Joshua Wilson

Publisher, @FabulistTales. Ask me about #frailing. #MTB lately? Bonus rounds: Art, music, comics, culture, politics, journalism.

[The Fabulist Magazine @FabulistTales]

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://t.co/64REG2MBAu

#dictatorship
#justice
#vengeance
#fiction
#thefabulistflash

[Nick Buy My Book Mamatas 🤼‍♂️🏴🧭 @NMamatas]

My latest Short Review of a Short Book for @FabulistTales looks at THE DAY & NIGHT BOOKS OF MARDOU FOX by Nisi Shawl:

https://t.co/2UtJGeg5NP

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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://t.co/UVl4wG71J9

#weirdtale
#fantasy
#thefabulistflash

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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://t.co/ROx1unlqQ2

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We're pleased to share that Michael Stewart's "Wolf in the Kitchen," published by THE FABULIST in Oct. 2023, was included in Ellen Datlow's 2023 "Best Horror of the Year" recommendations. Re-posted here for your enjoyment ...

https://t.co/mTbDdKfZGc

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NEW ART! Our December gallery is a rapturous plunge into a wildly colorful world of phantasmagorical animal characters and visual vignettes. MOONWRECKED: A GALLERY OF MEMORY — Artworks by Camellia Paul.

https://t.co/588YrWDHu4

#fantasy
#psychedelic
#magicrealism
#mythic
#art

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NEW STORY! “Charlotte’s Web” meets “Gravity” in this delightful disruption of space-disaster tropes. LEARNING, WAITING, by Steen Comer @mediapathic [email protected]

https://t.co/ncamOzt1k9

#sciencefiction
#shortstory
#fiction
#spiders
#spacestation

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New book review! "YOU ARE NOT ALONE IN THE DARK: A Non-Fiction Anthology of Personal Accounts Benefitting Mental Health & Creative Inspiration," reviewed by @NMamatas Nick Mamatas. https://t.co/jjBoVgtGIb

#bookreview
#mentalhealth
#horrorfiction

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NEW GALLERY: Using cast-off car parts, and an evolving process of metalwork, painting and mask-making, Jeff Mann conjures a world full of organic, dreamlike presences.

https://t.co/y5KjaRChVL

#art
#fantastical
#sculpture
#mixedmedia
#ghosts
#machineart
#fantasyart

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New chapbook! Limited edition, signed by the author: Jen Burke Anderson's "THE CONSTANTLY UNFOLDING HORRORS OF VASILY NIKOLEYEVICH" is a wild, atmospheric, darkly comic weird tale set in San Francisco during the 2008 financial crisis. Get yours today.

https://t.co/3rRmmrE7zl

[Joshua Wilson @MrJoshuaWilson]

Over at @FabulistTales we just launched a new book-review column by Nick Mamatas — "Short Reviews of Short Books" ... 500 word reviews of books 300 pages or less. We've got an interview with Nick about the column on our Patreon, worth a read!

https://t.co/wqLFzZ6ZSw

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Faced with the impossibility of memoir, the collapse of character, and the commodification of the author, what’s a writer to do?

"WISH I WAS HERE," @mjohnharrison's "challenging, intriguing, often frustratingly gnomic text," reviewed by @NMamatas.

https://t.co/1PdTKN8suU

[Joshua Wilson @MrJoshuaWilson]

Journey with us to a San Francisco of smoke and neon, apocalyptic visions, and a dream flight come true: "ZAZU FLIES," by Alpheus Williams

#FreeRead
#urbanfantasy
#Apocalypse

https://t.co/puNLlPi2dr

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The latest from The Fabulist! https://t.co/F5NV9s2Vr8

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We've completed review for our first open call for The Fabulist Flash via @FabulistTales. The stats:

— 446 submissions
— 130 longlisted
— 34 acceptances

That's a 7% acceptance rate — nice!

We're now preparing contracts, and reviewing a number of referred submissions.

PHEW

[Aimee Parkison @AimeeParkison]

#AWP24 "Women of New Fabulism and Speculative Literature" #ecofiction about trees + women from @FabulistTales chapbook
https://t.co/8sZbev61MB…Room 3501AB, KC Convention Center, Level 3 Friday, February 9, 2024 10:35 am to 11:50 am
@OSUCWA @FCtwo

#WritingCommmunity

[Joshua Wilson @MrJoshuaWilson]

We just shipped our latest Fabulist Editions chapbook — fabulous fantastical fiction in snappy, archival-print editions, no batteries or internet connection required. Subscribe via our Patreon to get your copy shipped monthly to your domicile ...

https://t.co/8jByQ28tiG

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Fabulist Magazine news and updates for 2024! Print, digital subscriptions, free reads, live events ... yum!

https://t.co/SSqr1DOA0Q

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Please enjoy this truly absurd riff on capitalism's clueless cultural amnesia and exploitation of the surplus value of labor. "I'm Dreaming of a Red Christmas," by @ElizabethEvKing.

https://t.co/iuhheLcKJ0

#fiction
#satire
#Christmas
#chairmanmao
#cheguevara
#marx
#hilarious

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The latest Fabulist Magazine chapbooks HAVE SHIPPED! Get your copy of "The Last Days of Bester & Alma," by James Owens, while supplies last. Subscribe via https://t.co/FTZoD7nRlg, or order direct from our website bookstore: https://t.co/8HJZa0RMzd