{"product_id":"bait-off-color-stories-for-you-to-color","title":"Bait: Off-Color Stories For You To Color","description":"\u003ch6\u003eDescription\u003c\/h6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk presents \u003ci\u003eBait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003ehis first ever coloring book for adults.\u003c\/b\u003e Bait is both the coloring book debut and the second short story collection for Palahniuk, author of \u003ci\u003eLullaby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e. The 8.5 x 11 inch hardcover album contains eight bizarre tales, illustrated in detailed black and white by Joëlle Jones (\u003ci\u003eLady Killer\u003c\/i\u003e), Lee Bermejo (\u003ci\u003eThe Suiciders\u003c\/i\u003e), Duncan Fegredo (\u003ci\u003eHellboy\u003c\/i\u003e), and more.  Each story is paired with pieces of colorable original art, nearly 50 in all!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePalahniuk invites readers to collaborate on this unprecedented hardcover edition: \u003cb\u003eMaybe between your colors, the artists' designs, and my stories we can create something that endures. Something worth keeping. Let's create a well-bound book that can sit on any shelf and be available for a new generation to discover and enjoy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePalahniuk's short stories are provocative and not for the faint of heart. (His public readings are notorious for making audience members pass out.) Kirkus Reviews described Palahniuk's 2015 short story collection \u003ci\u003eMake Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread\u003c\/i\u003e as Pathos and panic and penitence from one of the darkest and most singular minds in contemporary American lit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBait\u003c\/i\u003e continues in that vein with stories about:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA passenger on the Titanic who finds a surgical solution to the obstacle of women and children first. A Hollywood star whose fading brand faces a viral (and scatological) internet campaign. An animal psychic who coaxes a statement from a fish that witnessed a political assassination. Increasingly terrible birthday gifts that place a girl at the center of an extinction-level event.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for 2015's \u003ci\u003eMake Something Up\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePalahniuk finds sincerity among his characters even in disreputable occurrences.-- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe makes it absolutely clear that he's still the man who wrote 'Guts,' the infamous story that made fans pass out at readings. --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for \u003ci\u003eFight Club 2:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt turns deeply poignant and very funny, Palahniuk's freakish fables capture a twisted zeitgeist and add an oddly inspirational and subversive voice to the contemporary canon . . . In the post-9\/11 present, a hyperactive, Internet-obsessed, war- and recession-weary America apparently needs Tyler again.--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChuck Palahniuk's \u003ci\u003eFight Club 2\u003c\/i\u003e is as much a kinetic read as it is a pivotal watermark for the comic industry to receive such a high-profile cross-media debut. We are Jack's eager eyes.--\u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk presents \u003ci\u003eBait: Off-Color Stories for You to Color\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003ehis first ever coloring book for adults.\u003c\/b\u003e Bait is both the coloring book debut and the second short story collection for Palahniuk, author of \u003ci\u003eLullaby\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e. The 8.5 x 11 inch hardcover album contains eight bizarre tales, illustrated in detailed black and white by Joëlle Jones (\u003ci\u003eLady Killer\u003c\/i\u003e), Lee Bermejo (\u003ci\u003eThe Suiciders\u003c\/i\u003e), Duncan Fegredo (\u003ci\u003eHellboy\u003c\/i\u003e), and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePalahniuk invites readers to collaborate on this unprecedented hardcover edition: \u003cb\u003eMaybe between your colors, the artists' designs, and my stories we can create something that endures. Something worth keeping. Let's create a well-bound book that can sit on any shelf and be available for a new generation to discover and enjoy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePalahniuk's short stories are provocative and not for the faint of heart. (His public readings are notorious for making audience members pass out.) Kirkus Reviews described Palahniuk's 2015 short story collection \u003ci\u003eMake Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread\u003c\/i\u003e as Pathos and panic and penitence from one of the darkest and most singular minds in contemporary American lit. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBait\u003c\/i\u003e continues in that vein with stories about:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA passenger on the Titanic who finds a surgical solution to the obstacle of women and children first. A Hollywood star whose fading brand faces a viral (and scatological) internet campaign. An animal psychic who coaxes a statement from a fish that witnessed a political assassination. Increasingly terrible birthday gifts that place a girl at the center of an extinction-level event.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for 2015's \u003ci\u003eMake Something Up\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePalahniuk finds sincerity among his characters even in disreputable occurrences.-- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe makes it absolutely clear that he's still the man who wrote 'Guts,' the infamous story that made fans pass out at readings. --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews for \u003ci\u003eFight Club 2:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt turns deeply poignant and very funny, Palahniuk's freakish fables capture a twisted zeitgeist and add an oddly inspirational and subversive voice to the contemporary canon . . . In the post-9\/11 present, a hyperactive, Internet-obsessed, war- and recession-weary America apparently needs Tyler again.--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChuck Palahniuk's \u003ci\u003eFight Club 2\u003c\/i\u003e is as much a kinetic read as it is a pivotal watermark for the comic industry to receive such a high-profile cross-media debut. 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