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Arik Bjorn

Biography

Arik Bjorn is a novelist, screenwriter and essayist, but most of all, a dedicated father and public librarian. He enjoys French silk pie as well as a quality shot of bourbon. His writing explores such themes as the Problem of Pain and building Civilization (or at least humanity's efforts to-date).

Bjorn was the 2016 Democratic Party U.S. Congressional candidate for South Carolina's 2nd District. He holds degrees in archaeology/ancient languages and library science. His work has been read by lots of folks in 190 countries.

He has seven books available, including three essay collections: "WAITING FOR CIVILIZATION," "THE R-RATED THEOLOGIAN" and "WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PARROTS."

He has one short story collection, "BIRDS OF A FEATHER," as well as a book of verse, "POCKET LINT."

"SO I RAN FOR CONGRESS" chronicles his experience running for U.S. Congress against Joe "You Lie!" Wilson.

Bjorn's most recent publication is about life in South Carolina during the COVID-19 pandemic, "SHOW & TELL AT WORLD'S END."

Bjorn is also the co-creator and co-host of THE HATE NAPKIN podcast. THEHATENAPKIN.COM

To read more of Arik Bjorn's writings, visit his website, VIKINGWORD.COM -- he is also active on Facebook and Twitter.

Where to find Arik Bjorn online

Website: http://www.vikingword.com
Twitter: @arikbjorn
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://www.vikingword.com/category/blog/

Where to buy in print

https://www.amazon.com/author/arikbjorn

Books

Show & Tell at World's End: or, Life in the Time of COVID by
You set the price! Words: 19,970. Language: English. Published: May 18, 2020 . Categories: Nonfiction » Politics & Current Affairs » Current affairs, Essay » Literature
Welcome to the pandemic apocalypse! Here is a stay-at-home response to the Hollywood contagion blockbuster currently playing out in our living rooms, juxtaposed against the timeline of the idiots in charge of the United States. Smile for the camera! Say COVID! Time for a selfie at world's end!
Pocket Lint: a Modest Book of Verse by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 4,940. Language: English. Published: February 23, 2018 . Categories: Poetry » American poetry » General
Arik Bjorn is a public librarian, and was the 2016 Democratic Party candidate for South Carolina's Second Congressional District. His books and articles have been read in 190 countries. He is the author of six other titles, including a short story collection "Birds of a Feather" and a COVID memoir "Show & Tell at World's End." "Pocket Lint" is his first book of verse.
The R-Rated Theologian by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 46,460. Language: English. Published: June 23, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christianity, Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christian Theology / General
"The R-Rated Theologian" is an anthology of unabashed Progressive Christian essays by Arik Bjorn, frequent contributor to Patheos and Forward Progressives. From same-sex marriage to Heaven & Hell to the biblical canon, Bjorn tackles Christian theology's sacred cows. As Eric Alexander writes in his introduction, "He is one of today’s true progressive leaders."
Birds of a Feather: Short Stories & Miscellany by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 30,340. Language: English. Published: April 28, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Christian » General
With these five short stories and one slaphappily true essay, author Arik Bjorn responds to his fundamentalist Christian background and counters with rebel angels (“Indiana”), resurrected humanists (“Vonnegut Lives!”) and imbibing ministers (“Birds of a Feather”)—plus divinely-disappeared red states and farting tabbies. Bjorn imagines a fresh Christian mythology in his debut fiction work.
Why Bad Things Happen to Good Parrots: A Sermon Under the Mount in Three Essays, plus a Short Story about Kurt Vonnegut by
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 9,220. Language: English. Published: December 27, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Religion & Spirituality » Christianity, Essay » Literature
In "Why Bad Things Happen to Good Parrots," author Arik Bjorn aims his keyboard at the Creator and asks several pointed questions not about how to live, but about why we are alive. These essays explore the Problem of Evil, the magic chicken multiverse, and chimichanga cosmology--plus there's a bonus tribute to the late, great author Kurt Vonnegut.

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