Soothsayer in Aisle Five is the first short story collection from Gavin St. Ours. In "Soothsayer in Aisle Five", a group of grocery store employees meet a customer who claims to possess supernatural powers; a vacationing couple leaves the confines and comfort of their oceanside resort in "Off the Beach"; an innocent night turns into an escape from the police in "Photos of Abandoned Places"; and God confronts the challenges of old age in "God's Last Experiment".