{"product_id":"beyond-all-reasonable-doubt-jesus-is-alive-stories-9781662601828","title":"Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive!: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Melissa Lozada-Oliva writes with a perfect blend of intoxicating magic and unflinching humor, illuminating the visceral tensions of yearning and darkness that define our most human moments. A beautiful, sharp-tongued collection that feels like an instant classic with an edge all its own.\" --Chelsea Bieker, author of \u003ci\u003eMadwoman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGodshot\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eDreaming of You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCandelaria \u003c\/i\u003ecomes an ethereal and revelatory short story collection about faith, delusion, and the demons that can't get enough of us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beheaded body interrupts a quinceañera. An obsession with her father's bizarre video game shifts a lonely girl's reality. A sentient tail sprouts from a hospital worker's backside, throwing her romantic life into peril. And in the novella \"Community Hole,\" a recently cancelled musician flees New York and finds herself in a haunted punk house in Boston. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection, at once playful, grisly, and tender, presents a tapestry of women ailing for something to believe in - even if it hurts them. Using body horror, fabulism, and humor, Melissa Lozada-Oliva mines the pain and uncanniness of the modern world. Reveling in the fine line between disgust and desire, \u003ci\u003eBeyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus is Alive!\u003c\/i\u003e is for the sinner in us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelissa Lozada-Oliva is a poet, novelist and screenwriter. A child of Guatemalan and Colombian immigrants, she is the author of \u003ci\u003epeluda\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDreaming of You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCandelaria\u003c\/i\u003e. Melissa's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBBC Mundo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAudible\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She lives and teaches in New York City. She only prays on planes.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51580337881362,"sku":"9781662601828","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e86e9c1a-6e3d-48da-a6c8-5612d6fb64b9.jpg?v=1756216934","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beyond-all-reasonable-doubt-jesus-is-alive-stories-9781662601828","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}