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Explore fantastical lands with Far-Fetched Fables! Do you sometimes wonder how things could be different, should be different? Do you feel the call of the bizarre and surreal? Each week, Nicola Seaton-Clark explores a little further into the rare and mysterious lands which lie just outside our familiar reality, forging paths of wonder, magic and delight!
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FarFetchedFables No 188 H L Fullerton from 2018-01-23T10:00
“Too Poor to Sin” by H.L. Fullerton
(Originally published in Mysterion.)
Grandfather squandered our family's fortune on forgiveness, forcing Father to enlist in the Legion an...
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FarFetchedFables No 187 Samuel Marzioli from 2018-01-09T10:00
“Penelope's Song” by Samuel Marzioli
(Originally published in The Third Spectral Book of Horror Stories.)
Penelope gazed through her bedroom window, mesmerized by the motion ...
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FarFetchedFables No 186 Michael Rimar from 2017-12-26T10:00
“Avarice” by Michael Rimar
(Originally published in Darwin's Evolutions.)
Shadow blocked the glare of Uttum’s twin suns. Saleem looked up at the source, a man dressed in robe...
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FarFetchedFables No 185 Greg van Eekhout from 2017-12-12T15:08:44
“In the Late December” by Greg van Eekhout
(Originally published in Strange Horizons.)
Here's a secret of the North Pole: Santa powders his hands with talc before donning his...
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FarFetchedFables No 184 Russell Hemmell from 2017-11-28T10:00
“M” by Russell Hemmell
(Originally published in Not One of Us.)
We look like them, Christian thought, admiring the fresco in the charnel house and its ghastly figures, scary ...
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FarFetchedFables No 183 Paul R Hardy from 2017-11-13T10:00:31
“Customer Service Hobgoblin” by Paul R. Hardy
(Originally published in Unidentified Funny Objects 5.)
Beeep.
"Good morning, you're through to Robin. How may I receive y...
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FarFetchedFables No 182 Karen Traviss from 2017-10-31T09:00
“The Man Who Did Nothing” by Karen Traviss
(Originally published in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection.)
Hursley Rise, May 2
There ...
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FarFetchedFables No 181 Judith Field from 2017-10-24T07:00
“Psychopomps” by Judith Field(Originally published in The Colored Lens, Summer 2014.)Mark’s next door neighbour and business partner Pat kept telling him that power flowed through his veins. He too...
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FarFetchedFables No 180 Dave Smeds from 2017-10-17T07:00
“The Tavern at the Ford” by Dave Smeds(Originally published in Sword and Sorceress XXVIII.)Until that awful night, Azure had always assumed she would live out her entire life in thevillage. That’s ...
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FarFetchedFables No 179 K G Anderson from 2017-10-10T09:00
“Unraveling” by K.G. Anderson(Originally published in Triangulation: Beneath the Surface.)"Sarah -- he's using you!" My voice rose into the whine my daughter loathed, but I couldn't stop. I pressed...
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FarFetchedFables No 178 Evan Dicken from 2017-10-03T09:00
“Mouth of the Jaguar” by Evan Dicken(Originally published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #20.)Hummingbird was to be the final sacrifice of the day. The man before her struggled on a raisedstone slab, ...
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FarFetchedFables No 177 David Morrell from 2017-09-26T07:00
Main Story: “Perchance to Dream” by David Morrell(Originally published in Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy.)Dr. Baker.Dr. Baker.He came to my office on a Friday afternoon. Tall, slender, and san...
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FarFetchedFables No 176 Donald Jacob Uitvlugt from 2017-09-19T07:00
“The Hour of the Rat” by Donald Jacob Uitvlugt(Originally published in Cirsova Magazine #1.)shigururu ya winter rainnezumi no wataru a mouse runskoto no ue acros...
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FarFetchedFables No 175 Jakob Drud from 2017-09-12T15:00
“The Demi-Arcanist's Will” by Jakob Drud(Originally published in The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Volume 2.)The cabinet was all but invisible in the fumes, except in the spot where...
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FarFetchedFables No 174 Molly N Moss and Khalidaah Muhammad-Ali from 2017-09-05T09:00
Flash Fiction: “The Banshee Behind Beamon's Bakery” by Khalidaah Muhammad-Ali(Originally published in Diabolical Plots #21.)Most nights the alley behind Beamon’s Bakery is just an alley.The street ...
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FarFetchedFables No 173 Sarah L Byrne from 2017-08-29T07:00
“Princess Cosima and the 1,000 Cats” by Sarah L. Byrne(Originally published in Betwixt #4.)"Provide ships or sails adapted to the heavenly breezes, and there will be some who will not fear even tha...
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FarFetchedFables No 172 Hal Duncan from 2017-08-22T15:00
Main Story: “The Tower of Morning's Bones” by Hal Duncan(Originally published in Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy.)“Once upon a time, the land of Shuber and Hamazi,Many tongued Sumer, th...
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FarFetchedFables No 171 Tracy Canfield from 2017-08-15T07:00
“The Seal of Sulaymaan” by Tracy Canfield(Originally published in Fantasy Magazine, July 2010.)Back when there were other ifriit to talk to, I’d tell them Morocco was as far as you can get from Mec...
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FarFetchedFables No 170 Dennis Mombauer from 2017-08-08T07:00
“The Breeding Dust” by Dennis Mombauer(Originally published in Outliers of Speculative Fiction.)Silent, angular houses with white plaster, a sand-suffocated well and a couple of stunted palms huddl...
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FarFetchedFables No 169 Michelle Ann King from 2017-08-01T09:00
“Where There's Magic” by Michelle Ann King(Originally published in Kaleidotrope, April 2016.)The witch had a favourite saying: where there's life, there's magic. There was a second part -- where th...
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FarFetchedFables No 168 Robert J Santa and Tonya Liburd from 2017-07-25T09:00
"“Princess Lily's Wedding” by Robert J. Santa(Originally published in Blood, Blade & Thruster.)"I love him, Daddy!"King Frederick breathed deeply. It had been a very long conversation with his youn...
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FarFetchedFables No 167 Alter S Reiss from 2017-07-18T09:00
"“By Appointment to the Throne” by Alter S. Reiss(Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #155.)Getting up early enough to open a kitchen hurts. Leaving a warm bed before second watch makes...
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FarFetchedFables No 166 Scott Huggins from 2017-07-11T09:00
"“Phoenix for the Amateur Chef” by Scott Huggins(Originally published in Sword and Sorceress 30.)The phoenix fell.Its sobbing death cry silenced by a coat of ravening flame, it corkscrewed to earth...
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FarFetchedFables No 165 Valjeanne Jeffers and Ed Ahern from 2017-07-04T09:00
"“The Sickness” by Valjeanne Jeffers(Originally published in Griots: Sisters of the Spear.)The Bini warriors crouched in the high grass of the savanna. They'd passed the Fula borders a mile back, a...
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FarFetchedFables No 164 Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam from 2017-06-27T07:00
"“The Centaur's Daughter” by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam(Originally published in A cappella Zoo.)As a little girl I never understood my father’s night self. It’s hard to be a kid whose father is two peop...
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FarFetchedFables No 163 Douglas Smith from 2017-06-20T07:00
"“Spirit Dance” by Douglas Smith(Originally published in Tesseracts 6, this work is the prequel story to Douglas's novel The Wolf at the End of the World.)In the beginning of things, men were as an...
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FarFetchedFables No 162 Michael Ezell from 2017-06-13T07:00
"“Bones of a Righteous Man” by Michael Ezell(Originally published in Fantasy for Good.)-- Has the life of a righteous man been taken?-- We find that it has, Excellency.-- And what shall become of t...
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FarFetchedFables No 161 Judith Field and Michelle Ann King from 2017-06-06T09:00
"Flash Fiction: “Never Leave Me” by Michelle Ann King(Originally published at Daily Science Fiction.)Katrine grew up with the stories, she knew them as well as her own name. First there was true lo...
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FarFetchedFables No 160 Claire Davon and David Steffen from 2017-05-30T09:00
"Flash Fiction: “Mysterious Ways” by David Steffen(Originally published in Uncle John's Flush Fiction Anthology.)The afterlife was arbitrary, Sam Fichtner decided. There was no Heaven or Hell, only...
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FarFetchedFables No 159 L S Johnson from 2017-05-23T07:00
"“Vendemiaire” by L.S. Johnson(Originally published in B is for Broken.)There was a time when Arianne could not see over the rows of her father’s grapevines. At the height of the summer the vineyar...
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FarFetchedFables No 158 Jonathan Laidlow from 2017-05-17T07:00
"“Inundated” by Jonathan Laidlow(Originally published in Ecotones.)Yuri woke up to the sound of waves breaking at the end of the street, and knew that the undines had breached the final defences. E...
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FarFetchedFables No 157 Michael McGlade from 2017-05-09T09:00
“Another Beginning” by Michael McGlade(Originally published in Shimmer #29.)The Real BeginningÓgán loses Niamh to his best friend Malachy. Ógán and Niamh had been high school sweethearts, and the t...
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FarFetchedFables No 156 Barbara Barnett from 2017-05-02T00:00
"Main Story: “What the Blood Bog Takes” by Barbara A. Barnett
Originally published in Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show #47.)
On the Day of Sacrifice, my sister ...
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FarFetchedFables No 155 Claude Laumiere from 2017-04-25T07:00
"“The Ministry of Sacred Affairs” by Claude Lalumière(Originally published in Here Be Monsters #7: Tongues and Teeth.)Lost in music, it takes some time for Leo to register that Rosa is calling his ...
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FarFetchedFables No. 154 - Nisi Shawl from 2017-04-18T09:00
"Main Story: “Wallamelon” by Nisi Shawl(Originally published in Aeon #3.)The boys ran ahead of her as she walked, and circled back again like little dogs. Kevin urged her onto the path that cut acr...
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FarFetchedFables No 153 Robert Silverberg from 2017-04-11T09:00
“The Sorcerer's Aprpentice” by Robert SilverbergOriginally published in Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy.)Gannin Thidrich was nearing the age of thirty and had come to Triggoin to study the art ...
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FarFetchedFables No 152 Premee Mohamad from 2017-04-04T07:00
"“The Adventurer's Wife” by Premee Mohamad(Originally published in She Walks In Shadows.)It was not till after the adventurer had been interred that we learned that the man had been married. My edi...
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FarFetchedFables No 151 Scott Huggins from 2017-03-28T09:00
"“The Blind Queen's Daughter” by Scott Huggins(Originally published in Hides the Dark Tower.)The heavy mauls swung inward, the only thunder in the soft morning rain. The priests watched, trembling....
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FarFetchedFables No 150 Mattew Hughes from 2017-03-21T07:00
"This Week: “The Inn of the Seven Blessings” by Matthew Hughes(Originally published in Rogues.)The thief Raffalon was sleeping away the noon-day heat behind some bracken a short distance from the f...
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FarFetchedFables No 149 Laurence Raphael Brothers and Alex Shvartsman from 2017-03-14T09:00
“The Temple of Thirteen Pleasures” by Laurence Raphael Brothers(Originally published in The Sockdolager #3.)"I'm sorry to summon you like this, Countess" said Marcus apologetically. We were sitting...
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FarFetchedFables No 148 Ed Ahern from 2017-03-07T14:00
"This Week: “Caveat Emptor/Caveat Venditor” by Ed Ahern(Originally published in Silver Pen.)As warlocks go, Harald was a failure. Even though his curses were vigorously evil, and his pitches quite ...
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FarFetchedFables No 147 Philip A Suggars from 2017-02-28T10:00
"This Week: “Dependent Assemblies” by Philip A. Suggars(Originally published in Interzone #262.)“Purity of blood, purity of spirit. One nation united by the river, one nation united under the sun” ...
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FarFetchedFables No 146 Michael M Jones from 2017-02-21T08:02
“Sea of Strangers” by Michael M. Jones(Originally published in Inscription.)There was a weird vibe in the halls before first period today. As I made my way towards homeroom, weaving between people ...
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FarFetchedFables No 145 Frances Silversmith from 2017-02-14T08:00
"“Languid in Rose” by Frances Silversmith(Originally published in Fantasy for Good.)Lilia I, Queen of Roses, reluctantly opened her eyes to yet another perfect day, courtesy of the Enchantment. The...
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FarFetchedFables No 144 Wendy Nikel and Robert Dawson from 2017-02-07T10:00
"First Story: “The Girl in the Windmill” by Wendy Nikel(Originally published in Enchanted Spark. Based on the Italian fairy tale "In Love with a Statue")Maartje van Dijk lived in a windmill.At the ...
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FarFetchedFables No 143 Cyril Simsa and Lynette Meija from 2017-01-31T10:00
sh Fiction: “Connection” by Lynette Meija(Originally published at Daily Science Fiction.)The magician wobbled a little on his bar stool."Ask me what I did for a living," he said. Somewhere deep ins...
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FarFetchedFables No 142 Robert Dawson and Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold from 2017-01-24T08:00
Flash Fiction: “Descanso Dream” by Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold("Tales of the Rose Knights" #12, originally published at Daily Science Fiction.)Descanso is the smallest of the Rose Knights, and perhaps...
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FarFetchedFables No 141 Filip Wiltgren and Mark Finn from 2017-01-17T09:00
"First Story: “The Bed of the Crimson King” by Filip Wiltgren(Originally published in Grimdark #9.)The king lies in his big bed under the crimson covers, and dreams of freedom. The bed is not his, ...
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FarFetchedFables No 140 Barbara Barnett and Tim Boiteaub from 2017-01-10T09:00
"Flash Fiction: “The Robbed” by Tim W. Boiteau(Originally published at Every Day Fiction.)You can’t find your keys this morning, so your wife drives you to work.At dinner, it seems, the salt is lac...
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FarFetchedFables No 139 James Moore and Addison Smith from 2017-01-03T08:00
"Flash Fiction: “Hope for Enthos” by Addison Smith(Originally published in Fireside magazine.)The muted horns of passing cars drifted up to Enthos, where he sat on his ledge, peering over the stree...
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FarFetchedFables No 138 Ari Marmell and Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold from 2016-12-27T08:00
"Flash Fiction: “Myriam” by Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold("Tales of the Rose Knights" #11, originally published at Daily Science Fiction.)When the Rose Knight Myriam arrived in the farthest reaches of t...
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FarFetchedFables No 137 Ken Scholes and Alex Shvartsman from 2016-12-20T09:00
Flash Fiction: “Dreidel of Dread: The Very Cthulhu Chanukah” by Alex Schvartsman(Originally published in Galaxy's Edge.)Twas the night before Chanukah, and all through the planet, not a creature wa...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 136 Paul Jessup and Effie Seiberg from 2016-12-13T09:00
Flash Fiction: “Under the Bed” by Effie Seiberg(Originally published in Crossed Genres.)I keep it clean under the bed. I go swoosh swoosh swoosh and suck the dust away. Jimmy can’t have a dusty bed...
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FarFetchedFables No 135 Sharon Shinn from 2016-12-06T10:00
Feature Story: “The Double-Edged Sword” by Sharon Shinn(Originally published in Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology: Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy.)I sat at the back of the dark tavern...
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FarFetchedFables No 134 Gerri Leen and Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold from 2016-11-29T09:00
Flash Fiction: “Myriam” by Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold("Tales of the Rose Knights" #10, originally published at Daily Science Fiction.com.)When the Rose Knight Myriam arrived in the farthest reaches o...
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FarFetchedFables No 133 Travis Burnham and Matt Mikalatos from 2016-11-22T10:00
First Story: “Evil is as Evil Does” by Travis Burnham(Originally published in Aoife's Kiss.)Right in the middle of my nefarious plan to create an enormous ball of bubonic plague-infected fleas, the...
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FarFetchedFables No 132 Jakob Drud and Russell Hemmell from 2016-11-15T08:01
"Flash Fiction: “1348” by Russell Hemmell(Originally published in Strangelet 1.4 and also End of the Year Anthology 2015.)He arrived on Sunday, after a winter of sleep and snow. A jester with clear...
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FarFetchedFables No 131 Gerri Leen and SL Harris from 2016-11-07T08:00
Flash Fiction: “In the Timeline Where the Moscow Metro Opened in 1934” by S.L. Harris(Originally published at Daily Science Fiction.)In the timeline where the Moscow Metro opened in 1934, we live t...
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FarFetchedFables No 130 Doug C Souza and Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold from 2016-11-03T07:00
"Flash Fiction: “Papagena” by Jay lake and Ruth Nestvold("Tales of the Rose Knights" #8, originally published in Daily Science Fiction.)Papagena was born on the Borderlands, between the sere landsc...
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FarFetchedFables No 129 Camille Griep and Natalia Theodoridou from 2016-10-24T07:01
"Flash Fiction: “Anatomy of an Arrow” by Natalia Theodoridou(Originally published on Daily Science Fiction.)"So, uh, I've been meaning to ask. What's that?" He pointed at the fletching that poked o...
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FarFetchedFables No 128 Django Wexler from 2016-10-17T07:01
“The Penitent Damned" by Django Wexler(Originally published on io9.)Duke Mallus Kengire Orlanko, Royal Minister of Information — sometimes called the Last Duke, though not in his hearing — did not ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 127 Oliver Buckram and Lynn Hardaker from 2016-10-10T07:00
Flash Fiction: “The Choochoomorphosis” by Oliver Buckram(Originally published in Unidentified Funny Objects 3.)As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed into...
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FarFetchedFables No 126 Juliet McKenna and Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold from 2016-10-04T07:01
Flash Fiction: “Papagena” by Jay lake and Ruth Nestvold("Tales of the Rose Knights" #8, originally published in Daily Science Fiction.)Papagena was born on the Borderlands, between the sere landsca...
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FarFetchedFables No 125 Michael Rimar and David_Steffen from 2016-09-26T07:01
“Reckoning” by David Steffen(Originally published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, September 2013.)"The Day of Reckoning is upon us," Preacher Paul said."You reckon?""I reckon."Paul watche...
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Far Fetched Fables No 124 Thana Niveau from 2016-09-19T07:00
“First and Last and Always” by Thana Niveau(Originally published in Magic: An Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane.)Tamsin placed her hands on either side of her phone and gazed intently at the pic...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 123 Spencer Ellsworth and Jeremy Szal from 2016-09-12T07:00
“The Ifrit's Trial” by Spencer Ellsowrth(Originally published in Human Tales.)Noble courtiers, wazirs, Sultan and lovely Sultana, salaam. Such fanfare for a poor Ifrit you have brought! I see you h...
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FarFetchedFables No 122 Siobhan Carroll and Jay Lake Ruth Nestvold from 2016-09-05T07:01
"Flash Fiction: “Eden Rose” by Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold("Tales of the Rose Knights" #7, originally published in Daily Science Fiction.)When the Rose Knight Graham Thomas first fell in love with Ede...
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FarFetchedFables_No_121_Robert_V_S_Redick from 2016-08-30T04:49:32
“The Forever People” by Robert V.S. Redick(Originally published in Fearsome Journeys.)When Majka stepped out through the kitchen door at dusk she found a huge white weasel in the garden. Brazen, it...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 118 Alison Littlewood and Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold from 2016-08-17T07:00
Flash Fiction: “Black Baccara” by Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold("Tales of the Rose Knights" #6, originally published in Daily Science Fiction.)Baccara is one of the dark ones from among the ranks of the...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 119 Beth Cato from 2016-08-16T07:00
Flash Fiction: “The Quest You Have Chosen Defies Your Fate” by Beth Cato(Originally published in Daily Science Fiction.)You are reading a book, and within that book you now walk through the iron ga...
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FarFetchedFables No 120 Rachel Swirsky from 2016-08-16T07:00
“Broken Clouds” by Rachel Swirsky(Originally published in When the Villain Comes Home.)Alex walked home through light rain that was almost soundless as it silvered the sidewalk. The whole world see...
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FarFetchedFables No 117 Michael M Jones and Lane Robins from 2016-08-01T07:00
"nd Mercury, Gilt and Glass” by Lane Robins(Originally published in Daily Science Fiction.)42 facts about my wife, Marie:1) Marie was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1984.2) She has blue eyes, and ...
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FarFetchedFables No 116 Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas and Paul Jessup from 2016-07-26T07:00
"n Xochitl in Cuicatl in Shub-Niggurath” by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas, translated by Silvia Moreno-García(Originally published in Sword & Mythos.)Screams. The sun had not risen yet when the Mexi...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 115 Richard Parks and Wendy Nikel from 2016-07-19T11:00
This month's cover art is "Dragonfly Kiss" by Susan McKivergan, a digital muse, graphic designer, and artist. When not working and improving her skills in digital art, she enjoys cooking, 3-D model...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 114 Paul Magrs and Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold from 2016-07-12T15:00
Flash Fiction: “Harlekin” by Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold("Tales of the Rose Knights" #5, originally published on Daily Science Fiction.)Harlekin was fair as a maiden, with a blush to match. Women can ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 113 Steven Toase and Stephen S. Power from 2016-07-05T15:00
Flash Fiction: “River Boys” by Stephen S. Power(Originally published in Faed.)The river gives our village food and blood, breath and beat, and, one evening, it gave us a boy.A girl named Minu found...
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Far Fetched fables No. 112 Michael J. Martineck and Anna Zumbro from 2016-06-28T08:00:18
Flash Fiction: “The Pixie Game” by Anna Zumbro
(Originally published at Listen
Far Fetched Fables No. 111 Julie Frost from 2016-06-21T08:00:41
Featured Story: “The Cow & The Beanstalk” by Julie Frost
Far Fetched Fables No. 110 Krystal Claxton and Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold from 2016-06-14T08:00:13
Flash Fiction: “Golden Unicorn” by Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold
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Far Fetched Fables No. 109 Pat Bowne from 2016-06-07T08:00:48
Fiction: “Want’s Master” by Pat Bowne
(Originally published in Tales of the Unanticipated, 20...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 108 Ed Ahern and Tony Pi from 2016-05-31T08:00:06
This month’s cover art is “Abyssal” by Jason Deem, a designer, art director, and illustrator who mostly creates fantasy and horror art, and is the resident cover artist for Grimdar...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 107 Peter Orullian and Jeremy Szal from 2016-05-24T08:00:57
Flash Fiction: “Old Blood” by Jeremy Szal
(Originally published in Saturday Night Reader, Se...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 106 Lake and Nestvold, Cherie Priest, and Kelly Sandoval from 2016-05-17T08:00:50
“Rosaraie de l’Hay” by Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold
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Far Fetched Fables No. 105 Jon Michael Kelley and David Annandale from 2016-05-10T08:00:37
“Wednesday’s Child” by Jon Michael Kelley
(Originally published in Listen
Far Fetched Fabes No. 104 John R. Fultz and C.L. Holland from 2016-05-03T08:00:04
First Story: “When the Harlequin Dances” by C.L. Holland
(Originally published in Listen
Far Fetched Fables No. 103 Sarina Dorie from 2016-04-26T08:00:44
Featured Story: “The Forest Lord” by Sarina Dorie
(Originally published in The Urban Green Man.)
The summer day I moved into my cabin in the woods, I knew something was...
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Far Fetched Fables Anniversary Episode: Joe R. Lansdale from 2016-04-19T08:00:43
“The Dark Down There” by Joe R. Lansdale
(Originally published in Dead M...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 102 Aliette de Bodard and Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold from 2016-04-12T08:00:21
Flash Fiction: “Green Ice” by Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold
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Far Fetched Fables No. 101 Richard Bowes from 2016-04-05T08:00:29
Story: “There’s a Hole in the City” by Richard Bowes
(Originally published in Sci Fiction, June 15, 2005)
Wednesday 9/12
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Far Fetched Fables No. 100 Michael Moorcock from 2016-03-29T08:00:19
“While the Gods Laugh” by Michael Moorcock
(Originally published in Science Fantasy, October 1961.)
One night, as Elric sat moodily drinking alone in a tavern, a win...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 99 Julie Frost and David Steffen from 2016-03-22T08:00
First Story: “Unraveling” by David Steffen
(Originally published in the July 2014 Andromeda Spaceways ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 98 Kate O’Connor and Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold from 2016-03-15T08:00:18
Cover art for this month is by Kassandra Leigh, a photographer, model, and self-professed dweeb with no social skills, chronic ailments, and a supreme appreciation of “me” time. She likes to ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 97 Siobhan Carroll, M.K. Hutchins, and Amy H. Sturgis from 2016-03-08T08:00:30
Flash Fiction: “Genie from the Gym” by M.K. Hutchins
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Far Fetched Fables No. 96 Weston Ochse, Molly Flynn, and Amy H. Sturgis from 2016-03-01T08:00:15
Flash Fiction: “Daddy’s Glasses” by Molly Flynn
(Originally published at Every Day ...
Far Fetched Fables No. 95 Aidan Moher and Kat Otis from 2016-02-23T08:00:28
Flash Fiction: “An Old Warrior’s Final Countdown” by Kat Otis
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Far Fetched Fables No. 94 Russell Blackford from 2016-02-16T08:00:03
“Manannan’s Children” by Russell Blackford
(Originally published in Dreaming Ag...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 93 Heather Lindsley and Oliver Buckram from 2016-02-09T08:00:56
Short Fiction: “Darkening Skies” by Oliver...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 92 Danny Adams and Michael Canfield from 2016-02-02T08:00:30
Flash Fiction: “Junk Silver” by Michael Ca...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 91 Fred Van Lente and Christie Yant from 2016-01-26T08:00:34
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Far Fetched Fables No. 90 David Steffen and Dale Bailey from 2016-01-19T08:00:55
First Story: “Never Idle” by David Steffen...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 89 Jack William Finley and Mel Staten from 2016-01-12T08:00:22
Flash Fiction: “An Episode Below” by Mel Staten
Her bare feet lightly touch down on the bed of coals, moving forward. They should stop in heated agony, but onwards they move desp...
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Far Fetched Fabled No. 88 Desirina Boskovich and Melody Marie Sage from 2016-01-05T08:00:12
Flash Fiction: “The Alchemist’s Wife” by Melody Marie Sage
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Far Fetched Fables No. 87 Adam Browne and Andrew Kozma from 2015-12-29T08:00:54
Flash Fiction: “The Judges” by Andrew Kozma
The judges would not leave him alone. They followed him from home to work, watched him while he walked his dog, spied on hi... Listen
Far Fetched Fables No. 86 Martha Wells and Aidan Doyle from 2015-12-22T08:00:13
Flash Fiction: “Remembering the Dragon” by Aidan Doyle
Do you remember me? I was once a great adventurer, journeying to distant lands, exploring lost ruins and chronicling moment...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 85 Richard Ford from 2015-12-15T08:00:44
Story: “The Halfwyrd’s Burden” by Richard Ford
Around early autumn the border trail west out of Valdor was windy as a nobleman’s trap and cold as a devil’s heart. It was two hund...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 84 David Jón Fuller from 2015-12-08T08:00:51
Story: “A Deeper Echo” by David Jón Fuller
The smoky-grey dire wolf loped between darkened hulks of wooden box-cars on the sprawling CPR train yards of Winnipeg. The early June a...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 83 Beth Cato and Seanan McGuire from 2015-12-01T08:00:14
Flash Fiction: “Bless This House” by Beth Cato
A pink sliver of sunrise glowed over the hills, and the cows lowed their need. Emma parted the barn doors. Her metal pail and other ge... Listen
Far Fetched Fables No. 82 Laurence Raphael Brothers and Pauline J. Alama from 2015-11-24T08:00:31
Flash Fiction: “Innumerate” by Laurence Raphael Brothers
The sorcerer stands in the center of a magic circle, a conservative gray business suit showing under his white ritual man...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 81 Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette and Angela Slatter from 2015-11-17T08:00:32
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Far Fetched Fables No. 80 Steph Swainston and Patrick Samphire from 2015-11-03T08:00:03
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First Story: “The Wheel of Fortune” by Steph Swainston
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Far Fetched Fables No. 79 Sofia Samatar and Elizabeth Archer from 2015-10-27T08:00:45
Flash Fiction: “Percy’s Crossing” by Elizabeth Archer
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Far Fetched Fables No. 78 Melanie Tem and Gary Budgen from 2015-10-20T08:00:19
First Story:
“Mr. Green” by Gary Budgen
Rust fell on Maiden Road, falling in tiny flakes borne by the wind and covering the ground with burnt red like a carpet of au...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 77 Matthew Kressel from 2015-10-13T08:00:14
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Far Fetched Fables No 76 Kellie Wells from 2015-10-06T08:00:20
Story: “The Rabbit Catcher of Kingdom Come” by Kellie Wells
One sudden spring, when trees and flowers, bamboozled by warmth, began budding in January, the prematurely honeyed air...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 75 Peter Fugazzotto and Adrian Chamberlin from 2015-09-22T08:00:06
First Story: “The King Beneath the Waves” by Peter Fugazzotto
Werting could not break free.
The frigid sea held the boy, his feet churning, tired arms paddling...
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Far Fetched fables No. 74 Alex Shvartsman from 2015-09-15T08:00:57
Story: “A Shard Glows in Brooklyn” by Alex Shvartsman
One by one, I set off car alarms.
I walked along the curb and methodically gave each parked car a gentle kick, ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 73 Laird Barron from 2015-09-08T08:00:04
Story: “Blood and Stardust” by Laird Barron
Three years later, as I hike my skirt to urinate in a dark alley in the slums of Kolkata, my arms are grasped from behind. The Doctor ...
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Far Fetched Fables No 72 Dean Francis Alfar and Edward M. Erdelac from 2015-09-01T08:00:03
First Story: “The Kite of Stars” by Dean Francis Alfar
The night when she thought she would finally be a star, Maria Isabella du’l Cielo struggled to calm the trembling of her ha...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 71 Lee Battersby and Caroline M. Yoachim from 2015-08-25T08:00:43
Flash Fiction: “Dancing with Fire” by Caroline M. Yoachim
The pond where I grew up was swampy and buzzing with insects. I slept in a bed of stargrass, and Mother whispered lullab...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 70 John R. Fultz from 2015-08-18T08:00:07
Story: “Flesh of the City, Bones of the World” by John R. Fultz
The Surgeon’s hands are his most delicate instruments.
From the slim silver bones of the ten fingers ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 69 Darin Bradley and Wendy Wagner from 2015-08-11T08:00:40
First Story: “They Would Only Be Roads” by Darin Bradley
Prester fingered the chain–he’d pulled it from the tank behind one of the commodes downtown, in Idio, the old feed-mill t...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 68 Django Wexler and Michelle Muenzler from 2015-08-04T08:00:47
This month’s cover art is “The Mechanic Magmin” by Kyle Anderson
Flash Fiction: “This is the Stor...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 67 A.C. Wise and Gerri Leen from 2015-07-28T08:00:54
Flash Fiction: “One Hundred Years” by Gerri Leen
She wanders the castle late at night like a haunt. She startles the servants when she finds them flesh to flesh in the darker co...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 66 Mark Teppo and A. Merc Rustad from 2015-07-21T08:00:31
Main Story: “The One That Got Away” by Mark Teppo
A haven for raconteurs and fabulists, the Alibi Room was a velvet-lined sanctuary where suggestion and persuasion were the watch...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 65 Aliette de Bodard and Jennifer R. Donohue from 2015-07-14T08:00:57
Flash Fiction: “Adventuring” by Jennifer Donohue
Sometimes, you can stop to breathe.
Sometimes, you repack that worn leather pack, which has been with you longer tha...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 64 Chris Roberson and Malcolm Chandler from 2015-07-07T08:00:24
Flash Fiction: “Frankenstein’s Monster” by Malcolm Chandler
I want Mandy out of my head.
They say the Dream Doctor is the man for the job.
He is a small...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 63 Dan Chaon from 2015-06-30T08:00
Story: “The Bees” by Dan Chaon
Gene’s son Frankie wakes up screaming. It has become frequent, two or three times a week, at random times: midnight — 3 AM — five in the morning. H...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 62 Andrew J. McKiernan from 2015-06-23T08:00:39
Story: “Calliope: A Steam Romance” by Andrew J. McKiernan
Her voice is of a host angelic, but fallen. Her every breath breeds melodious paeans that tear at my soul — in ways both...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 61 Peter M. Ball and Donald V.S. Duncan from 2015-06-16T08:00:17
First Story: “The Last Great House of Isla Tortuga” by Peter M. Ball
She enters my name as Tobias Truman. I watch her ink the delicate curve of the capitals, the ostrich feather ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 60 John R. Fultz from 2015-06-09T08:00:34
Story: “The Key to Your Heart is Made of Brass” by John R. Fultz
Wake up. Something is wrong.
Greasy orange light smears the dark. Only one of your optical lenses is...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 59 John D. Brown from 2015-06-02T08:00
Story: “From the Clay of His Heart” by John D. Brown
The golem was a thief. Nothing in the village, nothing in the whole vale for that matter, was safe. It was forever stealing and ... Listen
Far Fetched Fables No. 58 Geoffrey A. Landis and Richard Parks from 2015-05-26T08:00:31
First Story: “Lazy Taekos” by Geoffrey A. Landis
Once there was a boy named Taekos who lived on a heart farm.
His parents were hardworking people: they grew new hear...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 57 Paul G. Tremblay and Vajra Chandrasekera from 2015-05-19T08:00:59
Flash Fiction: “Caul” by Vajra Chandrasekera
I only love girls who love to swim, but I don’t like to see them in the water. Like the sea just fine with nobody swimming in it and ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 56 Daniel Quinn and Mark Morris from 2015-05-12T08:00:30
First Story: “The Frog King, or Iron Henry” by Daniel Quinn
What is to be remembered, I suppose I remember; everything else dissolves and vanishes: breath on an icy mirror. Listen
Far Fetched Fables No. 55 Michael H. Payne from 2015-05-05T08:00:03
Main Story: “Where There’s Smoke” by Michael H. Payne
Sudden crackling twitched Cluny’s ears, memories sparking through her of harvesting termites from the fallen trees b...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 54 Kim Lakin-Smith and Cate Gardner from 2015-04-28T08:00:37
First Story: “Too Delicate for Human Form” by Cate Gardner
A trail of dead goldfish wound towards the pool where Jenny’s aunt drifted face down.
Her aunt’s silver ch...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 53 Robert E. Howard from 2015-04-21T08:00:07
Story: “The Tower of the Elephant” by Robert E. Howard
“You are no soldier,” hissed the stranger at last. “You are a thief like myself.”
“And who are you?” asked the...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 52 David Prill and Alex Shvartsman from 2015-04-14T08:00:11
Flash Fiction: “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Monsters” by Alex Shvartsman
It isn’t easy being green, scaly, or abominable these days. Humanity turned the tables on the ap...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 51 Lev Grossman and Adam Browne from 2015-04-07T08:00:46
First Story: “Space Operetta” by Adam Browne
It’s the tenthday of March in the year of our lord 1453 and Cardinal Bessarion is lofting on rotors of gold and spun silver like some...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 50 Christopher Barzak from 2015-03-31T08:00:08
Story: “The Guardian of the Egg” by Christopher Barzak
My sister was the girl with the tree growing out of her head. You’ve probably heard of her. You might have seen her on TV. ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 49 Kristi Charish and Jessica May Lin from 2015-03-24T08:00:58
Flash Fiction: “Dark, Beautiful Force” by Jessica May Lin
I met you the summer I was nineteen. You were a shadow on the wall, tall and intimidating in a way I could never be, and...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 48 Cat Rambo and Oliver Buckram from 2015-03-17T08:00:19
Main Story: “Clockwork Fairies” by Cat Rambo
Mary the Irish girl let me in when I knocked at the door in my Sunday best, smelling of incense and evening fog. Gaslight flickered o...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 47 Stephanie Campisi and Barbara A. Barnett from 2015-03-10T08:00:11
Flash Fiction: “Dream Logic” by Barbara A. Barnett
Keith touches a hand to his nose, and I’m not sure what surprises him more: the blood my left hook drew, or the fact that his b...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 46 Laurel Winter and Jacqueline Carey from 2015-03-03T08:00:59
First Story: “Infinity Syrup” by Laurel Winter
Fay was Zen shopping, something she had learned when she worked swing shift in card assembly at IBM. The effort of plugging six com...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 45 Cory Skerry and Anna Ilona Mussmann from 2015-02-24T08:00:52
Flash Fiction: “The Hum of Refuge” by Anna Ilona Mussmann
On her couch in an apartment at the top of a building that used to be a lingerie factory, Skye Hindley tried to capture ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 44 John D. Brown and M. Bennardo from 2015-02-17T08:00:20
Flash Fiction: “Older, Wiser, Time Traveler” by M. Bennardo
First off, step one — commit a crime of passion.
You shouldn’t plan this, obviously. In fact, you can’t p...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 43 Pamela Sargent from 2015-02-10T08:00:43
Story: “Spirit Brother” by Pamela Sargent
The flat land below him was white, the color of purity and luck. Jamukha flew in the form of an eagle, feeling the wind under his wings....
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Far Fetched Fables No. 42 Alex Shvartsman and Lydia Millet from 2015-02-03T08:00:09
First Story: “Requiem for a Druid” by Alex Shvartsman
My job that morning was to banish a demon, but I was determined to finish my cup of coffee first.
I sipped my j...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 41 Rhys Hughes, Paul Collins, and Richard Harland from 2015-01-27T08:00:08
First Story: “Castor on Troubled Waters” by Rhys Hughes
He’s almost fifty years of age, Castor Jenkins is, which for a stereotypical Welshman must be reckoned venerable, if not a...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 40 Tim Lebbon from 2015-01-20T08:00:33
This week’s story: “Forever” by Tim Lebbon
On Dana’Man the cold bit hard, ice informed thought, frost froze dreams of freedom, and duty and supplication were the way. On Dana’Man...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 39 A.M. Dellamonica and Meghan McCarron from 2015-01-13T08:00:51
First Story: “The Dream Eaters” by A.M. Dellamonica
Mo Cottonsmith had just turned sixteen when she started Lopside Fashions, with cash she stole from a neighborhood fizz dealer....
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Far Fetched Fables No. 38 Hayley E. Lavik and Suzan Harden from 2015-01-06T08:00:25
Flash Fiction: “Fool’s Fire” by Hayley E. Lavik
It’s the cold mud that wakes me, and the taste of duckweed in my throat. In my mouth, my nose, my ears. It fills my lungs, creeps ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 37 Scott Lynch from 2014-12-30T08:00:56
First Story: “The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats” by Scott Lynch
“I took up the study of magic because I wanted to live in the beauty of transfinite mathematical truths,” ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 36 Steve Berman and Terry Dowling from 2014-12-23T08:00:02
First Story: “The Price of Glamour” by Steve Berman
London, 1844
Tup Smatterpit sat on the back of a chestnut seller’s cart, his back warm from resting against the stove. T...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 35 Marc Laidlaw from 2014-12-16T08:00:47
“Childrun” by Marc Laidlaw
The first thing Gorlen heard, as he mounted toward the walled village at the top of the rise, was the sound of children, their voices tumbling down the...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 34 Karen Joy Fowler and Greg Van Eekhout from 2014-12-09T06:20:08
First Story:
“The Last Worders” by Karen Joy Fowler
Charlotta was asleep in the dining car when the train arrived in San Margais. It was tempting to just leave her ...
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Far Fetched Fables No. 33 Dario Ciriello and Kim Wilkins from 2014-12-03T06:00:58
First Story:
“America is Coming!” by Dario Ciriello
“Nice day for the end of the world. Any sign yet?”
Salvatore’s voice at his side startled Peppino. ...
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Far Fetched Fables No 32 L.E. Modesitt Jr. and Nancy Kress from 2014-11-25T08:00:32
First Story:
“The Swan Pilot” by L.E Modesitt Jr.
I eased myself into the control couch of the ISS W.B. Yeats, making certain that all the connections were snug, a...
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Far Fetched Fables No 31 Kim Westwood and Amanda Downum from 2014-11-18T08:00:44
First Story:
“Nightship” by Kim Westwood
Here the linen smells of mice and the men of old boots. I lie beneath a slaughter of ferals, cushioned in my guilty comfor...
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Far Fetched Fables No 30 Todd Lockwood and Valjeanne Jeffers from 2014-11-11T08:00:48
First Story:
“Keeper of Memory” by Todd Lockwood
Daen screamed until the monster’s teeth crushed ribs against ribs. Blood poured from his lungs, a bright flower un...
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Far Fetched Fables No 29 Dylan Horrocks and Adam Browne from 2014-11-04T08:00:02
First Story:
“Steam Girl” by Dylan Horrocks
The first time I see her, she’s standing alone behind the library, looking at the ground. Faded blue dress, scruffy lea...
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Far Fetched Fables No 28 Charles de Lint from 2014-10-28T08:00:55
Halloween Story:
“Riding Shotgun” by Charles de Lint
I wasn’t surprised to learn that my father had died. He would have been seventy-two this winter and he’d alway...
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Far Fetched Fables No 27 Matthew Johnson and Steven Pirie from 2014-10-21T08:00:53
First Story: “Public Safety” by Matthew Johnson
Officier de la Paix Louverture folded Quartidi’s Père Duchesne into thirds, fanning himself against the Thermidor heat. The...
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Far Fetched Fables No 26 Ian R. MacLeod and Robert Reed from 2014-10-14T08:22:03
First Story: “The Master Miller’s Tale” Part 2 by Ian R. MacLeod
THERE ARE ONLY RUINS left now on Burlish Hill, a rough circle of stones. The track which once curved up fr...
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Far Fetched Fables No 25 Ian R. MacLeod and Jeremy Sim from 2014-10-07T08:00:57
First Story: “The Master Miller’s Tale” Part 1 by Ian R. McLeod
THERE ARE ONLY RUINS left now on Burlish Hill, a rough circle of stones. The track which once curved up fro...
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Far Fetched Fables No 24 David Barr Kirtley and Gord Sellar from 2014-09-30T08:08:39
First Story: “Save Me Plz” by David Barr Kirtley
Meg hadn’t heard from Devon in four months, and she realized that she missed him. So on a whim she tossed her sword...
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Far Fetched Fables No 23 Zoran Živkovi? and Shenoa Carroll-Bradd from 2014-09-23T10:00:50
First Story: “Compartments” by Zoran Živkovi?
I ran as fast as my legs would carry me.
The carriage had just pulled away from the buffer at t...
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Far Fetched Fables No 22 Elizabeth E. Wein and KJ Kabza from 2014-09-16T08:00:27
First Story: “Chasing the Wind” by Elizabeth E. Wein
Martha Bennett sat on her trunk in the middle of Nairobi Airport watching the other passengers disperse. She ha...
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Far Fetched Fables No 21 Jenny Blackford and Brendan Connell from 2014-09-09T08:00:34
First Story: “Troll’s Night Out” by Jenny Blackford
There was a lot of shrieking and laughing going on at the table behind ours.
“Girls’ night out,” I...
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Far Fetched Fables No 20 Bill Congreve and Marly Youmans from 2014-09-02T08:00:30
First Story: “The Shooter at the Heartrock Waterhole” by Bill Congreve
The rifle kicked, and one of the creatures — the beautiful one — was dead. But the wyrde, as ...
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Far Fetched Fables No 19 Isobelle Carmody and Adam Browne from 2014-08-26T08:00:53
First Story: “Perchance to Dream” by Isobelle Carmody
Anna woke knowing she had been dreaming, but as so often with dreams, to wake was to forget. Strange to remember viv...
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Far Fetched Fables No 18 Ben Peek and Bruce McAllister from 2014-08-19T08:00:24
First Story: “The Funeral, Ruined” by Ben Peek
It was the weight that woke Linette. Her weight. The weight of herself.
The flat red sky above Issuer was waiting when...
Far Fetched Fables No 17 Laurel Winter, Ellen Klages, and Michael Haynes from 2014-08-12T08:00:41
First Story: “The Flying Woman” by Laurel Winter
The boats rested uneasily on the surface of the sea, waiting to leave. Chief Loah gripped Raff’s shoulder in one hand and ...
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Far Fetched Fables No 16 An Owomoyela and Benjamin Rosenbaum from 2014-08-05T08:00:09
Art by Chang Yuan
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Far Fetched Fables No 15 Rachel Pollack and Amal El-Mohtar from 2014-07-29T08:00:47
First Story: “Jack Shade in the Forest of Souls – Part 2” by Rachel Pollack
Jack Shade, known in varied places and times as Journeyman Jack, or Jack Sad, or Handsome Johnn...
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Far Fetched Fables No 14 Rachel Pollack and Nicola Belte from 2014-07-22T08:00:23
First Story: “Jack Shade in the Forest of Souls – Part 1” by Rachel Pollack
Jack Shade, known in varied places and times as Journeyman Jack, or Jack Sad, or Handsome Johnn...
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Far Fetched Fables No 13 Janny Wurts and Gene Wolfe from 2014-07-15T08:00:54
First Story: “Blood, Oak, Iron” by Janny Wurts
The old king of Chaldir lay dying. Everyone knew. Scarcely anyone cared. He lay under quilts in a bed with gold posts and pu...
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Far Fetched Fables No 12 Gregory Frost and Leah Bobet from 2014-07-08T08:00:38
Art by René Aigner
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Far Fetched Fables No 11 Maurice Broaddus and Steven Rasnic Tem from 2014-07-01T08:00:33
First Story: “Lost Son” by Maurice Broaddus
“I will make my arrows drunk with blood, while my sword devours flesh: the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of t...
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Far Fetched Fables No 10 Adam Browne, Gail Z. Martin and Barbara A. Barnett from 2014-06-24T08:00:28
First Story: “Neverland Blues” by Adam Browne
Michael Jackson bobs mothsoft and white in the North African nightsky.
His many eyes tic and tick. Expensive len...
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Far Fetched Fables No 9 Jeffrey Ford, Tony Ballantyne, and Laurel Winter from 2014-06-17T08:00:24
First Story: “A Night in the Tropics” by Jeffrey Ford
The first bar I ever went to was The Tropics. It was and still is situated between the grocery store and the bank alo...
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Far Fetched Fables No 8 Trent Jamieson and Mike Resnick and Lawrence Schimel from 2014-06-10T08:00:15
First Story: “The New Deal” by Trent Jamieson
“You hear about the new Deal?” Jacobi asked, crouching down by the nearest body on the flat corrugated iron roof.
Far Fetched Fables No 7 Stephen Dedman and Deborah J. Ross from 2014-06-03T08:00:08
First Story: “Lost Arts” by Stephen Dedman
Tao’s was the only office on Hathor. It was a conventional flexiroom bisected by a temporary wall; the smaller chamber served as...
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Far Fetched Fables No 6 Sean McMullen and Matthew Burnside from 2014-05-27T08:00:47
First Story: “A Ring of Green Fire” by Sean McMullen
“As I was travelling through Westbury forest, I met with a man with a ring of green fire around his penis,” Avenzoar’s...
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Far Fetched Fables No 5 Brian Evenson and Charles Stross from 2014-05-20T08:00:10
WARNING: This week’s story, “Snowball’s Chance”, contains graphic language and a strong Scottish accent.
First Story:
“An Accounting” by Brian Evenson
I have...
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Far Fetched Fables No 4 Zoran Zivkovic and Kelley Armstrong from 2014-05-13T08:00:24
First Story:
“The Teashop” by Zoran Zivkovic
Miss Greta was delighted to see a teashop across the street from the entrance to the railway station. The train she’d ...
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Far Fetched Fables No 3 Sherwood Smith and Michael Cadnum from 2014-05-06T08:00:59
First Story:
“Commando Bats” by Sherwood Smith
When I was young, aging women were interchangeable. Ugly, slow, annoying with their unwanted opinions. It seemed imp...
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Far Fetched Fables No 2 A. A. Attanasio and Seana Graham from 2014-04-29T08:00:23
First Story:
“Demons Hide Their Faces” by A.A. Attanasio
Winterset in Egypt beside the rotting canal at Sidi Bishr, with the little, ceramic hashish pipe in her fr...
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Far Fetched Fables No 1 Jedediah Berry and Fritz Swanson from 2014-04-22T06:00:38
First Story: “To Measure the Earth” by Jedediah Berry
Spring 1890
Roel got out of bed before the fireflies had quit their nighttime signaling. He took his h...
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