title: Dogs of Truth: New and Uncollected Stories
author:  Kit Reed 
description: Reed (<i>Thinner Than Thou</i>) transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary in this impressive story collection. A nonagenarian Salman Rushdie finally meets his <i>fatwah</i> in "Grand Opening." A determined fan and a little technology control megahit television in "Focus Group." Teenagers in super-secure "High Rise High" rebel and run amok without bothering parents. Toddlers ("Playmate") and infants ("The Shop of Little Horrors") are threats to sanity, while old age ("Old Soldier") is insanity itself. Life ("Incursions") crumbles before we notice, and even if we mastermind our escapes, as in "Into the Jungle" and "No Two Alike," things never go anything at all as expected. Even "The Zombie Prince" isn't what one anticipates. As "Captive Kong" reminds us: "Because things like disease and Armageddon happen to other people, never to us because we are special, what really happens always comes as a surprise." No matter how absurd, these horror stories still sting with truth and ring with humor, often ending with an odd happiness. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs
  
  
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  Peace on Earth,
  
  Good-Will to Dogs
  
  
  By
  
  Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
  
  Author of “Old Dad”
  
  
  
  
  
  New York
  
  E. P. Dutton &Company
  
  681 Fifth Avenue
  
  
  
  
  
  COPYRIGHT, 1920,
  
  BY E. P. DUTTON &COMPANY
  
  
  First printing October, 1920
  
  
  Second printing October, 1920
  
  
  Third printing October, 1920
  
  
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  CONTENTS
  
  Part I
  
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  PART I
  
  
  If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one!
  
  And if you don't like dogs I don't know just what to advise you to do!
  
  For I warn you perfectly frankly that I am distinctly pro-dog and distinct