Premise: "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" is a science fiction short story by American writer Michael Swanwick, published in 2001. It won the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and was nominated for the 2002 Nebula Award for Best Short Story. "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" is the title story of his 2007 short story collection, published by Tachyon Publications, and was reprinted in the same year in "".
Hypothesis: Michael Swanwick was well known for his work in scifi books