Oskar

<p><strong>Oskar and Nineteen Other Unexpected Tales</strong></p><p><strong>A frozen cat comes back to life. A surgeon attempts the Tasman Sea in a paddleboat. An AI-powered car won't take 'no' for an answer.</strong></p><p>In this sharp strange and superbly written collection of short stories award-winning author and surgeon David C. Shelley Jones invites you into twenty wildly imaginative worlds-each with its own twist.</p><p>Spanning genres and geographies these tales are by turns dark comic heartfelt and absurd. You'll meet a couple trapped in a water tank after a fire an ex-serviceman returning to Vietnam and a pub brawl that goes very very wrong.</p><p>Some stories are speculative some literary some downright bizarre-but all are unexpected.</p><p><strong>Perfect for fans of:</strong></p><ul><li>Short fiction with bite</li><li>Black humour and surreal scenarios</li><li>Aussie storytelling with an international lens</li><li>Thought-provoking literary fiction</li></ul><p>With accolades in international literary competitions and a writing voice as original as it is entertaining David C. Shelley Jones brings his offbeat perspective to the page with skill and irreverent charm.</p><p>If you are a fan of Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell; <em>Pastoralia</em> by George Saunders and <em>Table for Two</em> by Amor Towles you will love <em>Oskar and Nineteen Other Unexpected Tales</em>.</p>