Fables

Life bytes, Tales for the Modern Age

For many years, I used to start my morning writing routine by concocting these short modern fables. Discerning readers will note that they are in the style of George Ade, a Midwestern humorist of best known for his "Fables in Slang", Mark Twain, and Ambrose Bierce, another madman/crank who wrote "The Devil's Dictionary" (I'm partial to those as you will have figured out by now). People seem to like them, especially "The Feminist Who Thought She Had It all" which appeared in the San Fransisco Chronicle and caused something of a stir. I like the fable form, it's classic. Read a few and you'll see what I mean.