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Fiction


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...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 30, 2020


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...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 22, 2019


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"...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 10, 2019


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...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jun 4, 2018


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...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 19, 2017


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,...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 11, 2017


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!...
Robin Ford Wallace
Jul 5, 2017


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...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 13, 2016


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"...
Robin Ford Wallace
Sep 7, 2016


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...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 31, 2016


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...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 24, 2016


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....
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 17, 2016


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...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 10, 2016


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...
Robin Ford Wallace
Aug 4, 2016
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