{"product_id":"the-horrors-of-being-alive-zine-002-a-surgeon-unravels-the-truth-in-his-own-body","title":"\"The Horrors of Being Alive\" Zine #002 — A Surgeon Unravels the Truth in His Own Body","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eDr. Prone Polkey can heal almost anyone. Except himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZine #002 is where you meet him... really meet him. At his mother's funeral, holding still the way he always has, with his best friend Sarah at his side and his father somewhere in the room. It's a quiet, devastating piece about grief, about the families we're given versus the ones we should have had, and about a man who feels everything and admits almost nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA full story sequence — a light moment for the characters during a funeral.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharacter introductions for the people who orbit Prone: Sarah, Earl, Malcolm, and the family he should have had\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What is this story about?\" — a guide to the project's themes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Cylinder House, and the world taking shape around him\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf #001 is the foundation and #003 is the deep history, #002 is the \u003cem\u003eheart\u003c\/em\u003e — the one where you fall for the boy. It's the piece readers keep coming back to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContent note: This work contains medical trauma, coercive control, gaslighting, toxic family, childhood sexual abuse, and supernatural body horror. Please take care of yourself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plantasma Floria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48485756371101,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/0570\/2813\/files\/Polkagnosis_int_052.jpg?v=1782363605","url":"https:\/\/plantasmafloria.com\/products\/the-horrors-of-being-alive-zine-002-a-surgeon-unravels-the-truth-in-his-own-body","provider":"Plantasma Floria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}