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Tall tales told short.

Tania Fordwalker writes speculative fiction.
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A mysterious pandemic calls humanity back to the sea.
A stolen phoenix wreaks havoc on the dry Australian forest.
A boy must keep a young wyvern safe from his poacher father.
A grieving carpenter creates a door that can take away memories.
​A slave discovers the true form of the dragon tormenting her captors.
To learn their fates, read on...

Tania Fordwalker writes speculative fiction.

A story is a door to another world.
The doors below stand ajar.
​Take a peek...

NOVELETTE: D0G

11/5/2026

 
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PUBLISHED: Clarkesworld 
FORMAT: Text & audio | 10,000 words | 1h 10m read

When D0G hears the scream and streaks ahead down the leaf-strewn road through the fall-bright birch and beech and maple, I remember what my sister Taylor used to say: there are no bad dogs, only bad owners. I should’ve had him chained. Complacency kills. So does D0G.

I catch the shout before it leaves my throat. Loud is a mistake. Besides, whoever’s screaming is making enough noise for us both.

​Shockingly swift despite his missing hind leg, elastic as a greyhound beneath his paint-streaked carapace, D0G pelts around a bend in the road ahead and is swallowed by the trees. I swing my leg over the bicycle and pedal hard in pursuit, breaking the cardinal rule of this quiet new world: when you hear a scream, run the other way.
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Text © Tania Walker 2022  |  Illustrations by Arthur Rackham