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The Fox and the Crocodile

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October 19, 2026
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On the lush banks of the Great River, just at the edge of a tropical forest, once lived a clever crocodile named Olive and a sly fox named Basil. Olive was immensely proud of his tough, armoured scales and mighty jaws, but he hated missing a meal. Basil, on the other hand, was quick-witted and light on his feet, always…

Human Farm

Power does not vanish when tyrants are overthrown; it merely waits for…

The Crown of Boughs

September 18, 2026
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One grey morning, a silent wolf entered the royal chamber. He came from Calais, carrying a heavy iron axe. The falcon looked from the wolf up to the King. She understood then that the jewels, the lands and the golden perch had never truly belonged to her…
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The Silent Shutter

September 10, 2026
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The creatures spoke of him with quiet reverence. To the rabbits, he was the giant who understood the precise angle of twilight. To the owls, he was the silent wanderer who never stepped on a dry twig. They marvelled at his peculiar garb: a thick woollen coat that reached his…
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Money, Money, Money

September 3, 2026
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In a quiet, still green clearing within the forest, the animals decided to abandon the barter system. Bartering was tedious, especially for Barney the Badger, who was tired of lugging forty sacks of pinecones to the lake just to buy a single jar of river trout from the Observant Otters.…
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The Three Mid-Lives of Giuseppe Parpanuel

August 28, 2026
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In a quiet village nestled between rolling green hills, a boy named Giuseppe Parpanuel was born with a constitution so delicate he seemed made of tissue paper. His know-it-all Aunt Filomena looked at the pale infant and declared, he would last twelve months, twenty-four at most. Consequently, the family delayed…
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The Strange Little Hatchling

August 26, 2026
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A devoted mother duck sits patiently on her nest day and night, keeping the precious eggs warm through the long weeks of waiting. Yellow, fluffy ducklings soon begin to hatch. One large, heavier egg takes longer and, when it finally hatches, a big, white, strange-looking bird emerges.…
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The Fox One Digit Short

August 20, 2026
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While his eighteen-toed peers spent their evenings perfecting stealthy trots and menacing glares, Seventeentoes harboured a secret passion for Welsh ballroom dancing. Every Saturday evening, he would sneak up to the window of the local village hall, watching the humans glide across the parquet floor to the lively rhythm of…
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The Midnight Tinkerer

August 15, 2026
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‘If one day,’ he thought, ‘all humans will be like me, then I shall become rich with my invention.’ He saw many billions flying before his greedy eyes. From that day onwards, Everett worked tirelessly to perfect his moonglasses.…
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Former diplomat and globetrotter, Dan Costinas is a versatile contemporary writer, translator, and editor. A true polyglot, he has authored and contributed to several dozen books spanning mainly fiction, essays, aphorisms, reviews and criticism, journalism, and poetry.

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