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/
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
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
#dictatorship
#justice
#vengeance
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#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.
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
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