"The Imaginary Friend" by Gwynne Garfinkle (Furry, Prose, 2022)
“It’s clearly been a long time since you’ve spared a thought for me. I should hate you.”
Blurb: A fictive imaginary friend discovers the truth about his existence as his human grows up.
Why is it worth your time?: Told from the POV of an outsourced imaginary friend (headmate? tulpha?) who blinks in and out of existence only when their human (host?) remembers them and grapples (some) with what that means.
Plural Tags: fictioneers; on purpose; fusion/integration (? - by the end of the story the imaginary friend and his human are brainstorming ways to send him out of her world and back to his own)
Content Warnings: off-screen character death
Accessibility Notes: screenreadable (? - HTML standard formatting but I haven't personally checked against a screenreader)
Format:
Is it long, medium, or short?: short
It is for kids, teens, adults, or everybody? everybody (general audience, not NSFW)
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Date: 2024-06-01 08:14 am (UTC)“It’s clearly been a long time since you’ve spared a thought for me. I should hate you.”
Blurb: A fictive imaginary friend discovers the truth about his existence as his human grows up.
Why is it worth your time?: Told from the POV of an outsourced imaginary friend (headmate? tulpha?) who blinks in and out of existence only when their human (host?) remembers them and grapples (some) with what that means.
Plural Tags: fictioneers; on purpose; fusion/integration (? - by the end of the story the imaginary friend and his human are brainstorming ways to send him out of her world and back to his own)
Content Warnings: off-screen character death
Accessibility Notes: screenreadable (? - HTML standard formatting but I haven't personally checked against a screenreader)
Format:
Is it long, medium, or short?: short
It is for kids, teens, adults, or everybody? everybody (general audience, not NSFW)