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Tall Short Stories
Fourteen dark, humorous (and occasionally puerile) short stories from my trusty red crayon. A fusion of Saki, Dahl and Mao Zedong (OK, so I might be stretching this description a little bit).
Originally entitled It Never Happened / This Never Happened Too, this book contained a selection of stories from those first two books. The May 2021 edition was given a new front cover and was retitled to Tall Short Stories because the original title was deemed too 'clunky', and includes a story from my third book Painting By Numbers (June 2019) and two stories from This Could Be Our Finest Hour (May 2022).
This book is an international seller (notice I missed out the word 'best' before 'seller'), having been translated into English in eight different countries and downloaded on five continents (Antarctica awaits). The UK and Canada are the biggest readers of this book (I am assuming they have read it after having downloaded it). The other countries where the book has been downloaded reads like a list of countries that have never won the Football World Cup (except for France). If you feel like adding your non-World-Cup-winning country to the list of countries that have read the book, or perhaps you live in Uraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Spain or Germany, or you are currently working in the Antarctic, then you might like to try the link near the bottom of this page to the book on Kobo Bookstore website.
The stories are:
- Crime
- It was the butler who did it but where is the proof?
- Appearances Can Be Deceptive
- I worry about sloths; nasty vicious beasts
- You Can't Tell A Book By Its Cover
- Ruth the librarian is searching for Romance in the library
- Blood
- There's only so much evidence a small Jack Russell can dispose of
- I, Chimp
- A zoo chimp has artistic aspirations, but little material to paint with and no appreciation from the keepers
- Chin A Panda
- A man; a panda; a fight - who wins?
- War And Peace
- War And Peace by Lego Toyshop. Peace breaks out with disastrous consequences.
- The Writing Club
- Further adventures of Ruth the Librarian
- Simon
- Simon the pizza delivery robot gets sent on a long journey
- My Acting Life
- On film with the BBC Natural History Unit
- First Kill Your Mammoth
- Stone Age man digs a very large, deep hole
- Force Equals Mass Times Acceleration
- A death explained in terms of Physics. '..Derek's little body was no match for the mass and velocity of the car, or the mass and inertia of the oak tree on the side of the A38..'
- Together, Side-By-Side
- A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Andy picks a fight in a bookshop.
- Animal Rights
- Police identity recognition cameras cause John to end up at the zoo.
Someone wrote a very kind review of this book on the 17th January, 2022:
Exactly What I Wanted. Loved every story. Catchy- interesting- short. Exactly what I want in a group of short stories. Nice variety! This author was able to be “different” with each story told. Similar to an actor’s ability to convincingly play a variety of characters. Thoroughly enjoyed. Highly recommend. (BY)
This book may be available from your local library through OverDrive.
The book is FREE from the Kobo Bookstore.
