The Book of Festus is a shattered fable. In these poems, every object has a voice; every thing is awake. Festus wakes inside a myth - on a wharf in Halifax, Nov

A collection of sayings by Festus Haggen, a character on the TV series Gunsmoke, with links to Biblical proverbs and Bible references.

Unable to continue with Christmas preparations because of his injured foot, old man Festus and his cat Mercury face a bleak Christmas until the neighbors come t

Mercury the cat tries to cheer up his grouchy old master Festus through elaborate plans to get him to go fishing.