Abstract Tales (short story)

was the ninth short story exclusively published in The Book of the Snowstorm on 26 December 2023"Coloth" Series Launches with Arcbeatle Press Anthology, "The Book of the Snowstorm"! on arcbeatlepress.com by Arcbeatle Press and written by L. Alves. It took the form of several mini-stories tied together with a framing device featuring the public-domain Abstracts. 
== Plot ==
=== Prologue ===
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=== Tale the First ===
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=== First Intermission ===
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=== Tale the Second ===
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=== Second Intermission ===
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=== Tale the Third ===
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=== Epilogue ===
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== Characters ==
* Abstract of Remembrance
* Abstract of Terror
* Abstract of Illumination
* Abstract of Luminance
* Abstract of Misfortune
* Abstract of Knowledge
* Abstract of Oblivion
* Abstract of Life
* Abstract of Luxuriance
* Clacks
* Plastic elephant
* China doll
* Stuffed duck
* Merleya
* Merleya's squire
* Galatron
* Rabbit
* Ballerina
* Broken marionette
* Painted clown
* Mechanical Skeleton
* Moxx
* Rock-man
* Moxx's dreamworker
* Moxx's mother
* Moxx's father
* Moxx's broodparent
* Auteur
* Jenny Everywhere
* Clea
* Bradley
* Lex
* Jane
* Arthur Devros
* Abstract of Chaos
=== Referenced only ===
* Madam Tarsa
* Millicent the Stuffed Bear
* Joybuzzer
* Tyxxa Kelavyen
== Worldbuilding ==
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== Notes ==
* The name of Arthur Devros is a play on the name Davros. 
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== Continuity ==
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== Footnotes ==
Category:The Book of the Snowstorm short stories