The Dog Husband

Rose McDonagh

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On a small Scottish island, a woman believes that her dead husband has come back to her as a dog. In the suburbs of a city, a judge is haunted by the shade of a man he has recently sent to prison. On a remote caravan site, a group of strangers prepare for the end of the world.

These stories uncover the uncanny and the mysterious within everyday life. Moving from Scottish towns and cities to wild highland landscapes, The Dog Husband explores the boggy ground between reason and unreason, playing with questions of superstition, faith, madness and desire.

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Praise for The Dog Husband

Rose McDonagh’s spellbinding debut collection is full of vulnerable creatures often forced into dangerous proximity in transient spaces. Meanwhile, the non-human world presses down upon them, with some spine-tingling supernatural elements and a rich supporting cast of wildlife adding depth and tension to the cool, clear, compelling prose. A book of haunting power by a startling new talent. Recommended.
—David Swann, author of Season of Bright Sorrow

A stunning debut from a hugely talented writer. Each story in this collection is utterly brilliant, moving, funny, beautifully poetic, and deeply eerie.
—Devika Ponnambalam, author of I Am Not Your Eve

About the author

Rose McDonagh - Reflex Press

Rose McDonagh was born in Edinburgh. Her writing has won the Bath Flash Fiction Award and been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, the London Magazine Short Story Competition, the Dinesh Allirajah Prize and the Bristol Prize. She was longlisted for the Caledonia First Novel Award and the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. She is trained as a counsellor and has many years’ experience working in community health. She lives in Scotland with her husband and two cats.

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ISBN

9781914114069

Publication date

31 August 2022

Format

eBook, Paperback

Pages

208

Size

198 x 129 mm

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