Wolfing it down

by Initially NO

A reverse fairy-tale. Total fiction. The author/ illustrator used the painting on the front cover to inspire a story of how Little Red (Riding-hood) could eat the wolf, instead of the wolf eating her. But that’s not all, there’s a mix-up of other Grimm’s fairy-tales in this book. It’s humorous, but not too childish, which is why libraries have not put it in their children’s section. There’s also some interesting fairy-tale versions of hearing voices, that might be of interest to therapy practitioners.
Initially NO wrote this book while trying to escape from grieving. There’s not a lot of evidence of this though. The symbolic white rabbit, is most likely a reflection from Lewis Carroll, and the time running out for the relative dying, in real life, is probably the only thing that shows the author’s state of mind. The use of old gory is a fair bit deeper than pantomime, but boarders on the silliness of that at times. There are some serious equations of understanding human relationship dynamics, feeling and what is and isn’t acceptable.
The novella could easily be turn into a feature film animation. The Royal Nag character would be a hit.

130 pages, Paperback

First published August 2, 2009

About the author

Author & visual artist,
Retail Store Owner of The Painter & The Writer Gallery.