Fiction

Editor's note: And now for something completely different... When I began this newspaper, one of the things I wanted to do most was...

Happy Monday. This is a vintage Bob's Little Acre, a repeat of possibly the only noir detective fiction ever published in a garden...

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"...

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...

This week, we continue our series of children's literature by the late French writer Pierre Gripari, as translated into English by your...

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,...

Now for something completely different ... Last week a Planet reader asked me when I was going to publish any more of my “stories.” Hmph!...

Note to Readers: This novel, originally serialized in The Planet in 2016-17, is now available as a paperback with handsome cover art by...

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"...

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...

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...

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....

(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...

This is an experiment. Old-timey newspapers used to serialize fiction and it was enormously popular with readers. I remember an account...