Unbridled Messiah

Pnina Shinebourne is the author of Unbridled Messiah, which was longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction 2020 and published by Cinnamon Press. Other publications include Pike in a Carp Pond and A Bird is Fluttering Somewhere in Me, which won second prize in the Essex University International Short Story Prize. She won the Wasafiri New Writing Prize, other work was shortlisted for the Fish Short Story Prize and the Bridport Prize.

Pnina Shinebourne is an utterly singular writer. Told in sharp, glinting shards, her stories leave the haunting impression of a lucid dream, strange and startling and making an urgent sort of sense. Unbridled Messiah is a vivid, unforgettable book. — Lucy Caldwell; Pnina Shinebourne’s writing pirouettes through the tricky territories of philosophy and religion. With a light and curious touch, she investigates what it means to be a believer, a woman, a prophet, or any creature shaped by gods and fates. If you could hear the cackles of angels, I imagine they would sound something like Unbridled Messiah. — Rowan Buchanen