Note - I read slush for Apex; this is an Apex book.

A collection of short stories related to faith. Some of them went for the cheap tricks, but here were some of my favorites:

The Mad Eyes of the Heron King - Richard Dansky. All herons are the Heron King.
Scrawl - Tom Piccirilli. About a humble writer of porn. Cracked me up.
The Days of Flaming Motorcycles - Catherynne Valente. Borders on the edge of hipsterism but still shines.
Sandboys - Richard Wright. Two boys made out of sand on the seashore.

It's a good thing when you read a collection and go, "Not bad," after you finish a story. None of these were quite immortal, but definitely on the high side of very good.