Melancholic Parables

Melancholic Parables

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  • Excellent Problem-Causing and Critical-Drinking Skills

    From the second thirteenth (“Burglar’s Wine”) of my collection Melancholic Parables, this is the fourth parable.

    Content warning: description of torture.



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    2 min
  • Endlessly Cutting the Deck

    From the second thirteenth (“Burglar’s Wine”) of my collection Melancholic Parables, this is the third parable.



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    3 min
  • Þanne Ytemeste Ferþyng

    From the second thirteenth (“Burglar’s Wine”) of my short fiction collection Melancholic Parables, this is the second parable.

    Content warning: death.



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    3 min
  • We Drink Pearls—We Sup on Peacocks’ Tongues

    From the second thirteenth (“Burglar’s Wine”) of my collection Melancholic Parables, this is the first parable.

    First published under the title “If You Needed It, You’d Be Dead by Now” in Riggwelter №27.



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    2 min
  • The Martyr’s Palm

    From “Autumn on Venus”, which is the first thirteenth of my collection Melancholic Parables, this is the seventh parable.

    First published in Rue Scribe.



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    3 min
  • White Hat Bias

    From “Autumn on Venus”, the first thirteenth of my collection Melancholic Parables, this is the sixth parable.

    Content warning: a fatal traffic accident.



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    3 min
  • A New Lease on Life (with No Escape Clause)

    From the first thirteenth (“Autumn on Venus”) of my collection Melancholic Parables, this is the fifth parable.

    First published in Bright Flash Literary Review.



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    3 min
  • Et sic per gradus ad ima tenditur

    From the first thirteenth (“Autumn on Venus”) of my collection Melancholic Parables, this is the fourth parable.

    Edited by Maya Sabatino for Pep Haus. Content warning: mention of death.



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    5 min
  • Ngantukisme

    From the first thirteenth of my collection Melancholic Parables (called “Autumn on Venus”), this is the third parable.

    First published in New World Writing.



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    2 min
  • Albumen Skyline

    The second parable in the first thirteenth (called “Autumn on Venus”) of my collection Melancholic Parables.



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    3 min

About Melancholic Parables

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The melancholic parables read aloud, one at a time.