Jesus and John

Jesus and John is a Weird re-imagining of the New Testament as a novel of allegorical horror. John, a fisherman from a rural village on the shores of Galilee, is tasked with protecting the risen body of his lover who was crucified for disrupting Roman order in the city of Jerusalem. The body, having miraculously emerged from its cave-like tomb, refuses to speak and walks in a dream-like silence, disrupting the clear-cut message of the Apostle Peter and eventually leading John on a dangerous pilgrimage to a mysterious mansion in Rome known as the Gray Palace. There, the few inhabitants promise a celebration that may lead to a sacrifice John is unwilling to make. Incorporating Christian Gnosticism, Pagan dreams, and a contemporary will toward queer disruption, Adam McOmber's new novel tells a powerful story of devotion.

About the Author

Adam McOmber is the author of The White Forest: A Novel (Simon and Schuster) as well as two collections of short fiction This New & Poisonous Air and My House Gathers Desires (BOA Editions). His work has appeared recently in Conjunctions, Kenyon Review, Black Warrior Review, Salt Hill and Diagram. He teaches in the MFA Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and in the Writing Program of the University of California Los Angeles Extension.

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