Robin Ford WallaceJul 30, 2020The Wrong End of the Elephant: My Fabulous Christmas Present and How it Went WrongEditor'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 WallaceJul 22, 2019The Girl With the Silken SepalsHappy 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 WallaceJul 10, 2019The Foist Law of EdenEditor'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 WallaceJun 4, 2018Great-Great-Uncle Milroy and The Not-so-Great Beach VacationI 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 WallaceJul 19, 2017Serialized Fiction: Madame The-Ground's-Too-LowThis week, we continue our series of children's literature by the late French writer Pierre Gripari, as translated into English by your...
Robin Ford WallaceJul 11, 2017Fiction: Pouic and the Lady Bird: Part 2We 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 WallaceJul 5, 2017Pouic and the Lady BirdNow 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 WallaceSep 13, 2016Serialized Fiction: (1) Onyx, Jasper and the Yunwi TsunsdiNote 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 WallaceSep 7, 2016Serialized 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 WallaceAug 31, 2016Serialized Fiction: Monsters, Part 5Editor'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 WallaceAug 24, 2016Serialized Fiction: Monsters, Part 4Parts 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 WallaceAug 17, 2016Serialized Fiction: Monsters, Part 3Parts 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 WallaceAug 10, 2016Serialized 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 WallaceAug 4, 2016Serialized Fiction: Monsters, Part IThis is an experiment. Old-timey newspapers used to serialize fiction and it was enormously popular with readers. I remember an account...