#siblings the way to write resistance winning without HFY crap was there all along!

[murlopal]

Another story that feels close to hdg is "Fine print" by Stjepan Sejik.

Wine themed transcendental beings taking human souls in exchange for wish fulfilment

If you, like me, find hdg to be a horror, then you may find Fine Print as an incredibly twisted power fantasy equal to giving your affni therapist-owner so much of your own depression, damn weed never blooms again