Those who gazed into that abyss became servants of it. Any that turned away were but helpless prey.

Ignorance is invitation, and perception is surrender.

In late 2025, we began to brainstorm a race of parasites, combining a number of concepts that interested us‍ ‍‍—‍ vampirism, hiveminds, and above all a sensibility for weird and detailed biology.

These thoughts remained on our mind for months, and we gave a few attempts at outlining stories that would make use of these monsters, but we achieved little writing in that year’s anguished final months.

For the first month of 2026, we tasked ourselves with writing about them every day, and this effort produced a slew of write‍-​ups and teasers worth presenting to the world.

For want of a cleaner introduction, we recommend starting with these three posts:

This should suffice to pique interest and elucidate some core concepts. Our early forrays into this series culminated in an early short that still stands among its best entries, and a recent piece of exposition is also highly illustrative:

In March, after a break, we returned to writing experiments with renewed intensity. The fruit of this was a series of “études,” writing exercises that began with modest intentions, but soon sprawled ambitiously.

The shorter études can all be read in a compilation page, while the longer ones earned urls of their own, accessible in the index. One stands out as a notable success, and the penultimate as a high watermark of quality.

We cannot list every work we’re proud of. However, we simply must mention the (at the time of writing) most recent entry as a new height:

For further reading, open the index[In Vermin Cathexis] and proceed to whichever catches your eye. Note a fine distinction between the “Main” and “All” tabs: indices, erotica, and outlines have been omitted from the default listing.

One will quickly observee that our writing style relies heavily on reader inference‍ ‍‍—‍ however, there exists a glossary[A Glossary for Vermin] that endeavors to define the many terms coined for this rich world.

Incidentally, we have written a little about works that have inspired this setting, but there is still more to add.

But on the topic of writings beyond the scope of this setting, our attempts to grapple with the conceptual underpinings of faithfully plotting and characterizing parasitic hiveminds have produced a glut of informally writings. They should prove highly informative:

Thank you for your time. I would love to hear your thoughts on any of these writings. Please contact us!