• Future Fables

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Future Fables

By: Aesop
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  • A new volume of succinct yet stirring stories arrives with the second season of Future Fables — Aesop’s storytelling podcast, created in partnership with Literary Hub. Exploring how the ancient fable form may bring us replenishment, comfort and perhaps guidance for the modern day, celebrated contemporary writers weave yarns that resonate and illuminate in equal measure Future Fables is created in partnership with Literary Hub. The theme music was composed by Dean Blunt; episodes were mixed, designed and mastered by Hannah Webster at Unit; and each tale is read by Gabriel Santos from Aesop. 
    Aesop 2023
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Art Literature & Fiction Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • ‘The Eagle’s Daughters’ by Ellen van Neerven

    ‘The Eagle’s Daughters’ by Ellen van Neerven
    Oct 5 2023
    An Australian writer of Aboriginal Mununjali Yugambeh and Dutch heritage, Ellen van Neerven has won various literary prizes for their works of fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction. Their fable invites us to reflect on the relationship between humans and the lands we inhabit, giving us a bird’s eye view on how we can better understand our connections with the natural world.
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    12 mins
  • ‘The Seasonal Scurry’ by George Walker

    ‘The Seasonal Scurry’ by George Walker
    Oct 5 2023
    As a senior scribe at Aesop, George Walker has a deep interest in the power of words and the transformative impact of sharing stories. When he isn’t writing for Aesop’s stores, website or amber bottles, he can be found working on the draft of a first novel, following tutelage at Faber’s ‘Writing a Novel’ course and years spent filling notebooks. In this playful, mischievous tale, an unexpected visitor causes a commotion among a scurry of squirrels.
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    13 mins
  • ‘The Three Golden Nails’ by Stephen Graham Jones

    ‘The Three Golden Nails’ by Stephen Graham Jones
    Sep 22 2023
    Based in Boulder, Colorado, Stephen Graham Jones is the author of nearly 30 novels, collections, novellas and comic books. His writing typically spans horror, crime and science fiction, and references his heritage as a Blackfoot Native American. In this darkly comic tale, Jones urges us to accept life’s inevitabilities, even the frightening ones.
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    13 mins

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