Episode 125 · 8 min · Fable's Adventures: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Audio Drama

Two Hundred and Seventeen Years Too Late | A Story About Grief and the Difference Between Being Alone and Being Left Alone

Published Aug 22, 2026by StoryFlight Labs, PBC

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Not absence. Static. A signal scrambled on purpose — a door locked from the inside. Chalo has walked these canyons for three hundred and forty-two years, tethered the whole way to Kess: anchor, mirror, the only other being who knows what it costs to carry centuries without crumbling. The only one who knows about the search. Then the psychic thread goes dead, the stone in the walls starts pulsing an anxious blue, and somewhere in a labyrinth of chambers that shouldn't exist there is an alcove full of scrolls — birth records, death records, a genealogy of searching — and Kess has been reading them for days. A quiet second-person fantasy about immortality, telepathy, and what happens to a life organized entirely around looking for someone. The turn isn't what Kess found. It's what it means to be sat with in the dark by someone who refuses to make it better. Created with the Fables Adventures app — Available on the Apple App Store . Follow or subscribe so the next story finds you. Content note: intended for ages 16+ — bereavement, prolonged grief, and isolation. #AudioDrama #Fantasy #ShortFiction #Storytelling #Grief #Telepathy #SecondPerson #FablesAdventures This episode includes AI-generated content.

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