You shot my dog and I love you

'My parents were now dabbling withdrugs and Southern Comfort, even going so far as to put a selection ofhallucinogens into my bottle to witness the effects for their own amusement. Ionly know this because my mum made no attempt to hide it, often speaking openlyabout their experiments with my milk supply. Her only regret being the time sheadded a small amount of speed to my formula to see how long it would take me tofall asleep.'

Set in the UK andIreland in the late 1970s and early 1980s, YouShot My Dog and I Love You, is a harrowing story of horrific physical andmental abuse inflicted on the author at the hands of his parents. In addition,the author's parents demanded that he assist them in their life of crime, go onthe run in Europe to evade the law, and hide out in a caravan from the localpolice force. This is just some of the trauma that the author writes about. Thestory is intertwined with darkly comic elements to provide relief from thedisturbing events of a tumultuous childhood.

Due to the nature ofthe content You Shot My Dog and I LoveYou is written anonymously.