Tales for my dog

Tales for my dog

by David Heidenstam

80 microfictions from humour to horror

No, NOT - mostly - tales ABOUT dogs

“brutally distilled observations of the human condition...” (Amazon reviewer)

Learning about being human - one microfiction at a time...

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2018 SPR Book Awards - Honorable Mention
Gold star cover award for "Tales for my dog"

“Probably my favorite book of the contest, in terms of heart and talent... / a hugely enjoyable read - intelligent and ironic and deftly crafted... / amusing, poetic, evocative, strange...”
SPR Book Award judges

 

 

“They are wonderful stories: remind me of shorter versions of Aesop's Fables or the Persian stories of Mullah Nasreddin.”
Former editor of a long-established UK literary journal

(Who offered this spontaneously - and asked to be anonymous. Because he/she refuses all approaches for quotes - and didn’t want to upset everyone who’d been turned down!)

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“From hauntingly beautiful to dark and foreboding...”
Review by BookViral

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“Brief, poignant, brilliant.”
Review posted on Amazon

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“The cover grabs and the content works... This set [of stories] are really worth reading.”
Peter Finch, UK poet, author, critic

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“..highly original.. [The] writing is extraordinary.. I was staggered by some of the lines...”
Philippa Donovan, founder of SmartQuill.

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From members of the reading public:

“a must read!... brilliant writing” (Tanzania)
“really fun to read” (USA)
“some of it reminds me of the very clever Czech and Russian writers I studied” (UK)
“subtle and intelligent stories” (Germany)
“a work of high imagination” (France)
“sheer masterclass” (India)
“I love it” (Serbia)

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And from the author:

“Some of these stories will seem very politically incorrect, if the reader is tone deaf to irony or satire! For example, the monologue in which a clearly old-fashioned speaker suggests that it may be easier to keep a "mistress" than a dog, because you don't have to walk her every day... Please do NOT read if you think that Swift was being serious in his "Modest Proposal"...

“Also not recommended for: Christians; optimists; those hoping for nice stories about dogs...”

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Paperback, 132pp: ISBN 978-0-9955934-0-4
Kindle ebook: ISBN 978-0-9955934-1-1
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Links to websites of those quoted: SPR 2018 Awards; Peter Finch; Philippa Donovan at Smart Quill

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