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The Rockets’ Red Glare: July 2020

By J. Phantizorn | Jul 4, 2020
Welcome to July 2020 issue of The Fabulist, where we're kicking things off with two Independence Day fictions that use fantastical storytelling to invert, subvert, and transform some central American myths and realities. Julieta Vitullo's ...

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. ...