Aesops Playground
Welcome to Aesops Playground, the finest local south of the river. In this pub you will be greeted in the finest traditions; stout, ale, larger, preselected to suit your taste; cider, perry and wines from the quaffable to the delectable; spirits and cocktails from the bartender's bible. You can eat from a rustic food menu or our traditional pub snacks. Let the gentle rhythm and hum accompany your tales for this is the pub for storytelling.
But it is not like that any more.
Nowadays Aesops Playground is a refuge from the plague. It is the place these locals have chosen to spend their time now the modern world has unravelled. It is a place to forget the hardships of daily struggle for food and security since the restrictions became rations, and the rations became severe. Every person in this place understands this is the last bastion of kindness and laughter, everyone in this place is committed to keeping alive the traditional spirit.
The Young Ones
In the centre of the pub, on your left as...
The Emotional Lovers
Nearest the door is a table at which you...
hedonists & heathens
The booth has a large crowd of regulars that...
The Melancholy Surrogate
In a small table in the darker recesses of...
The Old Fools
There seem to always be three old fools at...
The Dead
He may not be dead, but surely he will be...
Stories short and long
Short stories and flash fiction mostly, some...
AI and the Machine
It is impossible to create a work of art...
