{"product_id":"witches-and-cocktails-1","title":"Witches and Cocktails","description":"\u003cp\u003eCalling all Witches!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us for a Witches and Cocktails themed event with mixologist and author Lindsay Merbaum!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe event will include both a mixology demonstration and conversation with a bookseller about her latest book Witches of the Wheel. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe event includes 1 Witches of the Wheel themed cocktail. Additional cocktails available for purchase at the event. Copies of Lindsay's novels will also be available for purchase at the event. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn her metaphysical mystery \u003ci\u003eWitches of the Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e, Lindsay Merbaum weaves a spellbinding tale of mythology, bartending, and queer belonging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGold grows up knowing only a few things about herself: something lets her see ghosts and read her neighbors' secrets, and her mother seems to hate her. But when she strikes out on her own, she stumbles into a job at The Wheel, a literally-underground lesbian bar where a coven gathers every Thursday and each entrance requires a painful sacrifice. It feels like the first place she's belonged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the bar, its patrons, and its history are more complicated, and more dangerous, than Gold ever realized. As she entangles herself in her new community, she learns more about herself than she wanted to know—and attracts an ancient goddess’s deadly attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eLindsay Merbaum is a queer feminist author, the leader of Pick Your Potions’ Study Coven, and a high priestess of home mixology. A 2021 Foreword Indies Finalist, \u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eThe Gold Persimmon\u003c\/span\u003e was her first novel with Creature Publishing. Her second book, a smutty horror-comedy novella called \u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eVampires at Sea\u003c\/span\u003e, was also a Foreword Indies Finalist and a LibraryReads Bonus Pick. Lindsay lives in Michigan with her partner and cats.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eACCESSIBILITY NOTE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis event will be taking place on As You Are's second floor and is only accessible via stairs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little District Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67926330835095,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/PlotTwistTheVillainisStraight_1_78bce137-d99a-4548-b6c9-4e38675da025.png?v=1790790535","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/witches-and-cocktails-1","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}