<![CDATA[The Literary Salon with Thaddeus Thomas: Serials]]>https://literarysalon.thaddeusthomas.com/s/first-chaptershttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7P7c!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd19b9d8-ad1d-4bf4-849e-a9594cd5680d_1280x1280.pngThe Literary Salon with Thaddeus Thomas: Serialshttps://literarysalon.thaddeusthomas.com/s/first-chaptersSubstackMon, 04 May 2026 13:00:59 GMT<![CDATA[Table of Contents: Warp & Woof]]>https://literarysalon.thaddeusthomas.com/p/table-of-contents-warp-and-woofhttps://literarysalon.thaddeusthomas.com/p/table-of-contents-warp-and-woofWed, 19 Feb 2025 04:49:39 GMTI’m thrilled to introduce my science fiction novella that’s designed to rip your heart out.

—Thaddeus Thomas

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]]><![CDATA[Table of Contents: The Last Temptation of Winnie-the-Pooh]]>https://literarysalon.thaddeusthomas.com/p/table-of-contents-the-last-temptationhttps://literarysalon.thaddeusthomas.com/p/table-of-contents-the-last-temptationFri, 14 Feb 2025 01:08:55 GMTThis isn’t meant as parody or a Sunday-School lesson, but more importantly this isn’t for kids. I’ve been told I capture the voice of the original stories, but I also draw from Blood Meridian. There’s a great deal here to make several groups nervous, but as long as you haven’t mistaken this for a children’s story, I think you’ll find your fears unfounded.

This is the Passion of the Christ with the Hundred Acre characters. Content warnings include suicide and violence.

—Thaddeus Thomas

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]]><![CDATA[Table of Contents: Kraken in a Coffee Cup]]>https://literarysalon.thaddeusthomas.com/p/kraken-tochttps://literarysalon.thaddeusthomas.com/p/kraken-tocSat, 24 Aug 2024 21:15:21 GMTYou’re familiar with retellings of famous stories. You remember the trend of slapping zombies and sea monsters into classic novels. This—isn’t—either of those.

Kraken in a Coffee Cup takes chunks of Moby Dick, mixes them up, and blends them with new material to create a story about a ship that sails beneath the waves, capturing the souls of drowned sailors.

While retellings plays with the story but throw out the original text, Kraken plays with the original text but throws out the story. It’s fun. It’s experimental and deep—ocean-bottom deep—and it’s free to read.

In addition to the text taken from Moby Dick by Herman Melville, the opening image was inspired by Cornelius Matthews and his story, “Noadiah Bott; or, Adventures with A Governor and a Widow”; from his The Motley Book (1838).

I’ve also used passages from the book of Jonah beyond those quoted in Moby Dick and taken passages from the hymn, “There is a Fountain Filled with Blood” by William Cowper (1772).

The serialized novella, Kraken in a Coffee Cup, begins here.

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Cornelius Mathews, The Motley Book: A Series of Tales and Sketches.(United States: J. & H.G. Langley, 1838)

Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851)

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