{"product_id":"god-isnt-here-today-9781988784908","title":"God Isn't Here Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE 2023 RELIT AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 INDIGENOUS VOICES AWARDS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Chuck Palahniuk, Joyce Carol Oates, and Karen Russell\u003c\/b\u003e, the stories in Francine Cunningham's debut collection \u003ci\u003eGod Isn't Here Today\u003c\/i\u003e ricochet between form and genre, taking readers on a dark, irreverent, yet poignant journey led by a unique and powerful new voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDriven by desperation into moments of transformation, Cunningham's characters are presented with moments of choice--some for the better and some for the worse. A young man goes to God's office downtown for advice; a woman discovers she is the last human on Earth; an ice cream vendor is driven insane by his truck's song; an ageing stripper uses undergarments to enact her escape plan; an incubus tires of his professional grind; and a young woman inherits a power that has survived genocide, but comes with a burden of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven as they flirt with the fantastic, Cunningham's stories unfold with the innate elegance of a spring fern, reminding us of the inherent dualities in human nature--and that redemption can arise where we least expect it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCunningham, Francine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancine Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning Indigenous writer, artist and educator. Her debut book of poems \u003ci\u003eOn\/Me\u003c\/i\u003e (Caitlin Press) was nominated for 2020 BC and Yukon Book Prize and a 2020 Indigenous Voices Award. She is a recent winner of The Indigenous Voices Award in the 2019 Unpublished Prose Category and of The Hnatyshyn Foundation's REVEAL Indigenous Art Award. Her fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGrain Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e as the 2018 Short Prose Award winner, on \u003ci\u003eThe Malahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Far Horizon's Prose shortlist, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Puritan\u003c\/i\u003e and more. Learn more at www.francinecunningham.ca.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Invisible Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50682348470546,"sku":"9781988784908","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_28834fed-42d6-4223-92e1-2d9044f1c0fc.jpg?v=1733969338","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/god-isnt-here-today-9781988784908","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}