{"product_id":"beyond-all-reasonable-doubt-jesus-is-alive-stories-melissa-lozada-oliva-hardcover","title":"Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive!: Stories -- Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"Powerful short fiction that lingers.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lozada-Oliva shines in this scintillating collection . . . Readers will be enthralled.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \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.\u003c\/strong\u003e \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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Melissa Lozada-Oliva\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Astra House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/2\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.35\" H x 5.35\" L x 0.94\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781662601828\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50783006064944,"sku":"9781662601828","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781662601828.jpg?v=1774345181","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/beyond-all-reasonable-doubt-jesus-is-alive-stories-melissa-lozada-oliva-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}