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, he was very curious looking. He had two tiny black eyes (good for seeing in the dark), two tiny hands with four sharp claws each (good for digging holes and tunnels) and a tiny body covered with soft brown fur, good for keeping him warm wherever he might go.
The second way he was curious was ... well, just that: He was very, very curious. He wanted to see everything there was to see and go everywhere there was to go. When he was young he would use his ...
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The Separation, Chapter Ten: “Search Results”
[Table of Contents] GIZA PLAZA PUBLIC BRANCH, LOWER SLOPE, COMMON TERMINAL 832176.GP.FUL DECEMBER 1, 21-- login: public password: reader “Welcome to Giza Plaza Public Branch. Would you like research, arrangements, contacts or public programming?” “Research, please, just ...
A Roadful of Ducks
By Tantra Bensko I never thought I'd find comfort this way, but no one told me I couldn't. I just gave it a go, and the ducks are following me down the road ...
The Separation, Chapter Nine: “Escapee”
[Table of Contents] At first, the escape had gone brilliantly. They moved swiftly though the desolate corridors, dimly lit, doors sagging open, scattered with evidence of fighting — abandoned barricades, scorch marks ...
The Breath Between Wonder & Dread: Seven Photographs
All images (c) Peter Schwartz [These photographs leave one with a sense of having just turned the corner onto a vista in which, moments earlier, something extraordinary happened. What displacement of mass caused ...
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 ...
The Separation, Chapter Eight: “Enemy Combatant”
[Table of Contents] The next 12 hours were the definition of hell -- and he'd seen some of the worst of the fighting back home: On his belly amidst the creosote and ...
The Fabulist Print ‘Zine Preview
The Fabulist now exists in print! And graced with a gorgeous illustration by Andrew Goldfarb, a detail of which you can see here. You ...
An Honest Attempt
By Bosley Gravel Me and Lulu-Mae were having a right tasty Sunday lunch in the meadow when Lulu-Mae said, "Lyle, just when are you going to make an honest woman out of me?" I ...
Togetherness
By Abha Iyengar The humerus bone has ‘humor’ of a malignant kind, that which shows no restraint. It went jerking in another direction, that is, the direction of a no-no, towards the man ...