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Author Archive | Iain E. Marlow
A Distinct Lack of Cooking Stove
Straight from the pages of The Feathertale Review No.1 — two men find themselves deep in the Amazon jungle, surrounded by leeches, snakes and a band of drug-running existentialists
By the Skin of a Colonel
Death, Delusion and Bourbon on the American Frontier
A Minister for One Season, or Why I Got Into, and then Got Immediately the Fuck Out of, Politics
From The Feathertale Review #8 (Fall 2011), Iain Marlow’s fictional account of an academic consumed and spat out by Canadian politics: “Most men buy a red sports car for their mid-life crisis, or start dating a blond who is precisely their age divided by two. Unfortunately, I got into politics. And to this day I […]
Things Not to Say as High School Valedictorian
“…And Jake, I hate you because of second semester, Grade 10. Specifically, when you publicly renamed me…we all know what…and then stripped me and forced me to march…through…Oh God, I can’t go on. Mrs. Gerriganz! Look what they’ve done to me!” * * * “…Okay, I know this sounds strange. But no one actually told me that I was […]
Dinner with North Korea
The following fictional conversation takes place between myself and See Yong Kook, a North Korean vacationing in Pondicherry, on the east coast of India. It was prompted by a dinner invitation extended to me by See who was, like me, strolling the seaside promenade. The hotels were all full and I boarded a bus up […]
Winner of the Stalinist-Orwell Contest
It’s a little known fact-ual inaccuracy that Josef Stalin once wrote George Orwell a disgruntled letter outlining the notorious dictator’s discontent with the liberties Orwell took in creating Animal Farm. Regular Feathertale contributor Iain E. Marlow has managed to unearth that letter and we’re proud to publish it here for the first-time ever. Dear […]
Creative writing excerpts from the students of a prestigious university in New York City as graded by their affluent professor
It was like any other Monday. Raphael de la Fonza was checking the front pages of the New York Times to make sure he wasn’t in them. “Phew,” he said, sitting back in the arm chair of his 5th avenue apartment. “Still got it.” A+ Welcome to NYU, my child. Welcome. * * * The […]
An Internal Memo to William
Written in serious jest about the dearth of rational discussion around historical truths in China, and with love for China, it’s people, and my Chinese friends and colleagues deep in my heart.
Wile E. Coyote Hospitalized with Depression
Wile E. Coyote, arguably the world’s most famous coyote, has been hospitalized with severe depression, said sources close to the animal. Best known for roles in the Warner Bros.’ exploratory documentary series “Looney Tunes,” the coyote was oft portrayed as socially impotent and unable to fulfill important goals. The coyote was airlifted from his remote, […]