The divinity gene
By: Matthew J. Trafford
Contributors: Berson, Barbara, editor
Publisher: Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781553656364; 9781553656036
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: FICTION; Canadian Science fiction; General
Description: A mob of teens descends upon Paris in the thrall of a self-help author; a grotesque yard-sale statuette frees a dying man from his silence; the hottest club in town is staffed by angels. This is the uncanny world of The Divinity Gene, Matthew J. Trafford's debut story collection, and it bristles with humour, pathos, and imaginative power. Skewering urban culture even as it conjures up the magic in the mundane, the stories of The Divinity Gene map the frailty of the human heart. Caught in the crosshairs of faith and science, its characters-bereaved, sidelined, cast adrift-journey forth to undis.
Notes: Short stories.

"Editing by Barbara Berson"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; THORACIC EXAM; PAST PERFECT; IFAUST; GUTTED; FORGETTING HELEN; THE GRIMPILS; THE RENEGADE ANGELS OF PARKDALE; CAMPING AT DEAD MAN'S POINT; VICTIM SERVICES; THE DIVINITY GENE.