Plumedini's True Tales of Super Chicken Freaks as Retold by C... by John Brady Woodson

American Ghosts and Old World Wonders (1993).

'Black Venus', 'The Kiss', 'Our Lady of the Massacre', 'The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe', 'Overture and Incidental Music for A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Peter and the Wolf', 'The Kitchen Child' and 'The Fall River Axe Murders'.

Black Venus (aka 'Saints and Strangers') (1985).

'The Bloody Chamber', 'The Courtship of Mr Lyon', 'The Tiger's Bride', 'Puss-in-Boots', 'The Erl-King', 'The Snow Child', 'The Lady of the House of Love', 'The Werewolf, 'The Company of Wolves' and 'Wolf-Alice'. 'A Souvenir of Japan', 'The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter', 'The Loves of Lady Purple', 'The Smile of Winter', 'Penetrating to the Heart of the Forest', 'Flesh and the Mirror', 'Master', 'Reflections' and 'Elegy for a Freelance'. 'The Man Who Loved a Double Bass', 'A Very, Very Great Lady and Her Son at Home' and 'A Victorian Fable (with Glossary)'.

Cover of the first edition, published by Chatto & Windus. The book also includes an introduction by author Salman Rushdie. It includes stories previously collected in her other short story collections: Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces ( 1974), The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories ( 1979), Black Venus (aka Saints and Strangers) ( 1985) and American Ghosts and Old World Wonders ( 1993) as well as six previously un-collected stories. ‘Postpartum Decompression’ - A new mother recovering from a c-section struggles to pass that first, frightening turd with “9” and “1” pre-dialed.Burning Your Boats: The Collected Short Stories ( 1995) is a posthumously-published collection of short stories by English writer Angela Carter. “The Pilot Has Turned on the Fasten Seatbelt Sign” - After evading Montezuma’s revenge for sixty days in rural Ecuador, a traveler ends up sick, with no Imodium and no relief during an international flight back to America. “Fold and Wipe” - A thirteen-year-old is blamed for a septic tank disaster that leaves a bathroom overrun with raw sewage, grandparents spewing expletives and a little sister literally sliding through the shit. Her canvas? The floor, herself, anyone around her. “Naptime Horror” - A daycare worker discovers that one of her two-year-old charges has unloaded her diaper and used its contents as impromptu finger paint. Find out about their important work improving sanitation in some of the world’s most impoverished nations at Some of the embarrassing and hilarious tales included in the book:

When nature calls, disaster sometimes answers.įlush This Book: True Tales of Bodily Malfunctions is a collection of funny, gross and totally true stories about poop mishaps and messes.Ī portion of the proceeds from sales of this ebook benefit the World Toilet Organization.

Plumedini's True Tales of Super Chicken Freaks as Retold by C... by John Brady Woodson