Parables are short stories from the flip sides of picture postcards that, over the past few years, I’ve either found or created, then mailed to my friend Pamela Polston (a.k.a. Queen Quantoo). A standard U.S. postcard measures only 5½"×3½", but ever since I got hold of a really teeny typewriter, I’ve managed to squeeze up to 450 words of crucial exposition into one story. For ever shaggier tales in the offing, I may include a link to a pair of reading glasses.

Acme TentCollectomometerKing BobOpen RangeTorobongo
Agent JetglasConvertinLake PortageOzzie and TanyaTrigger, Part 1
At CarnegieDear Patty (1)Leaf PeepersPhyllis’ TransformationTrigger, Part 2
Atomic Robot Corp.Dear Patty (2)Loch NessPied du GorilleTrigger, Part 3
Baby QuantooDoris’ PianoLoisPie R SquaredTuna P. Wiggle
BalloonmanDr. BeezerLongsnoutsPringler HatUlnuf
Bat MannEat At ...Louie LouieProfessor SmackoWhat You Want
Bicycle QueenEating RightLuluQueen QuantooWillie Sutton
Big GinghamEsther’s InheritanceMargeRed  TeamWobblies
Black BartFarmer BrownMascaramanRMS OlympicYarngirl
Blanche’s Bad DreamFirst AidMcGillicuddy SistersSedoña CactusZontamk, Part 1
Bonnie and ClydeFlora and FlossieMerle’s HeadacheSheilaZontamk, Part 2
BoondockFredMick RatSour GrapesZontamk, Part 3
Boys in the BandFrom VentnorMiltStepford PlanThe Decapitamometer
Brad’s Bad DayGerardMoleTownThe FenceThe Pringler Call Center
Bud BottomsGert JonnysMoon MulletThe HairdresserStarbucks
BuddyGortMr. GaribaldiThe WhaleArmed and Dangerous
BunnysaursI’m MeltingMr. TelevisionThe ZenithThe Bubble Dome
Bunyip BedpansJacques SprattNinjasTidybowlmanNever-U-Fail
CementlandJim BangoOh, Noh!Tony the ToeCasa Shirley
Benö GuttmanPedro PiperThe PreventilatorThe Pringler ChimneysweeperThe Double As
That Lightheaded FeelingOr Best OfferClobber and FungieAquerulousTriomegunberg
OléThe SlugAt the BanketbakkerijThe BraincageThe McGillicuddy Backstory (1)
Is that a Gun in your Pocket?The Great MalaxoBig Ed

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