The Puritan has always lived a godly life, so why, on his death-bed, does the devil call him friend?… Read More Fifty-One Tales: A Little Moral Tale

I went to lay a wreath for the fragile passing years, and found instead that they were immortal.… Read More Fifty-One Tales: Alone the Immortals

What does it mean to live in a world where a tortoise is acknowledged to be faster than a hare?… Read More Fifty-One Tales: The True History of the Hare and the Tortoise

Is she Fame? Or someone else?… Read More Fifty-One Tales: A Mistaken Identity

Don’t judge a ship by its sails.… Read More Fifty-One Tales: The Storm

King Karna-Vootra promises to tell the world about the beauty of his lover, if only she will stay with him forever.… Read More Fifty-One Tales: The Dream of King Karna-Vootra

A poet fights a poppy.… Read More Fifty-One Tales: The Giant Poppy

A demagogue and a demi-monde arrive at heaven’s gate, but only one of the two will convince the saints to let them in.… Read More Fifty-One Tales: The Demagogue and the Demi-monde

The river is unclean and the polluters will pay in time.… Read More Fifty-One Tales: The Latest Thing

The Poet finds a poor, songless country, and sets out to gift them song. He doesn’t ask if this is a gift they want.… Read More Fifty-One Tales: The Songless Country