Things categorized as 'Fables'
Remembrance of Things Past
By Kevlin Henney Photographs by Kevlin Henney, manipulations by Adam Myers It has been years since I last made this journey. I am slower and more easily tired. My footfall is not as sure ...
The Bread Muse
By Masha Rumer Yesterday, she was doing it again, soaring above my head during her regular shift. She flits around on her broom above the sleeping cities, wearing espadrilles and doling out flour ...
To Whom It May Concern
By Pam Benjamin To Whom It May Concern: I just didn’t want to go to work today. —Me The scribbled note lay haphazardly on ...
Jamie’s Dragon
By Peg Alford Pursell Jamie saved up her babysitting money for the tattoo. It hadn’t taken long, her dad liberal with his guilt money. He paid her well to handle his responsibilities — ...
I, Hog
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 ...
Centaur in Brass 2041
By Jeremy Adam Smith When I was a kid, there were no canals, no vaporettos, no peacekeepers. That San Francisco seems exotically technicolor to me now, like one of those planets the ...
Losing His Head
by Michael C. Keith Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him . . . —William Shakespeare To the outside world Jerry Farelli appeared to have everything life could offer: good looks, excellent health, and ...
Gleam
by Niall Boyce I had lost track of the days. The first hint that I was near my destination was the glimmer of the plastic sheets flapping in the desert breeze. It was ...
Mawulf Sees the World
By Adam Myers In the very long, long ago, (or maybe in the soon, soon to be), there lived a curious creature whose name was Mawulf. Now Mawulf was curious in two ways. First, ...
The Burning Turtle
by Michael C. Keith The Creature has a purpose and his eyes are bright with it. -- John Keats Turtles communicate mostly by grunting, and what they have to say is amazing. I know because ...
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