Fables And Other Oddities of The Imagination [Paperback]

Ronald Dondiego (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 3, 2001

One of the most chilling collections of short stories I've read in a long time. It takes you on a journey through the dark regions of the human pyschea truly unforgettable read.

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About the Author

Ron Dondiego has been writing fiction for over ten years. He is the author of three other books. He lives in New York City, where he continues to explore the world through the life of the imagination.

Product Details

• Paperback: 132 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (April 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595178340
• ISBN-13: 978-0595178346
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,495,966 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fables and other Oddities of the Imagination, June 20, 2002

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Annette Gisby (Great Britain, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fables And Other Oddities of The Imagination (Paperback)

Review by Annette Gisby editor of Twisted Tales and author of Silent Screams, and Writing the Dream: Like any short story collection, there are some that you really love and some you're not so keen on and some that you find a little interesting. My favorite stories in this collection included 'The Magic Bicycle' about a young boy's yearning to escape his real life existence where his mother goes off with any man who will pay and a father who uses his fist and a raised voice to get what he wants in life. The boy dreams of a magic bicycle which will take him away from everything and when one day the bicycle magically appears, he gets taken away, but not in the way that he intended. It's very reminiscent of a fairy tale and you feel for the boy and his plight. 'The Confession' was excellent, about a man writing in his cell, convinced that he couldn't possibly have committed the crime he's been accused of and soon will die for. As his written confession goes on, you're invited into the mind of a madman, who even till the end professes his innocence. Did he do it or not? In 'The Village' a man searches for and thinks he has found paradise, but is he the one who has brought corruption to them? All in all, a good little collection of stories, tales to dip in and out of and read again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational, Mind and Eye Opener, Excellent, A Must Read!, March 18, 2006

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Tracey O. "Tracey" (death valley, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fables And Other Oddities of The Imagination (Paperback)

Ron Dondiego's "Fables and Other Oddities of The Imagination",

is an extraordinary collection of short stories which have a

valuable teaching and message in them.

I was totally awestruck as I read each story.

He really opened my eyes and mind to a reality I'd never thought of.

Even though classified as fiction, this collection has so much truth in there.

His first story would make a wonderful children's book

and even a great show for the family.

I loved the way each was written, resembling a page in a diary.

They cover just about everything a mind can imagine;

from hauntings, to Hell, to Heaven, to love to hate,

to perfect worlds, to the everyday world.

Some bordering the apocalypse, some fantasy, while others

explore the world beyond.

Excellent book that I could not put down.

I highly recommend, "Fables and Other Oddities of The Imagination",

as a must read to all readers of sixteen and older.

Thank You so very much Ron for this intriguing look

inside your mind's eye and bringing so much forth to mine.

Exquisite!! Amazing!! Remarkable!!

Tracey L. O' Very

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars read a few of the stories from this collection on AuthorsDen, March 21, 2005

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Nickolaus Pacione "Co-Author Of House of Spid... (Joliet, Illinois, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fables And Other Oddities of The Imagination (Paperback)

Ron is an author that knows how to capture the imagination and scare the reader out of their wits. The thing that makes him an amazing author for doing so is that he doesn't do it right away. The story he wrote in the style of Edgar Allan Poe is titled "The Ghost in the House" and this story for me is the one that I will say is Ron at his darkest. I've read his other collection, "The Face and Other Fantastic Tales" and this book picks up where that other one leaves off. I read more of the book on the publisher's website and making it an effort to pick up this book every chance I get. I hope Ron actually goes and does a full length novel at the level of horror he does when he writes these stories. I wished he put "The Demon In My Computer" in this collection because that one is one of his most haunting stories as some of the stories in this collection are.