The Fictional Survival Guide
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Where fiction becomes survival training.
Weekly fiction + essays from The Fictional Survival Guide by Adrián Fares
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Weekly fiction + essays from The Fictional Survival Guide by Adrián Fares
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Where fiction becomes survival training. Click to read The Fictional Survival Guide, by Adrian Fares, a Substack publication. Launched 7 days ago.
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Two decades of stories, one click away.
English home: weekly essays & novels → adrianfares.substack.com
Spanish vault: 20 years writing & filmmaking → elsabanon.wordpress.com
Drop a 🦋—happy to talk craft, literature, horror, sci-fi, filmmaking, hearing-loss life.
#WritingCommunity #Substack #Lit
English home: weekly essays & novels → adrianfares.substack.com
Spanish vault: 20 years writing & filmmaking → elsabanon.wordpress.com
Drop a 🦋—happy to talk craft, literature, horror, sci-fi, filmmaking, hearing-loss life.
#WritingCommunity #Substack #Lit
This means a lot. substack.com/@cognitivedi... This means a lot.
Thaddeus Howze (@cognitivedissident)
Adrian Fares “Diary of a Broken Android” isn’t a story you read for plot. It’s a study in grief as repetition. Bruno’s compulsive pacing, his surreal little parables, and the therapist’s uneasy silenc...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This means a lot. substack.com/@cognitivedi... This means a lot.
Fiction on Substack is just finding its voice.
It’s up to us to help it grow and make this a true home for fiction—like those old literary circles where writers met to discuss craft.
That’s pretty nice, isn’t it? #WritingCommunity #Fiction #Substack
adrianfares.substack.com/p/diary-of-a...
It’s up to us to help it grow and make this a true home for fiction—like those old literary circles where writers met to discuss craft.
That’s pretty nice, isn’t it? #WritingCommunity #Fiction #Substack
adrianfares.substack.com/p/diary-of-a...
Diary of a Broken Android — Day 15
Strange Stories — Evaluation Day
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September 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Fiction on Substack is just finding its voice.
It’s up to us to help it grow and make this a true home for fiction—like those old literary circles where writers met to discuss craft.
That’s pretty nice, isn’t it? #WritingCommunity #Fiction #Substack
adrianfares.substack.com/p/diary-of-a...
It’s up to us to help it grow and make this a true home for fiction—like those old literary circles where writers met to discuss craft.
That’s pretty nice, isn’t it? #WritingCommunity #Fiction #Substack
adrianfares.substack.com/p/diary-of-a...
Diary of a Broken Android — Day 12
Scratching at Beautiful Moments
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September 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Last night in Diary of a Broken Android I wrote about seeing ghosts from another era.
Today I revive the oval portrait of one.
Edgar Allan Poe.
The ghosts are waiting in yesterday's chapter: adrianfares.substack.com/p/diary-of-a... #Poe #IAart #ArtCommunity #SubstackWriters #WritingCommunity
Today I revive the oval portrait of one.
Edgar Allan Poe.
The ghosts are waiting in yesterday's chapter: adrianfares.substack.com/p/diary-of-a... #Poe #IAart #ArtCommunity #SubstackWriters #WritingCommunity
August 15, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Last night in Diary of a Broken Android I wrote about seeing ghosts from another era.
Today I revive the oval portrait of one.
Edgar Allan Poe.
The ghosts are waiting in yesterday's chapter: adrianfares.substack.com/p/diary-of-a... #Poe #IAart #ArtCommunity #SubstackWriters #WritingCommunity
Today I revive the oval portrait of one.
Edgar Allan Poe.
The ghosts are waiting in yesterday's chapter: adrianfares.substack.com/p/diary-of-a... #Poe #IAart #ArtCommunity #SubstackWriters #WritingCommunity
Emily Dickinson making a dandelion wish 🌬️✨ What would the greatest poet of solitude wish for?
Made by me.
#EmilyDickinson #AIArt #Poetry #dandelionwishes #LiteraryIcons #Booktok #DarkAcademia #Literature #Art #Writers
Made by me.
#EmilyDickinson #AIArt #Poetry #dandelionwishes #LiteraryIcons #Booktok #DarkAcademia #Literature #Art #Writers
August 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Emily Dickinson making a dandelion wish 🌬️✨ What would the greatest poet of solitude wish for?
Made by me.
#EmilyDickinson #AIArt #Poetry #dandelionwishes #LiteraryIcons #Booktok #DarkAcademia #Literature #Art #Writers
Made by me.
#EmilyDickinson #AIArt #Poetry #dandelionwishes #LiteraryIcons #Booktok #DarkAcademia #Literature #Art #Writers
The greatest self-portraitist of all time meets the 21st century.
An AI experiment I made exploring art across time.
Read my thoughts at adrianfares.substack.com
#FridaKahlo #AIArt #poets #art #ArtHistory #AIGenerated #Mexico #SelfPortrait #ArtMeetsAI #ContemporaryArt #CreativeAI #ArtExperiment
An AI experiment I made exploring art across time.
Read my thoughts at adrianfares.substack.com
#FridaKahlo #AIArt #poets #art #ArtHistory #AIGenerated #Mexico #SelfPortrait #ArtMeetsAI #ContemporaryArt #CreativeAI #ArtExperiment
August 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The greatest self-portraitist of all time meets the 21st century.
An AI experiment I made exploring art across time.
Read my thoughts at adrianfares.substack.com
#FridaKahlo #AIArt #poets #art #ArtHistory #AIGenerated #Mexico #SelfPortrait #ArtMeetsAI #ContemporaryArt #CreativeAI #ArtExperiment
An AI experiment I made exploring art across time.
Read my thoughts at adrianfares.substack.com
#FridaKahlo #AIArt #poets #art #ArtHistory #AIGenerated #Mexico #SelfPortrait #ArtMeetsAI #ContemporaryArt #CreativeAI #ArtExperiment
Oscar Wilde celebrating Montiel's penalty that won Argentina the World Cup 🏆⚽️ (made by me) #OscarWilde #ArgentinaGoal #Literature #Culture #BookTok #Writers #Soccer #Books
August 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Oscar Wilde celebrating Montiel's penalty that won Argentina the World Cup 🏆⚽️ (made by me) #OscarWilde #ArgentinaGoal #Literature #Culture #BookTok #Writers #Soccer #Books
Cortázar training for his next literary sprint 🚴♂️📚
Made by me.
Join my Substack for the first chapter of Diary of a Broken Android: adrianfares.substack.com
#Cortazar #BookBluesky #LiteraryHumor #JazzReel #WritingCommunity
Made by me.
Join my Substack for the first chapter of Diary of a Broken Android: adrianfares.substack.com
#Cortazar #BookBluesky #LiteraryHumor #JazzReel #WritingCommunity
August 2, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Cortázar training for his next literary sprint 🚴♂️📚
Made by me.
Join my Substack for the first chapter of Diary of a Broken Android: adrianfares.substack.com
#Cortazar #BookBluesky #LiteraryHumor #JazzReel #WritingCommunity
Made by me.
Join my Substack for the first chapter of Diary of a Broken Android: adrianfares.substack.com
#Cortazar #BookBluesky #LiteraryHumor #JazzReel #WritingCommunity
Enter the labyrinth of an android's broken mind. Day 1: adrianfares.substack.com/p/day-1-diar...
#scifi #WritingCommunity #androidfiction #darkscifi #substack #digitalart #serialfiction #diaryofabrokenandroid
#scifi #WritingCommunity #androidfiction #darkscifi #substack #digitalart #serialfiction #diaryofabrokenandroid
July 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Enter the labyrinth of an android's broken mind. Day 1: adrianfares.substack.com/p/day-1-diar...
#scifi #WritingCommunity #androidfiction #darkscifi #substack #digitalart #serialfiction #diaryofabrokenandroid
#scifi #WritingCommunity #androidfiction #darkscifi #substack #digitalart #serialfiction #diaryofabrokenandroid
Margaret Atwood once did a book signing.
Nobody came.
Except one guy who wanted Scotch tape.
He thought she was store staff.
I think about that when my writing feels invisible.
But you write anyway.
#writing #MargaretAtwood
Nobody came.
Except one guy who wanted Scotch tape.
He thought she was store staff.
I think about that when my writing feels invisible.
But you write anyway.
#writing #MargaretAtwood
July 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Margaret Atwood once did a book signing.
Nobody came.
Except one guy who wanted Scotch tape.
He thought she was store staff.
I think about that when my writing feels invisible.
But you write anyway.
#writing #MargaretAtwood
Nobody came.
Except one guy who wanted Scotch tape.
He thought she was store staff.
I think about that when my writing feels invisible.
But you write anyway.
#writing #MargaretAtwood
Two decades of stories, one click away.
English home: weekly essays & novels → adrianfares.substack.com
Spanish vault: 20 years writing & filmmaking → elsabanon.wordpress.com
Drop a 🦋—happy to talk craft, literature, horror, sci-fi, filmmaking, hearing-loss life.
#WritingCommunity #Substack #Lit
English home: weekly essays & novels → adrianfares.substack.com
Spanish vault: 20 years writing & filmmaking → elsabanon.wordpress.com
Drop a 🦋—happy to talk craft, literature, horror, sci-fi, filmmaking, hearing-loss life.
#WritingCommunity #Substack #Lit
The Fictional Survival Guide | Adrian Fares | Substack
Where fiction becomes survival training. Click to read The Fictional Survival Guide, by Adrian Fares, a Substack publication. Launched 7 days ago.
adrianfares.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Two decades of stories, one click away.
English home: weekly essays & novels → adrianfares.substack.com
Spanish vault: 20 years writing & filmmaking → elsabanon.wordpress.com
Drop a 🦋—happy to talk craft, literature, horror, sci-fi, filmmaking, hearing-loss life.
#WritingCommunity #Substack #Lit
English home: weekly essays & novels → adrianfares.substack.com
Spanish vault: 20 years writing & filmmaking → elsabanon.wordpress.com
Drop a 🦋—happy to talk craft, literature, horror, sci-fi, filmmaking, hearing-loss life.
#WritingCommunity #Substack #Lit