Dwarves

My flash piece from this series, "Mud-Wrestling in a Distant Land," appears in Polluto #5, but "Pandering Dwarves" is where it all started and this is the 4k piece that really tells the story.

Sale to Hub Magazine marshallpayne1 2009

The Warwick character heads an agency with no clients called "Dwarves for Hire," and he is, in his absurdity and his Michael Scott-like mix of pomposity and charm, a commanding presence.

Portrait of a Presidency Under Siege Dorothy Rabinowitz 2012

Davis plays a fictionalized version of himself and runs a talent agency for little people in show business, called "Dwarves for Hire," though he often takes the roles for himself.

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Crystal Bell 2012

And extra points for spelling "Dwarves" wrong and never corrected it!

Lost City: Chicago Edition: A Good Sign: The Seven Dwarfs Restaurant Brooks of Sheffield 2007

And extra points for spelling "Dwarves" wrong and never corrected it!

Archive 2007-08-01 Brooks of Sheffield 2007

"Dwarves," Haplo guessed, but why dwarves should risk coming Outside, particularly Outside during a storm, was difficult to fathom.

The Hand of Chaos Hickman, Tracy 1993

Markus writes faster than anyone I know, and the 'Dwarves' series now includes four volumes with a fifth volume focusing on the älfar.

Orbit Books | Science Fiction, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Anna Gregson 2010

Cut to our first look of Martin Freeman as a young Bilbo, who is recruited by Gandalf Ian McKellen to go on a journey with the Company of Dwarves to reclaim the Lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the dragon Smaug.

The Hobbit Trailer: Bilbo Baggins Heads Out on An Unexpected Journey 2011

Aggronautix, the same demented people who have created wobbly-necked figurines of such similarly obscure punk rock icons as Tesco Vee of the Meatmen, Milo of the Descendents and the barely-legal Dwarves, have truly gone all out for the second edition of the Allin figure, which commemorates the scat-loving punk icon in all his messy glory.

Boing Boing 2009

The classic tales of Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and Pinocchio were so well orchestrated with fluid animation and colorful palettes, I suspect it was hard for any kid who watched them not to become hypnotized by Disney's vision of children's tales.

Rabid Reads: "Troll's Eye View" by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (editors) 2010