-9781623715472","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/2659583482766.jpg?v=1790687782","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/real-sugar-is-hard-to-find-stories","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}