Pounce of the Poison Cap
The Shroom with a View It began, as most ridiculous tales do, with a purring lie and a daring squat atop a toadstool the size of a barstool. Tabitha Nine-Li...
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Absurd
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Absurd
37 published tales
The Bloomkeeper's Lamb
The Garden That Grew Itself Somewhere between where the map ends and where afternoon naps become time travel, there’s a village so small it fits in a pocket...
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Brave Little Liar
Fin It to Win It Deep in the tepid shallows of the neighborhood koi pond—not even a proper lake, mind you—swam a goldfish with delusions far grander than his...
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Tear of the Pump: A Moisture Tragedy
The Dry Days The pump had seen better days. Once proud and upright on the bathroom counter, he now sat half-slouched next to a flickering “Sensual Aloe” cand...
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Pour Decisions
The kitchen was quiet. Too quiet. The kind of quiet that made spoons nervous and measuring cups develop existential dread. Then suddenly—click—the cabinet do...
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The Tongue That Tastes Worlds
The first time Vark tasted the air of this world, he gagged. Not because it was toxic—though it very well could have been—but because it was overwhelming. Th...
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Mystic Feathers and Cosmic Light
Once upon a particularly weird Tuesday night, somewhere between a dream and an ill-advised fourth glass of wine, an owl named Professor Hootsworth McFluffing...
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The Alchemy of Fire and Water
The Birth of the Twin Koi In the beginning, before time learned to walk and the stars whispered their first names, there was the Void. It was neither light n...
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Serenade of the Sakura and Stars
The river had always whispered to Rei. As a child, she would sit by its edge, dipping her fingers into the cool water, watching the koi glide beneath the sur...
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Through the Lens of Enchantment
In the heart of the meadow, where sunlight danced on dew-kissed petals and the air carried whispers of mischief, Lumi the fairy adjusted her moss-green robes...
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Sentinel of the Sky and Stone
Amid an endless expanse of jagged peaks and cloud-choked skies, there stood a creature born of two worlds. His name was lost to the ages, but the people of t...
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Luminescent Symphony: A Surreal Tapestry of Radiant Wilderness
The river pulsed with color, its waters flowing like molten rainbows through a surreal forest of radiant trees. Each tree glowed with its own spectrum of hue...
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Nature's Laughing Trickster
They called him “Blossom the Clown,” but anyone who got close enough to take a good look at Blossom knew he was no ordinary clown. The little town of Winklew...
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Mysteries Under the Aurora Veil
The aurora whispered across the sky, bands of green and purple light weaving together in a spectral dance. Alone on the ice, Nathan stood mesmerized, his bre...
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Cradle of the Universe
In the beginning—though “beginning” might be an oversimplification—there was only stardust, cosmic dust swirling in some unknowable void. From this, the univ...
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