Fractured Fables: Twisted Tales - Paperback

by Joe Roland (Author)

Reflecting the workings of a truly bent mind, this collection of totally irreverent short pieces will have you laughing no matter how bad a day it's been. A verbal comic book twisting familiar fables, folk tales, and legends into dark, frequently ribald but always hilarious humour. Joe Roland, a displaced Brit, has produced an outrageous assortment of stories many of which evoke the customs, historical events, myths and archaic settings of Ye Olde Country.

Author Biography

Joe Roland, retired feature columnist with the Vancouver Courier, kept his readers entertained or infuriated for many years with his witty takes on everyday life. Born in Staffordshire, England he served in the RAF and worked as a forester, a librarian and an advertising copy writer before emigrating to Canada. In Toronto he worked as a patent writer then joined the CBC as a film editor. His travels took him to the West Coast where he eventually settled and took up freelance journalism. He currently lives in Tsawwassen, BC with his wife Helen who corrects his spelling and censors unacceptable words.