The Fabulist

Fables, yarns, tall tales, literary fantasy & science fiction.
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I, Hog

Posted on August 28th, 2010
By David Arnold It's not like a usual Hog to make a journal, but my Hog-brothers have, for as long as I can remember, considered me a cut above the rest. I leave ...
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Slub Glub Chapter 13: ‘Explanations Are Offered’

Posted on August 22nd, 2010
"I was asking those ghosts if they were chasing after the witches," Willowmina explained. "Now why would they be chasing after witches, and how is it your concern," he slowly drawled, as ...
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Alarmed

Posted on August 21st, 2010
By Matt Tuckey “I have never been in a natural place and felt that it was a waste of time. I never have. And it's a relief. If I'm walking around a desert ...
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Slub Glub Chapter 12: ‘A Well-Dressed Man in the Woods’

Posted on August 8th, 2010
"That would be me," said a voice out of the darkness. A glowing red ember slowly radiated outwards, attached to a cigar being smoked by a tall man in a top ...
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Slub Glub Chapter Eleven: ‘Specters Spectacular’

Posted on August 1st, 2010
"Just fireflies?" Lumprella shrieked. "See for yourself! They are upon us!" All the witches screamed and ran for the hills, and the hyenas and raccoons followed suit. Slub Glub and Willowmina ...
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Slub Glub Chapter Ten: ‘A Multitude of Mysteries’

Posted on July 25th, 2010
"The heads of a hundred horses will be lodged in your cheek, you freak!" The witch was still trying to cast a spell on Slub Glub. "With my fourth eye I ...

Color Bind

Posted on July 21st, 2010
By Michael C. Keith There is only one way of seeing them, and that is,seeing the whole of them.--John Ruskin Life forms from V12 in the NGC4203 galaxy 10.4 million light years from Earth ...
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Slub Glub Chapter Nine: ‘Evil Words are Spoken’

Posted on July 18th, 2010
Slub Glub came back to the coven of witches, who had now gathered around Willowmina and were trying to set fire to her with their torches, which had somehow been relit ...
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Confluence: Five Landscapes

Posted on July 11th, 2010
Images by David Goldberg [Proofreader's Note: In the urban interior, street art sprouts amid authoritarian architecture like weeds through cracks in concrete, parks and gardens grow wild around the artifacts and intent of ...