Squirrels & Puppies: Dark Morality Tales

by Russell A. Mebane

Overview

Fourteen short stories. Six of them involve cute or funny animals. All of them revolve around some moral theme and all of them involve something or someone getting raped, killed, or tortured; but in a creative and meaningful way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781484070413
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/18/2012
Pages:	226
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

The author is an Army brat, who was born in Womack Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina on October 7th, 1977. He has lived on both coasts of the U.S., but has spent most of his life in the region of the U.S. known as "The South". Thus if you ask the author where he is from, he will normally respond with either "everywhere" or "the South".

The author is a Black Christian with socially conservative views, but, overall, has developed a cynical worldview that shows in his work. Through parental prodding the author has also developed pro-Black leanings that were sharpened and strengthened at his alma mater, Fisk University. Much of the author's initial works were penned there.

Creatively-speaking, the author believes that a writer ultimately pulls from his own experiences and fantasies when writing stories. Thus it is the author's belief that if one truly wants to understand a person, one should read their work.

This author's ultimate goal is to inspire thought on the subjects of religion, morality, and race.

What People are Saying About This

Robert Fleming

...reads like a chronicle of current events, political and cultural revelations, and social defects, Mebane's work owes a lot to the visions of Amiri Baraka, Ishmael Reed, Hunter Thompson, Roald Dahl, and the Brothers Grimm. Still, when he makes some valuable insights about the modern condition of the post-Obama racial America, the book scores mightily. “We attribute our shortfalls to the Whites, but we have neglected to correct them. Because of this the war is over, and it has no victors,” Mebane writes.

Squirrels & Puppies is zany, outrageous, and full of magic moments that strain the mind. There is a bit of smoke and mirror here too, but none of these things detract from that there is a work of some originality in these pages. Mebane is a maverick griot with a sense of visual gags and naughtiness. He deserves a higher profile and this book may help him get there.