Once upon a time there was a scavenger fish that lost its taste for rubbish. She was a normal kind of scavenger and had never showed signs of difference.

Jun 22, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

One day, Cinderella's Stepmother delivered an address to the National Association of Family Therapists, on behalf of stepmothers of all ages, everywhere.

Jun 21, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

Somewhere around the middle of the twenty first century, genetic engineers made a spectacular breakthrough in their capacity to recombine the basic elements

Jun 22, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful flower who did not know she was beautiful. Close examination of her would reveal that she had no blemishes at all.

Jun 22, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

One cold and damp morning, three hooded figures moved purposefully up the stairs of a sleep-filled home and burst in on the second floor bedroom.

Jun 21, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

Once upon a time, there was an alluring woman who had everything she wanted. She was married to a handsome and intelligent man who made a very good living.

Jun 21, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

Once upon a time, a storm-tossed ship gave up one of its passengers. This passenger drifted away to a beautiful and perfect island, where he finally awoke.

Jun 20, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

One day, the bacterium ordered its virus to get out, saying to the virus that that it no longer wanted to share its space with the virus.

Jun 20, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

The fable opens like a drama on a theater stage with Faust conversing with Oedipus. Oedipus speaks about his fate, and Faust about his compact with Satan.

Jun 20, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

One morning, Mrs. K awoke to find that her husband had turned into a caterpillar. He was moving around slowly on the floor.

Jun 18, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

There was once a lamb who lived in the friendly forest. Then, one day, a tiger came and asked the animals for permission to live with them in the forest.

Jun 16, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

At last a man's key life opportunity came to him. It appeared available to him only in a narrow window. He proceeded fast to engage with this opportunity.

Jun 14, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

Mr. and Mrs. Bird had already stewarded nine fledglings into flight. They all jumped out, without stalling, flapped their wings, and were on their way.

Jun 16, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

One evening a man came home and then announced that he was dead. Everyone tried to present to him cogent arguments that he could not possibly be dead.

Jun 16, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

Starting from when he was about six years old, Billy began to draw pictures on the bedroom wall. His mother noticed that all the figures were lying down.

Jun 16, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

At about one year old, little John's ganglia began to grow outside his body, in the form of thousands of protruding fibres. Each fibre was very sensitive.

Jun 14, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

There was a row of dominoes standing equidistant in a long and narrow line that circled back on itself. Each domino knew about issues of balance.

Jun 22, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

Just after man and woman had been expelled from the garden of innocence, the Holy One turned to the Satan, and said that he needed a curse.

Jun 18, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

Once there was a holly tree. When it was young, its owner planted it near the foundation of the house to shelter the tree from the cold winds of winter.

Jun 16, 2010 - Gary Lilienthal

Fables are the timeless portrait of ourselves and a reflection of a world that can never be. Witty and comedic, they embody everything human and universal.

Jun 23, 2009 - Christopher Mansour