Enso: A Connection of Fables

by Michael Bailey

A collection of four interlinking children's fables.

78 pages, Paperback

Published February 16, 2016

About the author

Michael Bailey is a recipient and ten-time nominee of the Bram Stoker Award, a five-time Shirley Jackson Award nominee, and a three-time recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Award, along with several independent publishing accolades. He has written, edited, and published many books of various genres. His latest is Righting Writing, a nonfiction narrative used as curriculum for aspiring writers, and Silent Nightmares: Haunting Stories to Be Told on the Longest Night of the Year, an anthology co-edited with Chuck Palahniuk to be published by Simon & Schuster in fall of 2026. He is also the screenwriter for Madness and Writers, a creative documentary series about writers, and a producer for numerous film projects. Find him online at nettirw.com, or on social media @nettirw. He is represented by Lane Heymont of the Tobias Literary Agency.

Reviews

[Thomas Joyce · Rating 5 out of 5]

4 short stories exploring the lives and roles of some different animal characters in and around a small garden. I especially enjoyed the fable-like direction of each tale, examining morals and the nature of... well, nature. I also liked the way Bailey intertwined each story, seeing different encounters from different points of view. I felt it was beautifully written, and the added illustrations from renowned artist Luke Spooner were a wonderful addition, too. A beautiful book.