Screen Door Jesus & Other Poems. This item is unavailable.Screen Door Jesus & Other Poems

Fiction. Christopher Cook vividly paints a portrait of small town America in his humorous and often irreverent collection of ten short stories, "Screen Door Jesus". The title story considers the chaos that ensues in Bethlehem, Texas when an image of Jesus appears on Mother Harper's screen door. "And I Beheld Another Beast" features Vernalynn threatening to shoot down a television antenna she insists is sinful. In "Serpent", a woman transforms into a snake for committing a mysterious sin.

Christopher Cook is the author of many short stories and two award-winning fiction books, "Robbers" and "Screen Door Jesus & Other Stories", also available in Kindle editions. A native of the U.S., since 1994 he has lived in France, the Czech Republic, and Mexico. His books are available in numerous foreign editions, and his stories have been included in many anthologies, including Houghton Mifflin's "The Best American Mystery Stories 2003". His memoir essay "Full Moon Over Bohemia," set in the Czech Republic, was selected for "The Best Travel Writing" anthology in 2006. "Screen Door Jesus" has been made into a feature movie, and "Robbers" is under option in the U.S. to become a TV series. Most recently, the author has been writing screenplays and is working on another novel.

(June 2011)