{"name":"The Witch and Other Tales of the American Gothic","short_name":"The Witch and Other Tales of the American Gothic","theme_color":"#ffffff","start_url":"/","display":"standalone","background_color":"#fff","description":"An accused witch is banished from her home in Portland, Maine. A young socialite in New Orleans dabbles in magic to get rid of a rival. An acrobat in a traveling circus learns her greatest enemy lives in the mirror. An Irish immigrant may have brought malevolent faeries with her to the New World. A lumberjack in the Pacific Northwest suspects a monster lurks behind the enormous trees. A Colorado gold miner finds himself trapped in the bowels of the earth, no matter how many times he tries to dig his way out. A psychiatrist in Chicago suffers from insomnia and loses track of where reality ends and his nightmares begin. \n\nWritten in the literary tradition of gothic horror, The Witch: And Other Tales of the American Gothic is a collection of strange occurrences in 19th century America. These seven stories provide a reflection of the country’s growing pains during a time of transition and an exploration of the secrets that lurk in the shadows of the world we think we know.","icons":[{"src":"https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/7933762/Front_Cover_square2_bgtnsw_300x300.jpg","sizes":"300x300","type":"image/png"}]}