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Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 30, 202026 min read
The Wrong End of the Elephant: My Fabulous Christmas Present and How it Went Wrong
Editor's note: And now for something completely different... When I began this newspaper, one of the things I wanted to do most was...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 22, 20193 min read
The Girl With the Silken Sepals
Happy Monday. This is a vintage Bob's Little Acre, a repeat of possibly the only noir detective fiction ever published in a garden...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 10, 201911 min read
The Foist Law of Eden
Editor's Note: I don't know how many readers are out there ravenin' for fiction in their local nooz rag, but I recently "unoithed"...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 4, 201812 min read
Great-Great-Uncle Milroy and The Not-so-Great Beach Vacation
I keep getting messages from or seeing Facebook posts by people who are spending this first week of June on the beach. I am not envious...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 19, 20178 min read
Serialized Fiction: Madame The-Ground's-Too-Low
This week, we continue our series of children's literature by the late French writer Pierre Gripari, as translated into English by your...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 11, 20179 min read
Fiction: Pouic and the Lady Bird: Part 2
We resume our fiction series with the final half of Pierre Gripari's Pouic et la Merlette, as translated by yrs. truly. For Part 1,...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 5, 201711 min read
Pouic and the Lady Bird
Now for something completely different ... Last week a Planet reader asked me when I was going to publish any more of my “stories.” Hmph!...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 13, 201612 min read
Serialized Fiction: (1) Onyx, Jasper and the Yunwi Tsunsdi
Note to Readers: This novel, originally serialized in The Planet in 2016-17, is now available as a paperback with handsome cover art by...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 7, 201612 min read
Serialized Fiction: Monsters, Part 6 (Conclusion)
Editor's Note: Parts 1-5 were published in previous weeks. You can read them by scrolling down through the posts or by clicking "Series"...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 31, 201611 min read
Serialized Fiction: Monsters, Part 5
Editor's Note: Parts 1-4 were published on previous Wednesdays. You can find them by scrolling down through the posts or by clicking on...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 24, 201612 min read
Serialized Fiction: Monsters, Part 4
Parts 1, 2 and 3 can be found by scrolling down through the weeks of headlines. We ended last week as Freya gave birth in the park after...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 17, 201611 min read
Serialized Fiction: Monsters, Part 3
Parts 1 and 2 of the story were published on Aug. 3 & 10, if readers need to catch up. “Hmm. What about the fairy godmother?” said Matt....
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Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 10, 201612 min read
Serialized Fiction: Monsters, Part 2
(Part 1 was published Aug. 3 if anybody needs to catch up.) “What’s the occasion?” said Matt. “Spring?” said Joan. “We made it through...
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Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 4, 201611 min read
Serialized Fiction: Monsters, Part I
This is an experiment. Old-timey newspapers used to serialize fiction and it was enormously popular with readers. I remember an account...
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