The Sum of Our Gods
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Joe has been cursed. He must meet with Yahweh, the Creator, once a week for coffee and listen to God complain. Yahweh is a crotchety old deity with a pantheon of family problems. His wife, Frigga, has basically stopped talking to Him, except to nag Him about retiring. His son, Jesus, suffers from crippling depression. Oh, and Jesus' estranged wife is planning a terrorist attack to start a holy war. God is fed up with all the drama. He's perfectly tired and infinitely irritable. Though God doesn't seem to care about human problems, Joe's little, mortal life isn't perfect, either. In fact, it's a comedy as black as God's coffee.
Benjamin Gorman
Benjamin Gorman (he/him) is an award-winning teacher, political activist, author, poet, and the publisher at Not a Pipe Publishing. He's also the host of the Tilting at Windmills podcast and the editor of the Antifa Lit Journal. His novels are The Sum of Our Gods, Corporate High School, The Digital Storm: A Science Fiction Reimagining of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and The Convention of Fiends trilogy beginning with Book 1: Don't Read This Book, continuing in Book 2: You Were Warned, and concluding in Book 3: You People Are Monsters. He's also written two poetry collections, When She Leaves Me and This Uneven Universe, and one non-fiction book, Dear America: A Breakup Letter. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, Chrys, their wolf, Havoc, and the puppies, Merry and Pippin.
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