Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

All Dogs Go to Heaven with a Vengeance (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

3.6/5 ( ratings)

In John Thorson’s “All Dogs Go to Heaven with a Vengeance,” the narrator has been assigned his best friend Darren not by any outside authority, but by all the parts of his personality he would hide and deny: his love for etched battleaxes, for Tolkien, and for howling at the moon. The guilelessness with which the narrator dismisses Darren is shocking, but honest: “I don’t like ditching Darren, but I don’t want to hurt his feelings. Darren is ugly. He’s a pervert. He has little eyes and his lips are scarred from a repaired cleft and his body has a weird shape like a Tyrannosaurus rex.” The friends that the narrator would choose, if it were that easy, are a group of good-looking, unsupervised beer drinkers, who live in large houses with furnished basements. People who don’t embarrass themselves during Movie Charades, for example. This group is decidedly unlike the narrator, which is precisely why he gravitates toward them—the reflection he sees in Darren is not one he is willing to accept. - Halimah Marcus, Editor-in-Chief, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading.

About the Author: John Thorson lives in New York. His short fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern. He is working on a novel.

About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Stay connected with us through our eNewsletter, Facebook, and Twitter, and find previous Electric Literature picks in the Recommended Reading archives.

Language: English

Pages: 21

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Electric Literature

Release: May 12, 2015

All Dogs Go to Heaven with a Vengeance (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

3.6/5 ( ratings)

In John Thorson’s “All Dogs Go to Heaven with a Vengeance,” the narrator has been assigned his best friend Darren not by any outside authority, but by all the parts of his personality he would hide and deny: his love for etched battleaxes, for Tolkien, and for howling at the moon. The guilelessness with which the narrator dismisses Darren is shocking, but honest: “I don’t like ditching Darren, but I don’t want to hurt his feelings. Darren is ugly. He’s a pervert. He has little eyes and his lips are scarred from a repaired cleft and his body has a weird shape like a Tyrannosaurus rex.” The friends that the narrator would choose, if it were that easy, are a group of good-looking, unsupervised beer drinkers, who live in large houses with furnished basements. People who don’t embarrass themselves during Movie Charades, for example. This group is decidedly unlike the narrator, which is precisely why he gravitates toward them—the reflection he sees in Darren is not one he is willing to accept. - Halimah Marcus, Editor-in-Chief, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading.

About the Author: John Thorson lives in New York. His short fiction has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern. He is working on a novel.

About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Stay connected with us through our eNewsletter, Facebook, and Twitter, and find previous Electric Literature picks in the Recommended Reading archives.

Language: English

Pages: 21

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Electric Literature

Release: May 12, 2015

More books from Halimah Marcus

The Bastard (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Who Loves It Most

3.3/5 ( ratings)

Hello Everybody

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Angel Lust (Kindle Single) (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

3.5/5 ( ratings)

Watching Mysteries With My Mother

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Recovery (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

3.8/5 ( ratings)

All These Little Worlds

It Doesn't Have to Be a Big Deal (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Our Education (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Star Witness: A Story in Seven Parts (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 274)

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Mack! (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Horse Girls: Recovering, Aspiring, and Devoted Riders Redefine the Iconic Bond

3.7/5 ( ratings)

You're Home Early (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

4.3/5 ( ratings)

You Are the Stepson (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 65)

2.7/5 ( ratings)

We Are Persistence Runners (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

4.6/5 ( ratings)

9 Stories on the Magic of Cities

Our Meat (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 105)

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Gulf Coast - A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts (Summer/Fall 2014)

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Dear Sir or Madam (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

Everything You Want Right Here (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading)

Rate this book!

Write a review?