{"product_id":"the-plastic-priest-9781587679339","title":"The Plastic Priest","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen the soul has been thoroughly poisoned, the body must abandon it.\u003c\/strong\u003e Everything feels unreal afterwards, but plastic heads shed no tears. Bram Stoker Award(R) winning author Nicole Cushing offers an excursion into the Weird, a quiet novella of a madwoman in a mad town, as an Episcopal priest grapples with the meaning of faith, reality, and if there is anything real to either of them, at the end of it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"An intense and uncompromising literary voice.\" - Rue Morgue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I've never read anything quite like The Plastic Priest, and I'm delighted I have. A witty and incisive portrait of a priest beset by doubts, it mutates into a comedy of uncanny paranoia before exploding into weirdness that's as disturbing as it's liberating. Nicole Cushing's tale is a stimulating challenge, and her spare precise prose is a constant pleasure.\" - Ramsey Campbell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicole Cushing is a Bram Stoker Award(R) winning novelist and a two-time nominee for the Shirley Jackson Award. Various reviewers have described her work as \"cerebral\", \"brutal\", \"transgressive\", \"wickedly funny\", \"taboo\", \"groundbreaking\" and \"mind-bending\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer second novel, \u003cem\u003eA Sick Gray Laugh\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) was named to LitReactor's Best Horror Novels of the Last Decade list and the Locus Recommended Reading List. Her third novel, \u003cem\u003eMothwoman\u003c\/em\u003e was released in late 2022. Nicole lives in Indiana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cemetery Dance Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781587679339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nicole Cushing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471178989749,"sku":"9781587679339","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1827b017-6013-4784-8177-b7b8e6280b77.jpg?v=1704823671","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-plastic-priest-9781587679339","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}