Death Goes to the Dogs

by Anna Tambour, Oddness (Designer), Mike Dubisch (Contributor)

When Death Takes A Holiday, You're Coming Along (like it or not).
What's it really like in Dog Heaven? Why do angels cheat at golf? If charity begins at home, where does it end? And what-and why-are barnacle geese? The unbelievable answers to these and other maddening enigmas lie within Death Goes To The Dogs, a collection so recklessly overstuffed with rabid imagination we refuse all liability in the event that it bursts in your hands.
When Aurealis Award-winning fantasist Anna Tambour delves into the secret lives and forbidden loves of advertising mascots, nursery rhyme refugees and the archetypes of Life (herself) and Death (himself), questions nobody ever thought to ask (and only the inestimable Mike Dubisch dared to illustrate), ripen into scathing fables for our post-historical age.
272 pages, over seventy illustrations by Mike Dubisch

280 pages, Paperback

Published March 21, 2023

Reviews

[Carolyn Watson-Dubisch · Rating 5 out of 5]

A collection of short stories that often pull from classic fairy tales and old fables. From a disturbed and interestingly introspective take on Goldilocks and The Three Bears (from the point of view of the littlest bear) to a schizophrenic diatribe of the three little pigs. The story of the animals and the wasp was probably my favorite of the book. I enjoyed the frequent digressions and the author’s voice is very engaging. The book is illustrated with brilliant and disturbing line drawings that really add dimension to the stories and add to the book.

[Markus Urstoeger · Rating 2 out of 5]

I tried, and read all the stories. I paid attention, and wanted to make sense of the musings of these creatures and spirits, but I couldn't.