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Dancing Shadows, Tramping Hooves: A Collection of Short Stories by [Dianne Ascroft]

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Dancing Shadows, Tramping Hooves is a collection of half a dozen short stories. Tales of outsiders who discover they belong, a humorous slice of life yarn, heartwarming love stories and a tale of taming fear. The shadows are on the wall, in the heart and clouding a woman’s memories while tangible foes tramp through the physical landscape.

The stories were previously printed individually in a variety of publications, including Ireland’s Own magazine, Dead Ink Books’ website, and the writing collections, Fermanagh Miscellany and Tuesdays At Charlie’s.

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Dianne Ascroft is a Canadian writer living in Britain. She earned a B.A. (History) in 1984 and since moving to Britain in 1990 she has lived in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

She writes both fiction and non-fiction. Her articles and short stories have been printed in Canadian and Irish magazines and regional newspapers including the Toronto Star, Ireland's Own, Senior Times, Celtic Connection and Irish Connections Canada. Her novel Hitler and Mars Bars was first released in 2008. As the overall winner of Trafford Publishing's Book Deal competition it was released by this POD publisher.

She is co-editor and a regular contributor to The Fermanagh Miscellany, the Fermanagh Authors' Association's yearly anthology and she also contributes material to other local history and writers' anthologies.

Dianne is a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, Historical Novel Society, Writers Abroad, Fermanagh Authors' Association and Fermanagh Writers.

She and her husband reside on a small farm in Northern Ireland with an assortment of strong willed animals. Online she can be found at dianneascroft.wordpress.com.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B008C9DUSA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dianne Ascroft (June 16, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 16, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 259 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 56 pages

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- #14,412 in Romance Anthologies (Kindle Store)

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Dianne Ascroft is a Canadian writer living in Britain. Since moving to Britain in 1990 she has lived in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Online she can be found at http://www.dianneascroft.com.

She writes cozy mystery, historical and contemporary fiction, often with an Irish connection. Her non-fiction articles and short stories have been printed in Canadian and Irish magazines and regional newspapers including the Toronto Star, Ireland's Own, Senior Times, Celtic Connection and Irish Connections Canada.

She was co-editor of The Fermanagh Miscellany, the Fermanagh Authors' Association's yearly anthology for several years and she also contributes material to other local history and writers' anthologies.

Dianne is a member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, Sisters in Crime, Historical Novel Society, Writers Abroad, Fermanagh Authors' Association and Fermanagh Writers.

Dianne started life in a quiet residential neighbourhood in the buzzing city of Toronto and has progressively moved to smaller places through the years. She now lives on a small farm in Northern Ireland with her husband and an assortment of strong willed animals. If she ever decides to write her autobiography the working title will be 'Downsizing'.

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Mary

Stories from Irealand

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 21, 2012

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I've never been to Ireland, but I enjoyed these gentle stories about its people and those that settle there. The stories have a feel-good factor which left me with the happy realisation that sometimes things are not as bad as they appear to be, or maybe they can be put right. In fact, this kind of realisation runs through all six of them, and I was left with warm memories of people that I would very much like to know. Perhaps I'll go to Ireland when I'm next in the UK, and look for someone like Kevin. Dancing Shadows, Tramping Hooves: A Collection of Short Stories

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Lucy M. Kubash

Enjoyable collection of short stories.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 23, 2014

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Sometimes, when you don't have time or energy to delve into a novel, a short story hits the spot. I enjoyed this collection of six short stories, which were just perfect for "before bedtime" reading. They are all slice of life and give an interesting look into the lives of everyday people. I look forward to more stories by Dianne Ascroft.

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Looking for more

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2014

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Each of the short stories in this collection was complete in itself, but still left the reader wanting more pages to turn. Dianne has done a great job with this collection. She brings the stories to life with great feeling. I'm looking for a full length book from this same author after reading Dancing Shadows....

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Dancing Shadows, Tramping Hooves

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 16, 2014

Dancing Shadows, Tramping Hooves by Dianne Ascroft is a collection of six short stories. At just 41 pages, this was a short and cozy read. The stories have the common theme of farm life running through them. The woman who wishes her dance partner would feel more for her, the mother who is home by candlelight on a stormy night, the lovers who reunite after forty long years...I found these stories to be well written and simply told.

My favorite of the set was Conquering the Shadows, which is about a mother who is home alone one stormy night with her young children and lets her imagine run a bit wild.
"In the farmhouse after darkness descended each evening she would never stray out of the reach of candlelight or the fire's glow. At bedtime she would race from the kitchen to her bedroom, sometimes stubbing her toes on the stairs in the dark, to escape the hallway's empty blackness and the floorboards creaks and groans."
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This review is my honest opinion. I did not receive any type of compensation for reading and reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers and authors, such as this one, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. I received a free review copy of Dancing Shadows, Tramping Hooves from Tribute Books as part of an online book tour.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 16, 2014

"Dancing Shadows – Tramping Hooves" is the name of a collection of short stories by Dianne Ascroft.
They really are short, short stories. That’s what I liked about them. You could read one in one sitting. And they are nice family friendly tales. You could read them aloud to any group, without censorship. Any one of them could be published in the local newspaper, as a common interest story.

There are six stories, altogether. My favorite was the last story, “Going Home.” The author explores the definition of home, in this thought provoking story. In an original twist, the daughter kept referring to her childhood home as “home,” even though she had moved away many years ago. I think anyone who has experienced moving away from home, can relate to it.

The reader can tell that these stories relate to the author’s life, who in real life, is an American living in Ireland. Her Irish neighbors are her inspiration. But they could be anybody’s neighbors. There’s more to her stories than the story line. As “Much More Than A Dancer,” leads to deeper insights than a budding romance, all the stories are “Much More…” Book Clubs will have great discussions.

I received a free e-copy of Dancing Shadows by Tribute Books. No other compensation was received and my review is my honest evaluation.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 2, 2014

When I was approached about hosting and reviewing this book, I thought why not? It sounded like a nice, short read that would easily fit into my schedule, which has gotten insane lately! As a matter of fact, I only got the chance to read it shortly before writing this post to set it up.

The collection most certainly lives up to it’s synopsis. The culture within the pages is rich and I found myself smiling a bit as I read some of the interactions within the stories. This isn’t a deep book meant to make you think long and hard about serious issues and I like that. It’s about real life. It’s about seeing little glimpses of a character’s life and some of the stories end in ways that the reader can fill in the blanks if they wish.

Miss Ashcroft has crafted a charming collection filled with characters anyone can relate to. While there is a definitely cultural influence in each one, the characters deal with universal thoughts, feelings, and fears. No matter what the content of each story, she manages to include one central theme in each: hope. Don’t we all need a little bit of that from time to time?

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Sapphyria

Real Life Experiences & Life Lessons

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 21, 2014

Dancing Shadows, Tramping Hooves is a collection of six short stories that in some way or another involve Ireland (the author's current location). The titles are:

A Link to Her Past
A World Apart
Just A Cough
Much More Than A Dancer
Conquering the Shadows
Going Home

Each story is cleverly written to include some kind of life lesson that the reader can take away with them. It may be as simple as listening to your mother or as emotional as confronting the one who got away. I really enjoyed reading each of the short stories and found the characters to be very endearing. The author did a wonderful job writing about real life experiences in this collection. Readers should have no trouble relating to the themes, contexts, and emotions that are presented in these simple tales. Even though they are short, the stories aren't lacking in depth, development, or closure.

Well done, Dianne Ascroft ~ Well done!

Review Copy Courtesy of author, at no cost, in exchange for an honest review.

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Tremse

A collection of heart-warming stories....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 13, 2012

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The collection of six short stories that make up Dancing Shadows, Tramping Hooves touch on aspects of life that most of us have experienced such as the unexpected benefits of modern technology, finding yourself somewhere unfamiliar, dealing with the elements to the perils of an over-active imagination.

Each story is well crafted, giving the reader a glimpse into the life of the characters in the stories and how they deal with life's worries and daily trials. The stories are all heart-warming and left me feeling that there can be happy endings as long as we don't jump to the wrong conclusions and enjoy our surroundings and what each new day can bring.

`A link to her past' explains how you're never too old to use technology and the results may be better than you could imagine. `A world apart' shows that new friendships can be found anywhere and we shouldn't jump to the wrong conclusions about people we don't really know. In `Just a cough' Fiona learns the hard way that you can't win a battle against the weather or a snowplough driver, whilst Catherine discovers dreams can come true in `Much more than a dancer' and Karen returns home to Ireland after visiting family in Toronto with a comforting souvenir from her childhood in `Going Home'.

I enjoyed all the stories though my favourite is `Conquering the Shadows' - it took me back to my childhood when we had an open fire and I used to watch the flames flicker and the shadows dance on the wall while the wind howled outside. No matter what shapes the shadows took, the glow of the fire banished any fears leaving a warm and cosy feeling.

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Ignite

A delightful collection

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 22, 2012

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This is a delightful collection of short stories, influenced by the author's home in Ireland. You can hear the Irish lilt though the conversations between characters. I have come to enjoy the Short Story genre since getting my kindle and this is a very pleasant read. Most of the stories are driven by relationships and some are romantic, some between parent and child. I think my favourite is Conquering the Shadows but there wasn't a poor tale in there.

The writing was refreshingly good, clear, literate and with a few outstanding and memorable phrases. The subjects are not earth shattering or fabulous but nevertheless they are the subjects of our own lives and as such are worthy of an author's consideration. I enjoyed these stories and would happily read more of Dianne Ascroft's work.

RAMBLER

Charming little book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 16, 2014

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Haviing read Dianne's novel "Hitler and Mars Bars" which was set in rural Ireland just after WW2, I was looking forward to reading some of her short stories. This collection is a delight - the stories again are set in rural Ireland and most of us could identify with the
subject matter of each story. She writes in a . clear uncomplicated style and this makes the stories a pleasure to read..

It would be a great book to have with you when travelling- -easy to read a couple of stories, set down and pick up again.
Anyone who likes simple stories with an Irish flavour will enjoy these, - I would recommend this collection of stories
i hope she is working on a sequel to her novel - i would love to read the adventures of the main character when he grows up..

Maurice Joseph

Dancing Shadows Tramping Hooves

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 25, 2013

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I enjoyed this book mainly because it conveyed the simple pleasures in this life-- as a pleasant distraction from the constant barrage of bad news that assails our senses from round the globe. I feel a short story to be appreciated doesn't necessarily need to be too complicated. Enjoy the stories and allow the mind to wander.

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