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Body of Christ
2018
First Published
3.68
Average Rating
95
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After his first Holy Communion, a boy secretly builds his own Jesus out of communion wafers and the flesh of his dead father. On Halloween night, his Jesus shall rise. After a tragic death, a girl tends to the Cemetery of the Innocents, a memorial to the holocaust of abortion and children killed before their time. On Halloween night, the children shall live, and they need to be fed. The Holy Spirit comes to life in this shocking, transgressive story of Christian Horror

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Author

Mark Matthews
Mark Matthews
Author · 14 books
Mark Matthews is the author of novels such as On the Lips of Children, All Smoke Rises, and Milk-Blood, as well as the editor of Lullabies for Suffering and Garden of Fiends. In June of 2021, he was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award. His newest work, The Hobgoblin of Little Minds, was published in January, 2021. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a licensed professional counselor who has worked in behavioral health for over 20 years. Reach him at WickedRunPress@gmail.com
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