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Hello void, A few updates for everyone: FREE ANIMALIA SAMPLE C'mon, just try it. It's free... Sample chapters are now available if you join my mailing list! If you sign up, you now get a link for a .epub version of the first 5 chapters of Animalia, plus the charter, prologue, and cast of characters. For free! (Which is great because I haven't figured out how to monetize these shenanigans yet. Despite the fact that my website builder has a giant button labeled "Monetize.") E

I've been thinking a great deal recently about the nature of stories and why we (humans) tell them. Before medical school, I was an English major with a focus on journalism, and while I was writing non-fiction, we still referred to our articles as "stories." As a physician, the hi story is the most basic foundation we learn in medical school. When I have a patient come in, the second thing I ask them (after "How are you?"), is "What brings you to the ER today?" They then te

Hello world! Welcome to my website. I'm Griffin Forrest, an ER doc, USAF veteran, dad, backpacker, and "writer." I'm not really sure how you found yourself here, but welcome. Glad to have you. Q: What is Animalia? Animalia is my novel. It's a "fully-realized" modern-day political fable with teeth . The Animalian Universe is my overarching term for my fantasy setting with anthropomorphic animals. I use this setting to tell stories about oppression and tyranny. Within the Anima

Welcome to the county of Animalia, where all animals have rights, and the concept of predator and prey is itself extinct. Yet, not all is well in this shining pasture on a hill. Led by the deceptive Wolf, the nefarious Bear and the propagandist Fox manipulate their puppet Baboon into running for county commissioner. As Baboon dupes the farm animals with his “For Animalia’s Future Order” (FAFO) movement, the authoritarian Project Carnivore gathers more and more power. As the i