Spawning Fish Tales

A long time ago in a land that no longer exists, a warrior was providing advice to his monarch. They stood in the personal living quarters of the Queen away from the more public meeting spaces of the palace. The decor of the palace was quite elegant in its simplicity. Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

What you think about me is none of my business... CORRECTION: What you think about me is all of our business. Based on a true story. Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

A story about seeing and being seen by another Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

The woman and her dog were not regulars at the coffee shop I frequented. I never saw them before that day; believe me, I see everything. Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

There is a spot in the Sangre de Christo Mountains where you can see all the way out across the north-eastern plains of New Mexico for a hundred miles. This is where the four men of our story were setting up camp one early May evening. Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

I’m excited to share with all subscribers (paid and free) the first of hopefully many animated versions of Spawning Fish Tales by my friend Lilia Olson . Check out her website , and learn more about her and her work. Enjoy the video and I’ll be back with a new Tale next week! Read the original story here… Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

An age-old fable told from the perspective of 2026. I'm not sure if listening to it will make any difference, but listen and then you decide for yourself. Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

A short story about not knowing the story of the people we encounter. By Paul Kulpinski Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

A poem for the 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the United States of America, by Paul Kulpinski Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

The only way to be truly good is to choose to NOT do what is bad. Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

A Short Story about fear and courage by Paul Kulpinski. Writing takes courage. Writing poetry takes even more. Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

D. Emma Cracy gives birth to two unusual twin boys and the world will be their oyster, or so she thinks. A short story about the fragile nature of human rights by Paul Kulpinski. Spawning Fish Tales Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

Bootstraps, The Self-Made Man | Part III. Lawrence sees himself as a self-made man and in the end what does he actually make of himself? A fictional story of greed, social hierarchy, and society. Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

Bootstraps: Pulling Yourself Up - Audio Version | Part II of a III Part Story. Lawrence looses his footing as his island purchase starts to slip away from him. A fictional short story about greed, social status, and society. Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

Lawrence Edward Betterman the Fifth goes in search of an island to buy for himself, because "he's gone far too long without one." When he explores one potentially suitable island, he discovers it may be something more than it seems. Part I of a III Part Story Get full access to Spawning Fish Tales at spawningfish.substack.com/subscribe

I have to admit, I’m scared.  I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing here or how writing on this Substack will work out.  Even though I’ve been formally trained in filmmaking and storytelling and have been communicating in various roles throughout my life, I’m still feeling doubts.  I doubt my writing is “good enough” or even worse that I’ll be rejected by you.  It’s taken me my whole life to rec...

Happy New Year to you, or as I like to view it a Happy Solar Return. For my comments today, I’d like to focus on the solar calendar rather than our man-made social calendar. This time of year marks the point in our Earth’s orbit around the sun to when the days start becoming longer - in the Northern Hemisphere. For those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, well sorry about that. But, here’s what’s...