His payslip said Robert Giant

June 25, 2018 1:36 PM

Rab the Giant versus the Witch of the Waterfall is a charming story about a modern day Glaswegian giant and his run-in with a witch.

Author description from Fireside Fiction:

Brian M. Milton is a short, tweed bound writer living in the wilds south of Glasgow. He splits his time between running away from bees, writing up daft ideas and trying to work for a living. He is a member of the Glasgow Science Fiction Writers Circle and has many bruises to show for their robust critiquing methods. He has also been published in anthologies such as Thirty Years of Rain and Caledonia Dreamin’ as well as the magazine KZine and can be found shouting at things on the internet as @munchkinstein

posted by Omnomnom (16 comments total)

And his fellow workers knew him as "Wee Rab". What a good story! Thanks for posting it.
posted by ALeaflikeStructure at 2:23 PM on June 25, 2018 [3 favorites]

This was very charming. I really tend to like stories of the "convention demands that we battle to the death but let's introduce this simple, cozy solution instead" variety.
posted by Frowner at 2:25 PM on June 25, 2018 [3 favorites]

Lovely. Just the kind of "Magic making home in the modern world like Raccoons hiding in cities" story I adore.
posted by endotoxin at 2:44 PM on June 25, 2018

Post description is not a lie: that was charming as hell. Thanks for sharing.
posted by Caduceus at 3:44 PM on June 25, 2018

Wee Rab was totally chill in the face of a known (if sadly weary) deadly adversary.
He handled it like a trooper.
Good on him (and Callie -- some things you've just got to let go).
posted by TrishaU at 3:50 PM on June 25, 2018 [1 favorite]

Oh I like this. Thank you.
posted by Grandysaur at 5:21 PM on June 25, 2018

Very sweet story.
posted by brambleboy at 5:29 PM on June 25, 2018 [1 favorite]

That was a delight! Thank you for posting this.
posted by mixedmetaphors at 6:17 PM on June 25, 2018

Lovely. Thanks for sharing!
posted by Philby at 7:18 PM on June 25, 2018

Oh that so makes me miss living in Scotland. I've found no decent giants nor witches here in California. Lovely story!
posted by anadem at 9:54 PM on June 25, 2018

A great start to my day. Thanks for posting.
posted by HuronBob at 3:54 AM on June 26, 2018

I love the perspective that the modern world, for all its obvious faults, allows us to be better people.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 5:22 AM on June 26, 2018

Dare I say, Gaiman-esque?
posted by hearthpig at 6:36 AM on June 26, 2018 [1 favorite]

We ended up in Belfast instead of Dublin on our honeymoon because I insisted on seeing the Giant's Causeway. The bit about considering Finn, but being terrified of his baby is straight from that story as well. I love it when these sorts of things are incorporated into modern stories.

This made me smile and laugh. Thanks.
posted by Hactar at 9:06 AM on June 26, 2018 [1 favorite]

This is great!
posted by freethefeet at 2:18 AM on June 27, 2018

I just read this out loud to my kids. A big hit. What a great find!
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 8:33 PM on June 30, 2018