The Dog Husband by Rose McDonagh

We’re delighted to announce Reflex Press will be publishing The Dog Husband, a collection of short fiction by Rose McDonagh.

The Dog Husband is a collection of short, literary fiction themed around different types of belief and linked together by animal imagery. On a 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 seems to be haunted by a man he has recently sent to prison. On a caravan site, a group of strangers prepare for the end of the world. 

These stories explore the uncanny and the mysterious in everyday settings. Moving from Scottish towns and cities to the remote highlands, creating a strong sense of place, The Dog Husband uncovers questions of faith and madness, desire and our ability to fool ourselves.

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About the author

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 several years’ experience working in trauma support and community health. She lives in Scotland with her partner.

She is on Twitter @rose_mcdonagh