#thefabulistflash — Public Fediverse posts

NEW STORY: Set in the Central African Republic, this savage satire uses the folkloric “rule of three” to tell a frankly brutal allegory of exploitation and innocence. HOW 'BOUT A COSTLY JOKE (FEATURING DIAMONDS), by Abhishek Sengupta @AbhishekSWrites

https://fabulistmagazine.com/how-bout-a-costly-joke-featuring-diamonds/

#blooddiamonds
#fable
#allegory
#magicrealism
#thefabulistflash

Don’t be fooled by the trappings of conventional fantasy — this is a weird tale through and through, with a big dollop of existential dread to bring it home. THIRSTY WORK, by Erica Ruppert @renfestklingon

https://fabulistmagazine.com/thirsty-work/

#weirdtale
#fantasy
#thefabulistflash

NEW STORY: An empath must navigate between vengeance, justice, and the long echoes of a brutal dictatorship.

THE SINS OF OUR FATHERS, by Heather Bourbeau @hfbourbeau @heather.bourbeau.5

https://buff.ly/4hC2m4a

#dictatorship
#justice
#vengeance
#fiction
#thefabulistflash
#urbanfantasy

This year's Day of the Dead story is a vivid but solemn memento mori, full of color, cosmic pageantry, extraordinary vistas, and overwhelming stillness. STILL LIFE WITH DEAD PLANET, by Hannah Baumgardt.

https://fabulistmagazine.com/still-life-with-dead-planet/

#shortstory
#fiction
#dayofthedead
#sciencefiction
#hubris
#ecocide
#mementomori
#thefabulistflash

This seasonal ghost story’s witchy, romantic turn is a delightful trick and a charming treat. Happy Halloween! PROTECTION SPELL, by Loren Rhoads @morbidloren.

https://buff.ly/3YgPCaq

#thefabulistflash
#shortstory
#queer
#witches
#ghoststory

In an obliquely distant future, a precocious child — impatient and irreverent — dallies, perhaps dangerously … THE SKIGN, by Don Mark Baldridge @donmarkmaker https://buff.ly/406u1UF

#sciencefiction
#uncanny
#anxiety
#weirdfiction
#thefabulistflash
#flashfiction
#shortstory