Regular readers of Tentaclii will know I’ve been reading through the 22 trade paperback collection of the acclaimed series Fables. I was pleased to spot a clear Lovecraft reference, late on. Young Splinter is exploring her new home for the first time, a giant castle magically concealed in the midst of New York City. The exiled fables are moving in too, and so is the Library. There Splinter is drawn to a copy of the Necronomicon…

It’s in a short 20-page side-story which fronts the final three volumes, and the art is not by the regular artist. It also introduces ‘the rats in the walls’ (possibly another Lovecraftian nod?) who are then never encountered again. Looks to me like this ‘short’ is setting up a whole other story-arc, beyond the final volumes. And possibly one with Lovecraftian monsters? Well, now Fables has been sent into the public domain I guess that story can be written… if anyone cares to do it…