{"id":255,"date":"2017-07-02T11:45:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T03:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/bookshop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=255"},"modified":"2022-10-16T15:35:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T07:35:56","slug":"death-at-the-blue-elephant","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/ticonderogapublications.au\/bookshop\/product\/death-at-the-blue-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"Death at the Blue Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>by Janeen Webb<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Introduction by Pamela Sargent<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cover illustration by Nick Stathopoulos<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2014 WORLD FANTASY AWARD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Death at the Blue Elephant<\/em> is the first story collection by the respected and multiple award winning Australian writer and editor Janeen Webb. 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