FULL AUDIOBOOK: Fifty One Tales
This collection of short stories was originally published in 1915, but the modern reader will find much in common the themes presented throu...
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The Tomb of Pan
Pan is dead, that much is certain. Ignore the laughter coming from the hills.
What We Have Come To
What do we prioritize? What should we prioritize?
Compromise
A Palace and and the lair of an Earthquake. What could possible go wrong?
The Three Tall Sons
You may easily turn the mother away, but her sons will come to you no matter what you do.
The Messengers
The muses care not for the lives of who they call and they will not be ignored. The message is all that matters.
The Song of the Blackbird
The Poet delights in the Blackbird's song, but the Wanderer is less than impressed.
Nature and Time
Nature reproaches Time, much to Time's annoyance.
The Return of the Exiles
Two men return to Stonehenge, one last time to make a sacrifice. I try and leave it before they notice me.
Lobster Salad
It is not so easy to escape a dream.
Furrow Maker
A disagreement about the future of the Furrow Maker.
The Mist
A mist is made up of multitudes.
The Trouble on Leafy Green Street
Beware the God of Rainy Cheerfulness.
The Reward
I came across an angel building a new hell for the very worst kind of sinner.
The Sphinx of Thebes (Massachusetts)
Bet your neighbor doesn't have a sphinx. You better get one first.
The Lonely Idol
I pray all my most secret prayers to the Lonely Idol.
The Food of Death
Death is ill, but luckily the doctors know just what he needs to feel better.
The City
What happens to a city when the poets and artists have left?
After the Fire
When greater beings survey the ruined world, will they find anything of value?
Taking up Picadilly
I happened upon a group of men with pickaxes taking up Picadilly street. And when I say taking it up, I mean taking it all the way up.