I’ve had the idea to create a Regency world where dragons exist for a while now. I had a great time writing the story. I also had fun experimenting with the illustration. The style is meant to match the style of other illustrators who created art for Jane Austen’s books in the early 1900’s. Specifically…
I call this story Japanese inspired rather than Japanese. Despite my research, I still did a lot of guesswork, and I’m sure I’ve missed the mark more than once. But this is a folk-tale-like story, and my goal was to write a story about the dangers of comparing yourself to others, not to make it…
Part 2 of this Cyborg Beast tale is told from Beauty’s Point of View. I had a lot of fun creating this story. I hope you enjoy the ending. If you haven’t read part 1, you can read it by clicking here. Support Tales Fantastic on Patreon to download this story as an eBook…
This story is a Beauty and the Beast Retelling. Rather than going back to the original sources to write this retelling, I chose to let the Disney animated feature influence me. You can see a lot of allusions to the movie in the illustration which contains more than 50 different objects. The text also alludes…
The idea for this story started at the zoo. Watching the polar bear swim was so enchanting I decided to draw him. Everything else took off from there. It’s in two parts because the story got a little longer than usual. I hope you enjoy it Zoo Daydreams Part 2 To Read Part 1 Click…
The idea for this story started at the zoo. Watching the polar bear swim was so enchanting I decided to draw him. Everything else took off from there. It’s in two parts because the story got a little longer than usual. I hope you enjoy it Zoo Daydreams Part 1 On birthdays my mom lets…
This story is about taking action rather than just dreaming all day about what you wish would happen. Dreamers A Short Story by Manelle Oliphant Cecily’s mother invited her to join the group of women who were waiting for the hunting party to return, begged her even, but Cecily said she needed to work on…
In this story a preacher feels he should help an old woman, but he’ll have to walk in the cold to get to her house. He goes anyway and meets a fairy on the road who is bent on stopping him. Service A Short Story by Manelle Oliphant A light snow had fallen on that…
I’m excited about this new story because although it stands well on it’s own I intend it to be part of a series of stories where various characters share fairy encounters. I think in a year’s time when all the stories are placed side by side we’ll have something really neat. I hope you Enjoy…
A Short story by Manelle Oliphant Mastermind behind recent attacks on Dargee Harbor still at large! “We’ve made advances,” says police captain Frederick Mumford. “After following an anonymous tip, we discovered an abandoned warehouse, where it seems our perpetrator built the machine. We found evidence it’s steam-powered and are looking into the matter.” Mr. Mumford…