Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is..., Melissa LozadaOliva
Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is..., Melissa LozadaOliva
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Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive!
Stories

Author: Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Narrator: Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Unabridged: 6 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/18/2025


Synopsis

From the author of Dreaming of You and Candelaria comes an ethereal and revelatory short story collection about faith, delusion, and the demons that can't get enough of us.

A beheaded body interrupts a quinceañera. An obsession with her father's bizarre video game shifts a lonely girl's reality. A sentient tail sprouts from a hospital worker's backside, throwing her romantic life into peril. And in the novella "Community Hole," a recently cancelled musician flees New York and finds herself in a haunted punk house in Boston.

This collection, at once playful, grisly, and tender, presents a tapestry of women ailing for something to believe in—even if it hurts them. Using body horror, fabulism, and humor, Melissa Lozada-Oliva mines the pain and uncanniness of the modern world. Reveling in the fine line between disgust and desire, Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus is Alive! is for the sinner in us all.

About Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Melissa Lozada-Oliva is the child of Guatemalan and Colombian immigrants and the author of Dreaming of You and peluda. Her work has been featured in NPR, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, PAPER, Armani Beauty, and more. She is a member of the band Meli and the Specs. She holds an MFA in poetry from NYU and lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ritareadthat on December 27, 2025

What do you need to successfully navigate Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus is Alive!? From the perspective of our diverse characters there is something that unites them and bolsters them through the murky waters—the ability to believe and have faith. I'm not talking about God here. I'm talking abo......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on December 26, 2025

I’ve really been into speculative fiction lately, so I was excited for this, and I loved other work from Lozada-Oliva; I’m a dedicated follower of her Substack and podcast and yet… this fell really flat for me. There were plot holes, the same metaphors would be used over and over, and actually there......more

Goodreads review by Paige on November 19, 2025

Weird, creepy, often fun short stories. Mostly horror. Very enjoyable and good on audio.......more

Goodreads review by rosie on June 15, 2025

Incredible collection of short stories! Visceral, twisted horror stories that set you on edge in a million different ways. Casts swirling shadows over girlhood, teeth, Cristo Negro, third-grade teachers, panthers and the very places we call home. Melissa Lozada-Oliva's writing is captivating. Thank y......more

Goodreads review by Teodora on September 25, 2025

This book is a collection of short stories, the first of which — sharing the title of the book — was by far the highlight for me. “Beyond All Reasonable Doubt: Jesus Is Alive!” was engaging, meaningful, and carried the kind of message that really pulled me in. Unfortunately, the rest of the collecti......more