The Collected Short Stories of Tod Collins

“As with this easier books, this is an easy-to-read,
chapter-at-a-time compendium of short stories written by a vet mountaineer, observer of life and accomplished author. Each session of reading leaves one either with a grin, wry smile, quizzical frown, or a tear on one’s cheek.”
- Ken Brannigan
“A Diaspora of Tales” is the synopsis of this book. In this publication South African awards-winning writer and columnist Tod Collins has assembled most of the contents of his earlier – now out –of –print –books. “Til the Cows Come Home” and Bull by the Horns” and has added several new chapters that have never seen the light of day.
The first part “Animal Antics” tells tales of a James Herriot style through which he achieved local and international recognition as a short story writer.

In other part he writes of “Human Happenings” and the Poetry of People” that share the author’s observations of, and experiences with, folk from a broad spectrum of his diverse life’s exploits . “Mountains Meanderings” chapters tell of expeditions to, on and among some of the world’s mountain ranges in traditional short story fashion all have a twist in the tail.
The pieces are crafted into amusing, or dramatic, or pity-filled tales.
For readers who missed the books that established Tod Collins as a stand-alone writer, this compendium is a treat!