What’s New at The Fabulist!
Well, it’s been a heck of a year for my favorite fantastical fiction and art publication. Here’s a little rundown of where things are at.
Quick summary: Get a copy of our latest e-’zine, The Pocket Pixelarium, via our Patreon page or Amazon. Check out our first-ever podcast! Share our glee in getting nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Utopia Awards. And do sign up for our email newsletter, you can get the full text of everything we publish via email, or sign up for a weekly digest.
We had a neat little 10 minutes of Twitter fame when Neil Gaiman retweeted a thread I posted on editing fiction, and the poetry of prose:
Speaking of Twitter, we went to the 80th World Science Fiction Convention in Chicago over Labor Day weekend, and I live-tweeted the HECK out of it, including panels on writing craft, publishing trends, inclusion in genre and lots more. Here are the threads:
Oh, and we’ve been publishing! Nearly every Friday since May we’ve posted fine, new, fantastical fiction online. I’m thrilled by each and every one of them, but here are a few in particular that I’d commend to your attention:
“Watching Over Me,” by Galen David Bunting — a weird angel story … look, there are plenty of angel stories, and too many are “#hashtag-blessed” groaners, and we don’t. But this one … it’s a weird, weird angel story:
“Secret Histories of Central Park,” by Claire J. Bateman: This one’s a marvelous and strange little urban fantasy …
“The Blood Tree,” by Aimee Parkison — Marinate yourself in this far-out tale of ecocide, plant seduction and human metamorphosis …
“String of Hearts,” by Lisa Amico Kristel — A very dark fantasy/horror story of a school-bullying victim’s dire life choices …
“Pussy Money,” by Sepideh Saremi — A bitter satire of wealth, body commerce, and personal compromise …
“Master of Birds,” by E.P. La Brecque — Please revel in this pitch-perfect fairy tale of old Byzantium, right out of an ancient book found at the back of a forgotten Medieval library:
There’s so much more to come. Click on some links, follow us on Twitter, sign up for our email newsletter, support us on Patreon … but most important, READ ON!
