{"id":1550,"date":"2023-10-03T02:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T02:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/?page_id=1550"},"modified":"2025-07-30T01:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T01:31:35","slug":"shards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/shards\/","title":{"rendered":"Shards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SHARDS by Robert James Cross\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f85a8wR_jFA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/41Nr6CfHZUL._SY522_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1834 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/41Nr6CfHZUL._SY522_1.jpg 322w, https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/41Nr6CfHZUL._SY522_1-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Lamp Standard Press is proud to present:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Shards<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">by Robert James Cross<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Shards <\/em>follows the journey of a Vietnam War veteran as he returns home to the United States, only to find himself entangled in a supernatural battle against an otherworldly group of prostitutes known as \u201cThe Whores of Nevada&#8221; in the sin and heat of Las Vegas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This non-linear tale shifts between different times, places, and forms. Giving the reader a 1:1 experience with the protagonist through his own confusion, hallucination, and dementia.<br><br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shards-City-Robert-James-Cross\/dp\/B0DLGLKGFB\" title=\"\">BUY IT IN PAPERBACK<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lamp Standard Press is proud to present: Shards by Robert James Cross Shards follows the journey of a Vietnam War veteran as he returns home to the United States, only to find himself entangled in a supernatural battle against an otherworldly group of prostitutes known as \u201cThe Whores of Nevada&#8221; in the sin and heat &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/shards\/\">[DO NOT CLICK]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-admin","post-1550"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1550"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1837,"href":"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1550\/revisions\/1837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lampbylit.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}