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  "description": "Putting the web in this webbed site. A list of cool things, either from creators in the neocities grind with us, or our friends.",
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  "publishedAt": "2024-08-04T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "::: foreword\n\nWhile it would be fitting for the serpent's den to be an inescapable\ntrap, the content here can be exhausted, and eventually it will be time\nfor your journey to move on. Though we do hope you return!\n\nAs motivated by [this blogpost], we aim to collect together links for\nanyone interested in further exploring the web. This page represents\nproximity, above all else. Either creators in the neocities grind with\nus, or our friends. But everything we link here is cool, or we\nwouldn't link it.\n\nAt present this is an old page; we have not done well updating it.\n\n[this blogpost]: <https://thoughts.melonking.net/thoughts/every-site-needs-a-links-page-why-linking-matters>\n:::\n\nBlogging\n\n- Picker-Aparter: a few\n  excellent pieces of fiction, thoughtful \"rants\", and several\n  evocative fragments --- a treasure trove of delightful work that\n  feels like a glimpse into a mind. Our favorite kind of neocities\n  page.\n- mimicschest: personal website\n  of a rpg enthusiast and blogger\n- ♡ Kawaii Nightmare ♡: a\n  perfectly named website; the landing page is a chaos of links and\n  images. Worth a crawl if you don't mind the aesthetic --- anime and\n  music blogging, and other curios.\n- Swirl Girl Site: a kobold's\n  personal site.  Includes Top 100 Albums list displaying respectable\n  taste.\n- Cordillera's Content:\n  interesting thoughts and good source of curated links.\n\nMusic\n\n- Uranian Coffee: electronic\n  music and poetic writings. (their new album [Grot Geluid\n  (excursionPoint_006)][grot] is a banger.)\n- coffeebug: delightful music and cute\n  art. I recommend the album [MIDIfreak][].\n\n[grot]: https://uraniumcoffee.bandcamp.com/album/grot-geluid-excursionpoint-006\n[MIDIfreak]: https://coffeebug.bandcamp.com/album/midifreak\n\nTechnical\n\n- <https://endtimes.dev/>: some interesting blogposts\n- <https://modem.io/>: masterful use of css, site design as\n  performance art\n- <https://sizeof.cat/about/> - dead link, but this site was so cool\n- localghost: helpful posts about site\n  design and other technical matters\n\nWriting\n\n- Skverse: fiction from an old\n  friend\n- Sporktown: stories and fragments\n  from a fellow writer\n- WMB Saltworks: mainly a list\n  of outgoing links. For more, see their listing in the friends\n  index further down.\n- irradiate.space: neatly designed site of\n  an associate.  writing & crafts.  their short [\"Self-Debugging\"][]\n  is a particularly standout work.\n- cogandstar: personal website of\n  a fandom writer\n- Circle-Snake Café: many essays, fiction,\n  and poetry^[Not biased by the name, we promise.]\n\n[\"Self-Debugging\"]: https://irradiate.space/stories/self-debugging/\n\nPersonal\n\n- Werecoyotl's Autumn Grove: a\n  beautifully laid out site made by a therian with thought-provoking\n  personal essays.\n- subspaceEmber personal site\n  of a transgender creative.  evocative writing, intriguing art,\n  pretty photography\n- suspiciouslyBee: personal page of a cute\n  streamer\n- literalhat: cool artist\n\nStuff My Friends Wrote\n\nMost of these people don't have sites of their own.\n\n::: details\nSableGM/Winged_One/melmonella - friend & fellow creative\n\n::: nav\nSubstack\nRoyalRoad,\nSufficientVelocity\n::: \n\nNotable works:\n\n- [Reach Heaven Via Fen Shui Engineeering, Drug Trade, & Tax\n  Evasion][fse-rr] (on RoyalRoad, and [SufficientVelocity][fse-sv]:\n  rational cultivation fic\n\n- Blog Map: their blog is\n  a trove of good game-mastering and RPG design advice. A few standout\n  sequences:\n  - Reductionist Magic: a technical and insightful analysis of magic\n    system mechanics, broadly applicable to fantasy worldbuilding\n  - This V-Tuber Does Not Exist (ibid.) - a thoroughly entertaining\n    shadowrun campaign retrospective.\n\n[fse-rr]: <https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/68999/reach-heaven-via-feng-shui-engineering>\n[fse-sv]: <https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/reach-heaven-via-feng-shui-engineering-drug-trade-and-tax-evasion.118085/>\n\n- [The Summoned Hero is a Historical Materialist!?][shhm-ao3] (on\n  ArchiveOfOurOwn, [RoyalRoad][shhm-rr], and\n  [SufficientVelocity][shhm-sv]): a serious and thoughtful (and\n  consistently funny) take on political revolution in a fantasy world.\n\n[shhm-ao3]: <https://archiveofourown.org/works/42512586/>\n[shhm-rr]: <https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/69062/the-summoned-hero-is-a-historical-materialist>\n[shhm-sv]: <https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/the-summoned-hero-is-a-historical-materialist.109621/>\n\n(I do developmental and line editing work for both of their stories.)\n\n:::\n\n::: details\n\nSpectre/\"Speck\" - our oldest online friend, as well as our most\ndedicated and consistent beta reader.\n\n-   Somnambulent\n    (Fimfic): Luna-centric MLPfic.\n-   Twisted Metal Soap\n    (itch.io): a Twisted Metal-inspired demo in a pretty rough state.\n\n:::\n\n::: details\n\nZ. Albert Bell (Site) - correspondent and\nfellow writer\n\n  - Octo: an excellent piece of\n    xenofiction, and thrilling story in its own right.\n  - Envoy: a short story\n    with an intriguing idea that's stuck with me for years.\n\n:::\n\n::: details\n\ncallmesalticidae - a prolific writer of fiction, worldbuilding,\nand RPG supplements.\n\n::: nav\nSaltWorks\nDriveThruRPG\nArchiveOfOurOwn\nSufficientVelocity\nSpaceBattles\n:::\n\nToo many works to list (just look at that Ao3!), but I've only read a\nfew:\n\n  - [There is Nothing to Fear][tintf-ao3] (ArchiveOfOurOwn and\n    [SpaceBattles][tintf-sb]): extensive, rich and well-thought-out AU\n    where Tom Riddle is sorted into Gryffindor.\n-   [Species Shock: Agloanikoi][algo]: an excellent exercise in\n    xenofiction, I'd rank it among the best in terms of worldbuilding.\n    Sadly, this series is unlikely to get further installments.\n-   Do check out their DriveThruRPG --- I find their thoughts on\n    worldbuilding insightful enough I've bought their books, and some\n    of them (such as Species Shock) are pay what you want.\n\n[tintf-ao3]: <https://archiveofourown.org/series/1087368>\n[tintf-sb]: <https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/there-is-nothing-to-fear-harry-potter-au-gryffindor-voldemort.667057/>\n[algo]: <https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/227722/Species-Shock-1-Agloanikoi--The-Gameplayers>\n\n:::\n\n::: details\n\nMorgan \"Nighzmarquls\" Heacock - artist, fellow writer and personal\ninspiration\n\n::: nav\nSpaceBattles\nSufficientVelocity \nRoyalRoad\n:::\n\nToo many stories to list, see his SpaceBattles (most are unfortunately\nnot mirrored on SufficientVelocity).\n\n-   DeviantArt: He's a\n    skilled artist with a decades of experiences, so his dA is not\n    exhaustive. Though our site contains a\n    page for\n    browsing Onward to Providence's illustrations specifically.\n-   Shining\n    Wyrm\n    (SufficientVelocity,\n    SpaceBattles):\n    a delightful dragon fic with remarkable attention to the details of\n    feudalism, less slice of life than the whole pie.\n-   Onward to\n    Providence\n    (RoyalRoad,\n    SufficientVelocity\n    SpaceBattles):\n    one of the greatest pieces of xenofiction I've read. The Reef is a\n    universe without gravity, and a menagerie brimming with truly alien\n    species.\n-   Deep\n    Rise\n    (SpaceBattles): largely lost media, one of the many things gone with\n    the MSPA forums. It was one of the first xenofics I read, and a\n    great one. The illustrations, fortunately, remain and several\n    chapters have survived.\n-   Hope & Silence in the\n    Hive\n    (SpaceBattles): a fun WH40k fic, though I've only partially read\n    it.\n-   Kobalae\n    (SufficientVelocity,\n    SpaceBattles):\n    rest in peace cute kobold quest.\n:::\n\n::: details\n\nzoru - a former associate and fellow writer\n\n::: nav\nArchiveOfOurOwn\nSpacebattles\nDeviantArt\n:::\n\n-   Little Leavanny in the Big\n    City\n    (ArchiveOfOurOwn,\n    SufficientVelocity,\n    SpaceBattles,\n    ThousandRoads):\n    pokemon xenofiction is oddly rare --- this is one of the standout\n    examples.\n-   Xenofiction, Thoughts, Approaches, Styles, Worldbuilding,\n    Etc:\n    a collection of short essays on xenofiction.\n-   Tearing the Aeons\n    (ArchiveOfOurOwn,\n    SufficientVelocity,\n    SpaceBattles):\n    Worm/MtG cross. Rough, though I enjoyed it.\n:::\n\n::: details\n\nemstar/MMKII - friend and fellow writer\n\n::: nav\nSufficientVelocity,\nArchiveOfOurOwn,\nFimFic\n::: \n\nSelected works:\n\n-   Lost on the Road of\n    Life\n    (SufficientVelocity,\n    ArchiveOfOurOwn): a\n    Naruto fic where Kakashi goes missing nin after the nine tails\n    attack. Cowritten with Paperclipped. One of our favorites.^[ Note:\n    ArchiveOfOurOwn version does not contain chapters after Chapter\n    35, part 1, nor an extremely well-written fanmade novella/omake.]\n-   Princess\n    Diaries\n    (Fimfic): Dresdon-inspired MLP fanfic.\n-   Your Move!\n    (ArchiveOfOurOwn): Yu-Gi-Oh!/Code Geass crossover written for the\n    first RatFicFest. (I read it without YGO familiarity).\n\n:::\n\n::: details\nRhythm - one of my first friends in the old webfiction community.\n\n-   Touch (Wordpress,\n    RoyalRoad)\n\n:::\n\n::: details\nIan \"Megajoule\" Everett - another early associate in the webfiction\ncommunity\n\n-   Inheritors (Wordpress,\n    RoyalRoad): an\n    exception piece of superhero fiction\n\n:::\n\n::: details\nRedcoat_Officer - a fellow writer, and an appreciator of nonhuman fiction\n\n::: nav\nArchiveOfOurOwn\nSufficientVelocity\nSpaceBattles\n:::\n\nToo many fics to list, though I've unfortunately only read one.\n\n-   Nightcrawler\n    (ArchiveOfOurOwn,\n    SufficientVelocity,\n    SpaceBattles) -\n    a case53 fic with a nicely creative power.\n:::\n\n::: details\n\nBeaconHill - one of my favorite writers and occaisional correspondent\n\n::: nav\nArchiveOfOurOwn\nSufficientVelocity\nSpaceBattles\n:::\n\nToo many fics to list. In fact, if we linked only things we read and\nenjoyed by them, the list would still be too long --- suffice it to\nsay all of it is good.\n\n-   Shedding Lionskin\n    (ArchiveOfOurOwn): a Slytherin!Harry fic with one of the more\n    intriguing and creative premises we've seen. Scratches many of our\n    itches.\n-   Nemesis\n    (SufficientVelocity,\n    SpaceBattles):\n    a truly delightful Wormfic. It",
  "title": "Collected Links"
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