The title made me smile as well as wonder how the heck this was going to happen. I mean, really? Why would a dingo want to eat a dildo? How would it even come near one? Or maybe the whole title was a ruse meant to lure me in? As soon as I started reading, my smile turned into several laughs as I followed the poor hapless journalist’s adventures in the Australian outback.

An American from New York, he has been sent to write a “fish out of water” article, and from the first page, that seems like exactly what is going to happen. Left behind by the aborigine who drove him out to the cabin (a mere shack, really), he soon decides to have some fun with his dildo instead of working on his article. Not that I can blame him, He has a week, surrounded by stone, sand, heat, poisonous spiders, the odd snake, and who knows what else. What happens next, and how he encounters the dingo, is something you’ll have to explore for yourself—believe me, even though this story is only ten pages long, it’s well worth it!

If you like stories with a quirky sense of humor as well as some paranormal surprises, if an American stranded in the Australian outback explaining to a wild dingo that he’s not really edible, due to all the unsaturated fats and preservatives he contains, sounds funny, and if you’re looking for a highly entertaining read with a cute ending, then you will probably like this short story. I think it is hilarious!


NOTE: The anthology this story was published in has been provided by Torquere Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.
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