

Tales of things that never happen to us and tales of things that almost do
**News**
June 20th, 2005
The Goose and Springtime is now available in The Taj Mahal Review in paperback form from the Indian publisher Cyber Wit. The cost is 16$ and is 480 pages of stories and poetry. Please see their website for details. What does one do when it is almost May and Spring still hasn't come; when everyone in the forest is dying from hunger? One small goose decides that this is not the time to be selfish and travels in search of Spring. Originally appeared in The Rose and Thorn in 2004
The Pot of Stew is now on-line at The Glut. The tale of a group of men who decide to live in a Pot of Stew and the results thereof.
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Please visit: Soviet Political Jokes I have translated from the Russian. Several were the inspiration to stories collected under the title The Relics of things to come.
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Fairy Tales soon to appear
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Stories soon to appear
For a complete list of published work please click here
Here are four translated Chechen fairy tales with more to follow. As well please see Timour at FABLES.
For those interested in learning English in Odessa, Ukraine please visit this site for more information www.englishodessa.batcave.net
Visit my new blog at www.troymorash.blogspot.com about my adventures and observations in Ukraine. There are also some funny lists about Ukraine meant in jest, like "The Ten Strangest Things in Ukraine'.
Metal, Bark and Whispers Soup was nominated for The Pushcart Prize by The Rose and Thorn in 2003.
Three stories received recognition from the Index of Online Fiction
September 2002 Webmaster's Choice (3rd place), "The Farmer's Tools"
April 2002 Webmaster's Choice (4th place ), "The Old Muds"
January 2002 Readers' Choice (3rd place), "The Two Carpenters"
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Fairy tales are beautiful works of art; educating and entertaining us, reflecting both human wisdom and folly. The best tales are little road maps to a higher level of being and understanding. All these stories have this aim in mind. Enjoy!
1. The Man who loved his Cow more than his Wife
4. The Truth Concerning Ear Wax
5. The Man who lived in a Wheelbarrow
6. Three Dogs, Two 'Cats' and a Cat
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2001
Stew Pit Men / SHORT STORIES MAGAZINE / November 2001
The Two Carpenters / FABLES / Winter 2001
2002
The Old Muds / FABLES / Spring 2002
A Man's Duty is to Try / FABLES / Spring 2002
The Educated Man and the Peasant / FABLES / Spring 2002
The Farmer's Tools never used / FABLES / Fall 2002
The Pheasant and the Fox / FABLES / Winter 2002
Timour (Chechen retelling) / FABLES / Winter 2002
2003
When There Was No Water / FABLES / Spring 2003
The Devil and the Potato Picker / MONKEY BICYCLE / July 28th, 2003
Metal, Bark and Whispers Soup / THE ROSE AND THORN / Fall 2003
The Black Beach Party on the Black Sea / KEN*AGAIN / Fall 2003
The Juggler and the Bet / SUN OASIS / November 2, 2003
Mrs. Mud and her Basket of Apples / THE SUMMERSET REVIEW / Winter 2003
2004
Renovating the End of Time / ECLECTICA / January / February 2004
The Execution of Maria Alexandrovna Stupedskaya / MULTIVERSE MAGAZINE / March 2004
The Knock / BEWILDERING STORIES / Volume 86 March 2004
The Way of the Cow / THE GLUT / April 2004 Issue 9
The Danger of Dying / GOTHIC FAIRY TALES / SPRING-SUMMER 2004
Escaping Sexy / THE CIRCLE / Summer 2004
The Goose and Springtime / THE ROSE AND THORN / Summer 2004
What the Fisherman did not see / THE WRITER'S HOOD / July 2004
2005
The Pot of Stew / THE GLUT May 2005
The Goose and Springtime / THE TAJ MAHAL REVIEW / June 2005
Translated by Christina Mambet and Troy Morash
Translated from the Russian by Troy Morash
Tales translated into the Russian
Translated by Victoria Slavuta
The Pineapple Tale/Pycckue Bepcuu
Metal, Bark and Whispers Soup/Pycckue Bepcuu
The Itchy Peasant and the Devil/Pycckue Bepcuu
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