LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE 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.
Even 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..
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.
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.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE 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