An African Story is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale. This short narrative was first published in 1945, within the collection Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying (1945), which includes nine other dramatic and terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot, and is drawn from Dahl's own experiences during the Second World War. It was also later published within Skin and Other Stories (2000). Here, Roald Dahl, one of the world's favorite authors, tells us the twisted tale of the dog killer, the missing milk, the old man and the snake. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been turned into hit films, and even today, Roald Dahl's stories continue to make millions of readers shiver with his brilliant prose.