Serpentine Squiggles

Notable works:

• Reach Heaven Via Fen Shui Engineeering, Drug Trade, & Tax Evasion (on RoyalRoad, and SufficientVelocity: rational cultivation fic

• Blog Map: their blog is a trove of good game‍-​mastering and RPG design advice. A few standout sequences:

  • Reductionist Magic: a technical and insightful analysis of magic system mechanics, broadly applicable to fantasy worldbuilding
  • This V‍-​Tuber Does Not Exist (ibid.) ‍-​ a thoroughly entertaining shadowrun campaign retrospective.

• The Summoned Hero is a Historical Materialist!? (on ArchiveOfOurOwn, RoyalRoad, and SufficientVelocity): a serious and thoughtful (and consistently funny) take on political revolution in a fantasy world.

(I do developmental and line editing work for both of their stories.)

• Somnambulent (Fimfic): Luna‍-​centric MLPfic.
• Twisted Metal Soap (itch.io): a Twisted Metal‍-​inspired demo in a pretty rough state.

• Octo: an excellent piece of xenofiction, and thrilling story in its own right.
• Envoy: a short story with an intriguing idea that’s stuck with me for years.

Too many works to list (just look at that Ao3!), but I’ve only read a few:

• There is Nothing to Fear (ArchiveOfOurOwn and SpaceBattles): extensive, rich and well‍-​thought‍-​out AU where Tom Riddle is sorted into Gryffindor.
• Species Shock: Agloanikoi: an excellent exercise in xenofiction, I’d rank it among the best in terms of worldbuilding. Sadly, this series is unlikely to get further installments.
• Do check out their DriveThruRPG‍ ‍—‍ I find their thoughts on worldbuilding insightful enough I’ve bought their books, and some of them (such as Species Shock) are pay what you want.

Too many stories to list, see his SpaceBattles (most are unfortunately not mirrored on SufficientVelocity).

• DeviantArt: He’s a skilled artist with a decades of experiences, so his dA is not exhaustive. Though our site contains a page for browsing Onward to Providence’s illustrations specifically.
• Shining Wyrm (SufficientVelocity, SpaceBattles): a delightful dragon fic with remarkable attention to the details of feudalism, less slice of life than the whole pie.
• Onward to Providence (RoyalRoad, SufficientVelocity SpaceBattles): one of the greatest pieces of xenofiction I’ve read. The Reef is a universe without gravity, and a menagerie brimming with truly alien species.
• Deep Rise (SpaceBattles): largely lost media, one of the many things gone with the MSPA forums. It was one of the first xenofics I read, and a great one. The illustrations, fortunately, remain and several chapters have survived.
• Hope & Silence in the Hive (SpaceBattles): a fun WH40k fic, though I’ve only partially read it.
• Kobalae (SufficientVelocity, SpaceBattles): rest in peace cute kobold quest.

• Little Leavanny in the Big City (ArchiveOfOurOwn, SufficientVelocity, SpaceBattles, ThousandRoads): pokemon xenofiction is oddly rare‍ ‍—‍ this is one of the standout examples.
• Xenofiction, Thoughts, Approaches, Styles, Worldbuilding, Etc: a collection of short essays on xenofiction.
• Tearing the Aeons (ArchiveOfOurOwn, SufficientVelocity, SpaceBattles): Worm/MtG cross. Rough, though I enjoyed it.

Selected works:

• Lost on the Road of Life (SufficientVelocity, ArchiveOfOurOwn): a Naruto fic where Kakashi goes missing nin after the nine tails attack. Cowritten with Paperclipped. One of our favorites.^note Note: ArchiveOfOurOwn version does not contain chapters after Chapter 35, part 1, nor an extremely well‍-​written fanmade novella/omake.^endnote
• Princess Diaries (Fimfic): Dresdon‍-​inspired MLP fanfic.
• Your Move! (ArchiveOfOurOwn): Yu‍-​Gi‍-​Oh!/Code Geass crossover written for the first RatFicFest. (I read it without YGO familiarity).

• Inheritors (Wordpress, RoyalRoad): an exception piece of superhero fiction

Too many fics to list, though I’ve unfortunately only read one.

• Nightcrawler (ArchiveOfOurOwn, SufficientVelocity, SpaceBattles) ‍-​ a case53 fic with a nicely creative power.

Too many fics to list. In fact, if we linked only things we read and enjoyed by them, the list would still be too long‍ ‍—‍ suffice it to say all of it is good.

• Shedding Lionskin (ArchiveOfOurOwn): a Slytherin!Harry fic with one of the more intriguing and creative premises we’ve seen. Scratches many of our itches.
• Nemesis (SufficientVelocity, SpaceBattles): a truly delightful Wormfic. It’s quite popular, and for a reason.
• I Am Skitter (SufficientVelocity, SpaceBattles): excellent Wormfic. Taylor deceives Emma into thinking Emma is secretly Skitter, in a weird fake Fight Club type situation.
• Morning Worm (One‍-​Shots) (SufficientVelocity, SpaceBattles): a collection of one shots. I have not read them all, but I can already tell there’s plenty of bangers.

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• The Simulacrum of Dread I encountered this from writers in the old webfiction community making fun of the writing. I checked it out, and found it genuinely good.

• Ten of Swords ‍-​ a contemplative story about a swordsman who has refined their ability to cut to metaphysical heights.
• Transportation Problems ‍-​ a convincingly posthuman short story, grappling with depths of time and space beyond human understanding.

Has several works, though I’ve only read their first serial.

• Pyrebound (Wordpress, Amazon, RoyalRoad)

• Disjointed and Incoherrent: an excellent album of dark, downtempo electronic. I’ve described this as “Massive subterranean beats. Dark ambient infused with persistent drumming, crawling forth with with no melodic release. Pleasingly wretched vibes.”

• Bandcamp,

• NewGrounds

• The Brain Cycle: A wonderful and chill electronic album. I’ve described this as “Engaging, pleasant electronic music. Seamless background listening while rewarding active attention. Eagerly awaiting the next release from them.”

• Tilt to Live Clone (itch.io): a rough demo of “An arcade game heavily inspired by mobile classic Tilt to Live.”