Ethical - A description

Still in the editing process of this - but wanted to give a peek at the description of the collection. Trying to describe a book in summation has to be one of the biggest challenges for a writer (see: query letters).

But here goes - the first draft of it anyway.

Ethical Aspects of Animal Husbandry

A collection of short stories where the humour runs dark and the slipstream bubbles up.

In these 14 tales, you will meet a pair of office workers who wager that they can drive a too-perfect coworker over the edge, a barroom prophet who can predict more than rain, a modern-day yojimbo confronts the loss of his wife his mentorship of his nephew, and a man who receives some important advice from a pound of butter. Ethical Aspects of Animal Husbandry is inhabited with characters that are obsessed, confused, and sometimes just plain miffed. In the title story, a man seeks revenge on a neighbour who allowed a canine dalliance with his purebred Bichon. In Cappy, a man hears a name in a dream and ends up in the backyard of one of the pioneers of LSD. In Broomstick Limbo, a trio of young boys play a game a limbo with a unfortunate end. In Subject:time, a pair of siblings wonder why time is moving in opposite ways for both of them.

If you’ve read Correction Line, you will recognize Craig Terlson’s sharp dialogue and crafted storytelling — it’s Raymond Carver meets George Saunders and Joe Lansdale, and they all go drinking with Neil Gaiman.