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PC Studios presents Strangely Fierce Fables, fantasy fiction, literary shorts & other absurdities
Strangely Fierce Fables, by Paul Carreo, is a two book collection of strange fantasy fiction & literary observational shorts. In the first collection, warm your heart and bones as your fableman spins yarns of weird folklore, foreboding legends and speculative futures. In the second collection, Risings & Ramblings, enjoy some contemporary realism with reflections from a storyteller who’s spent his life rambling through strange lands and stranger times. Order Directly or at any Amazon site.
STRANGE FICTION & FANTASY
A Coin for Lario’s Sorrow, a creature fable novelette by Paul Carreo, about a young man, seeking to unburden himself of troubles by a Italian lakeside, and instead poisoning a gentle beast into a vengeful monster, unleashing her wrath on the neighboring small town.
The Haunting of Mr. Query, a gothic tale, by Paul Carreo, about those pestering questions, questions, questions that terrorize poor Franklin Arthur Query, in his dark mansion, until he finds sweet relief in the finality of an unveiled horror.
A Banshee’s Bargain, by Paul Carreo, a modern ghost story about a young man and his encounter with a dark and beautiful spirit. As the wandering traveler becomes ensnared by the beauty of a young banshee who haunts an old Dublin city pub, they begin to share a fate that will save each other.
Sisyphus goes job hunting, a reimagined Greek myth by Paul Carreo with guest artwork by Ted Wiedenman, about the tormented king Sisyphus who finds himself reflecting on his eternal hard-labor and entangled with the soul of a modern career man from the 21st century. In their shared experiences, they find perspective on the nature of their punishment, the wheel of fate, and their own purpose.
Dead On Stats & Datasets, a playfully paranoid sci-fi. Arthur Slate finds himself in a world beyond his own, being confronted with some ‘deadly’ analysis of his life passed. Despite the drivelling presentation of charts and figures, he knows in his heart that the truth will set him free.
New Phone, Who Dis? an optimistic alien contact sci-fi by Paul Carreo, Dr. Emily Harper, a professor of linguistics, sets the record straight during the filming for a documentary about the recently declassified events of the rumored far-galaxy contact that was made by the James Webb 2.0 telescope earlier in the 2050s.
Prelude to the Silverwater Tavern, a weird western by Paul Carreo, Be warned fellow traveler, for you’ve entered the Hollowlands, a hostile and bizarre, alternate desert world. Luckily, you’ve found safe haven at the Silverwater Tavern, Just don’t linger long in this lotus eater’s club, or perhaps you already have.
ESSAYS & NON-FICTION
RISINGS & ROVINGS, Literary Fiction & Rambling Tales
ALL SHORT FICTION
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