The Spiritual Journey of John Haggard

Jenean McBrearty's second novella introduces us to John Haggard who discovers how well religion sells while in prison. Now an ex-con, Haggard becomes a huckster peddling both religion and art to those willing to believe he has supernatural conversations with holy people who update their message with kinder, gentler morals. As an aspiring artist as well, he delights audiences with portraits of the saints. When he paints a portrait of Mohamed, however, he has more than art critics and the police watching him.