Yuletide Folderol: Reindeer Games

Most jackalopes follow the tradition of ending Advent on...

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The Worm of the Steel Tree Vanquished

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A Genius for Scapegracery and Gallywagging

One of the most honored professions among jackalopes is cactus hunting, which they call...

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Finally Acclimated to Terra Nullius

We have a note:...

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A Shielding Invocation Against the Caricatures of Sovereignty

I thought you might like to see the purple version too....

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Metsän Kuninkaat (Kings of the Forest)

There is no limit to the number of godparents for a jackalope child, but at least one of them should be a forestcousin. Jack Loki had four such creatures at his christening, invited by his Finnish grandmother. All were metsän kuninkaat with home territories near the river Kapperijoki in Finland.

For a glimpse of all four kings: Metsän Kuninkaat

The Garden is Raining a Vision

Yost wrote a note on the back of the artwork for this GLP panel: “Dubious translation from...

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The Adamant Heart

“All heroes, all gods, all heavens, all glories falter and fade before the adamant heart of Entropy.” A quote attributed to various people who were in the know about jackalopes, including Baruch Spinoza, Kasturba Gandhi, Evelyn Einstein, Frieda Lawrence, Ninon de l’Enclos, James Randi and Diogenes....

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Three Targets for Nemesis Nilaat Talavetippu

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The Rapport Between Cinnabar and Gold

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Not Enough Impediments

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When this Hawthorn Winter Grows Remote

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Monumental Landscape

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The Kiusaaminen of a Cheapjack Benevolence

Also published under the title “Looks Sweet, Tastes Bitter”.

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A Short Guide to Evading Efficacy

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The Kybihany Yre Maa Invocation

Sometimes, a prayer is needed. Even when you’re an atheist.

Twenty Shades of Yonder

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Our Blue Sagrada Samana

This was Yost’s response to the Joseph Cornell box Toward the Blue Peninsula. The box was Cornell’s response to a poem by Emily Dickinson. Yost wrote in pencil on the back of the original art: “It might be easier to fail with land in sight than gain our blue sagrada samana.” You can see another version here.

Larrikin Days

In the Jackalopian calendar, Larrikin Days are traditionally the fourth Tuesday of each month. On these days, jackalopes are encouraged to express their larrikins, their “true selves”. A jackalope will have at least one larrikin name, and most jackalopes have several names for different aspects of their true selves. Some of these may be secret identities, but most are shared with family, friends or the public. A nom de guerre or nom de plume would be a larrikin name.

This could be your name, no. 186.

Jack Loki’s Map to Gangaftagley

“Are you familiar with the phrase ‘best laid plans’? Jack asked.

"Yes, of course,” said the cartographer.

“Well, what I would like, really, is a map that would get me directly to Awry, without the fuss and bother of making all those plans.”

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The Blessings of a Diamondback’s Bowstring Tongue

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