Far Fetched Fables

This month’s cover art is Plains of a Different World by Leon Tukker. For more of his work, visit www.artstation.com/artist/leontukker or tryingtofly.deviantart.com/Novel excerpt: “King of Shards” by ...

13 Okt 20151h 8min

Story: “The Rabbit Catcher of Kingdom Come” by Kellie WellsOne sudden spring, when trees and flowers, bamboozled by warmth, began budding in January, the prematurely honeyed air flatly refusing to chi...

6 Okt 20151h 7min

First Story: “The King Beneath the Waves” by Peter FugazzottoWerting could not break free.The frigid sea held the boy, his feet churning, tired arms paddling. The rocky shore, so close, taunted him wi...

22 Sep 20151h 1min

Story: “A Shard Glows in Brooklyn” by Alex ShvartsmanOne by one, I set off car alarms.I walked along the curb and methodically gave each parked car a gentle kick, just hard enough to trigger the siren...

15 Sep 201546min

Story: “Blood and Stardust” by Laird BarronThree 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 whispers, “So, we meet ...

8 Sep 201548min

First Story: “The Kite of Stars” by Dean Francis AlfarThe night when she thought she would finally be a star, Maria Isabella du’l Cielo struggled to calm the trembling of her hands, reached over to cu...

1 Sep 20151h 6min

Flash Fiction: “Dancing with Fire” by Caroline M. YoachimThe pond where I grew up was swampy and buzzing with insects. I slept in a bed of stargrass, and Mother whispered lullabies in the gentle curre...

25 Aug 201557min

Story: “Flesh of the City, Bones of the World” by John R. FultzThe Surgeon’s hands are his most delicate instruments.From the slim silver bones of the ten fingers to the minute arrays of gears, cogs, ...

18 Aug 201552min