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Fantastical Fiction, Art and Social Change

By Josh Wilson | Jun 5, 2020
"Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words." — Ursula K. Le Guin Science fiction and fantasy are powerful vehicles for social critique, and for envisioning ...

Reading is Revolutionary: Welcome to The Fabulist, June 2020, Vol. 14, No. 3

By J. Phantizorn | Jun 5, 2020
We had other plans for June. But so, surely, did George Floyd, and instead, on May 25, 2020, he was murdered — by power, by prejudice, by the weight of 500 years of history bearing ...

Reminder: Call for art closes tonight, 5/29

By J. Phantizorn | May 29, 2020
Just reminder that The Fabulist's call for fantastical visual art closes tonight, Friday, May 29, at 11:59 p.m. If you are interested in submitting work, or know an artist who you think would be interested ...

Welcome to Vol. 14, No. 2

By J. Phantizorn | May 8, 2020
In the latest edition of The Fabulist Words & Art, we are pleased to share with you some sweet and soft-spoken urban fantasy by New York-based writer and artist Ann Calandro — plus a wee ...

New art, new writing, our new online home, and other good hopes

By J. Phantizorn | Apr 24, 2020
It's a strange time to be announcing debuts, but we have a little bundle of them, which we offer forthwith in the hopes that they will provide some meaningful diversion in this time of pandemic ...

Call for Submissions: Visual Art, Summer 2020

By Adam Myers | Apr 24, 2020
The Fabulist is currently seeking visual art submissions for the Summer 2020 publishing schedule. Submissions deadline: Friday, May 29. What we're looking for • The Fabulist publishes art with a fantastical inclination, and welcomes flavors ...

Rock Fantasia at the Nebula Awards

By Adam Myers | Oct 11, 2014
"Rock Fantasia" is a series of digital illustrations by Fabulist art director Adam Myers, inspired by rock 'n' roll lyrics written by science fiction and fantasy authors. They were printed in a limited-edition of glossy ...

Fall/Winter 2014 fiction, submissions and more

By Josh Wilson | Sep 15, 2014
Inconveniently enough, certain essential staffmembers of The Fabulist have recently become Employed, which means a greatly reduced volume of Internet ephemera coming across the house Facebook and Twitter feeds throughout the week. It's also the ...

Relaunch?!

By Josh Wilson | Feb 4, 2013
Welcome to the relaunch of The-Fabulist.org! We're thrilled to debut this new home for fables, yarns, tales and fantastical art, after many a long month of hacking away at cascading stylesheets and relatively esoteric HTML. ...