The Shaggy Dog & Other Stories
The Shaggy Dog & Other Stories by John Pascal is a collection published by AuthorHouse on July 31, 2017, featuring 234 pages of entertaining fiction. This edition presents a mix of sixteen “Shaggy Dog” stories alongside four traditional tales, including a novelette. The collection draws inspiration from the storytelling traditions of authors like Saki and O. Henry, focusing on comedic narratives that often culminate in surprising conclusions.
Readers will find a diverse array of humorous and engaging tales that explore themes of romance and suspense within the framework of short stories and anthologies. Pascal emphasizes the joy of storytelling, suggesting that the journey to the conclusion of each tale is as enjoyable as the punchline itself. This book aims to bring the charm of these anecdotes, often shared in intimate settings, to a broader audience, ensuring that the fun and wit of the Shaggy Dog tradition are accessible to all.
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Here is John Pascal once again, with a new book of entertaining fiction?a collection of sixteen ?Shaggy Dog? stories and four more traditional tales, one a novelette. Saki (H.H. Munro) and O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) wrote short stories with surprise endings, but mainly satirical, not comedic. As Pascal tells us in his Preface to them: ?All Shaggy Dog tales are comedies, high or low, depending upon their subject matter and the writer’s art. Briefly, getting to the conclusion of a good Shaggy Dog story can be well worth the wait; and in a truly great one there can be a lot of fun along the way.? And he would agree that since traditionally these anecdotes have been related orally (at a Club, bar, or other private or limited venues), they have not been given the attention they deserve nor the entertainment they would provide to a larger audience.
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