{"product_id":"birds-of-a-feather-arik-bjorn-9781512183566","title":"Birds of a Feather: short stories \u0026 miscellany","description":"\"Birds of a Feather: short stories \u0026amp; miscellany\" is the debut work of fiction by Arik Bjorn, who recently ran for U.S. Congress as the 2016 Democratic Party \/ Green Party fusion candidate for South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith these five short stories and one slap-happily true essay, the author responds to his fundamentalist Christian background and counters with rebel angels (\"Indiana\"), resurrected humanists (\"Vonnegut Lives!\") and imbibing ministers (\"Birds of a Feather\")--plus divinely-disappeared red states and farting orange tabbies. Bjorn imagines a fresh Christian mythology that runs M?bius strip circles around the apocalyptic-poppycock fiction of Frank Peretti and the Left Behind series. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\/\/\/\/ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBjorn has published ten books. His most recent title, THIS IS NOT A SELF-HELP BOOK: AND YOU CAN TOO!, is a Jesus take the wheel \"of cheese\" health recovery journey memoir. (If you're going to lose 85 pounds, might as well write about it.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe also recently published, UBER NIGHTS, about his late-night rideshare adventures in the Deep South. In South Carolina, you never know if your next passenger will be a naked lady with a toothbrush, a banana spider, or a punch-drunk redneck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBjorn is now holed up in The Bronx toiling away on a new novel entitled SUGAR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arik Bjorn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1512183563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781512183566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d","brand":"Arik Bjorn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46401377763583,"sku":"9781512183566","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d1daae6-11a8-4b80-94f8-ae661edc078d.jpg?v=1733887404","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/birds-of-a-feather-arik-bjorn-9781512183566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}