Birds of a Feather: short stories & miscellany

＂Birds of a Feather: short stories & 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.

With 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 Möbius strip circles around the apocalyptic-poppycock fiction of Frank Peretti and the Left Behind series.

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Bjorn 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.)

He 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.

Arik Bjorn is a novelist, screenwriter and essayist, but most of all, a dedicated father. He enjoys French silk pie as well as a quality shot of bourbon. His writing explores such themes as the Problem of Pain and building Civilization (or at least humanity’s efforts to-date). Bjorn was the 2016 Democratic Party / Green Party fusion U.S. Congressional candidate for South Carolina’s 2nd District. His writing has been featured on Forward Progressives and Patheos. His work has been read by lots of folks in 190 countries. Bjorn holds degrees in archaeology/ancient languages and library science from Wheaton College and the University of South Carolina, respectively. He has six books available on Amazon: ＂Waiting for Civilization,＂ ＂The R-Rated Theologian,＂ ＂Why Bad Things Happen to Good Parrots,＂ a short story collection ＂Birds of a Feather,＂ and ＂So I Ran for Congress,＂ which chronicles his experience running for U.S. Congress against Joe ＂You Lie!＂ Wilson. His most recent title is also his first book of verse, ＂Pocket Lint.＂ Follow Arik Bjorn on Twitter, Facebook and at his website www.VikingWord.com.