God Isn't Here Today
God Isn't Here Today
Marilyn Stanley
, Jude Castillo
, Deana Bueley
, P. Thompson
, Linda Leitch
, Joshua Lewis
, Natasa Ilic
, Barry Kazimer
, Deb Philippon
, Dawn Macdonald
, Cassandra Schiemann
, Remi Gunn
, Sarah Schwartz
, Shawna Walker
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Andrea Pole
, Toni Mills
, Cathy Jackson
, Mary-Esther Lee
, Kelly Pedro
, Chloe Moore
, LJ Law
, Stephanie Baird
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Eli Cherney
, Sarah Van Dyk
, Diane McPherson
, Olivia Pellegrino
, Noelle Walsh
, Vanessa Charbonneau-Dinelle
, Lindsay Hobbs
, Elizabeth Obermeyer
, Lesley Cameron
, Vanessa S
, Laurie Burns
, Benita Hartwell
, Thelma Ball
, Julie Kaniak
, Holly Elisabeth
, Liisa Kelly
, Melissa Kohlman
, sarah campbell
, Marissa Yip-Young
, Pearl Saban
, Randi Ann Doll
, Karen Kendrick
, Sara Conway
, Devon Code
, Filomena Falocco
, Patricia Johnson
, Maria Mclean
, Susan Terendy
, Susan Baues
, Peter Halasz
, Charles Leblanc
, Heather Belliveau
, Marc Bédard Pelchat
, Caleb Nault
, Astrid Egger
, Margaret Jones
, Kevin Smith
, Irenee R Anderson
, Cindy Bodini
, Christopher Evans
, Robert Hykawy
, Janice Cournoyer
, Naomi MacKinnon
, Denise Duvall
, Ashley Hisson
, Teira Stauth
, Lise Gaston
, Leona Burlew
, Debra Fisher
, Leah Mann
, Nancy Daoust
, jane luce
, Joann Horgan
, Heather Sibley
, Penelope Penner
, Karen Reid
, Rebecca Dixon
, Ellen Clarke
editor@49thshelf.com
For fans of Chuck Palahniuk, Joyce Carol Oates, and Karen Russell, the stories in Francine Cunningham’s debut collection God Isn’t Here Today ricochet between form and genre, taking readers on a dark, irreverent, yet poignant journey led by a unique and powerful new voice.
Driven 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
