Item: The Red Grouse Tales (The Little Dog and Other Stories)
Rating: 4
Author: Gina

The Red Grouse Tales (The Little Dog and Other Stories) by Leslie Garland | Review

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The Red Grouse Tales (The Little Dog and Other Stories) by Leslie Garland
Published by Independent on September 1, 2019
Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Single Author Anthology
Format: eBook
Pages: 370

The Little Dog and other stories.

(A Book Excellence Award Finalist and recent Literary Titan Book Award winner)

As told in The Red Grouse Inn, the universal appeal of these four charming modern-day fables, each very different, adult, speculative, spiritual, and philosophical, they will intrigue and entertain. Beautiful and atmospheric imagery, surreal and paranormal concepts of angels, ghosts, and devils, these tales will have you guessing, turning the pages, and looking forward to the next one.

The Little Dog – a story of good and evil and retribution.
The Golden Tup - a dreadful tale of paradise being cruelly taken by latent evil.
The Crow - a poignant tale of misunderstanding, dying, bitterness and blame.
The White Hart - a happy ghost story, if there can be such a thing!

(Warning to sensitive readers; some tales do contain a tiny bit of bad language and references to sex)

Source: Kindle Unlimited

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Purchase Links for The Red Grouse Tales

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My thoughts on The Red Grouse Tales

The Red Grouse Tales are comprised of four short stories written as if told around a table at the Red Grouse Inn.

Each story has a different moral theme running throughout the tale. This is a modern-day allegory represented at its best.

Whether the storyteller is relating a good vs. evil story, a tale of betrayal, inequality, or simply a thought-provoking allegory, each is fascinating in its own right.

The stories in the book are short enough that you can finish each one in a single reading session. The characters draw you into their lives, making the book relatable to readers of every age. (Well, I would suggest teen and up because of very minor language use.)

If you are looking to pass an afternoon with a thoughtful book, you don’t want to miss this one.

I read the book through the Kindle Unlimited program. This review is my honest, unbiased opinion.

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About Leslie Garland

Leslie Garland

I didn't start out in a career in writing; I qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer. In this capacity, I worked for several years on projects in the UK, the Far East, and Africa. During this period I won the Institution of Civil Engineers 'Miller Prize' for a paper on tunnelling. Perhaps my first foray in to writing? It was a pretty dry technical piece. However, my experience in tunnelling has given me an exciting idea for a story that I hope will be a lot more fun than my engineering paper and I have just recently made a start on this.

Changing times resulted in a change in direction and after qualifying as an Associate Member of both the British Institute of Professional Photography and the Royal Photographic Society, started my own stock photograph library (the first in N.E.England) and wrote for the trade press.

The Internet was new in those days and not very reliable. So an unexpected break in my Internet connection fortuitously presented the time to make a start on a long-cherished project of a series of novella-length stories, and the first story of The Red Grouse Tales was drafted. Three more 'tales' followed and I published The Red Grouse Tales in 2016.

Since then I have completed a further three novellas and a novel and started winning awards for my writing. Right now I am trying to complete a second batch of 'tales' and am part way through writing a trilogy.