A Signpost In The Forest
This page is for stories and worlds that haven’t panned out for whatever reason. I’ve preserved them all here in case you wanted to rummage around my bin.
A number of these stories have “Unknown” dates. In May of 2024 I converted some stories from markdown (I was using Obsidian at the time) to odt and lost the dates. My best guess is sometime in 2023.
2024-09-20 - Robbery At Dawn
2024-09-15 - Hairdresser Demon Slayer
2024-08-15 - The Neolithic Revolution
2024-03-27 - How Movies Are Made
2024-11-09 - The Wall
2024-11-05 - Undergrowth
2024-10-11 - Codex Botanical
2022-07-04 - 1000 Islands
2022-06-21 - King’s Rule
2022-02-22 - Corpo Pirates
2022-01-05 - Revival
2021-09-07 - Gruub
2021-08-11 - Dead Woods
2021-07-22 - …
2021-05-04 - Untitled Population Stabilization Story
2021-11-27 - The Diary Of The Chosen One
2020-04-16 - The Boy’s Sea Academy Of The Virgin Mary (Based on this)
2020-12-28 - Fantasy Schmantasy
2020-11-28 - story ideas
2017-04-01 - Weeklong
2017-03-05 - The Time Machine And A Battery
2017-03-12 - Sky Scraper
2017-02-24 - Story Template
2017-02-16 - Worldwide Pharmaceuticals
2017-02-15 - Untitled Battle Royale Tribute
2016-04-05 - Cave Divers 1st Draft
2015-12-31 - Sci-Fi Story
2014-11-20 - I Dunno Some Fantasy Thing
2014-08-27 - Descriptive Piece
2014-08-26 - Descriptive Piece 17072014 (2)
2014-08-26 - Combat Test
2014-07-12 - Descriptive Piece 17072014
2014-05-29 - Printing A Drug (Many of the names are either names of my then-friends or the name of my actual high school. They’ve all been redacted for privacy.)
Annals Of The Physical World
A naturey fantasy story with a dual spirit theme. Wrote it initally during pandemic lockdown.
Unknown - Searching
2024-08-07 - Nightmare Causeway
2024-04-15 - The March
2024-04-15 - Li’s Master Redeux
2024-04-15 - A Transported Message
2024-11-08 - Annals Of The Physical World
2024-10-28 - Li’s Master
2024-10-28 - Li’s Master v2
2024-10-28 - Li’s Master Draft
2022-06-26 - Untitled Cannibalised Li’s Master Book
2022-04-20 - Li’s Master Draft
2022-04-14 - Li’s Master Redux
2021-12-01 - Li’s Master
Catpokes
A cowboy story starring my former cats. Thought it could be a cute, quick little story but the scope ballooned too far out of control and I couldn’t be bothered continuing.
2024-07-04 - Catpokes Outline
2024-07-03 - Catpokes Draft
Corsairs/Vessel
A world where every landmass floats in the water and has both a naval bridge and engine attached.
Unknown - Corsairs
Unknown - Corsairs - Part 1 - Draft 1
Unknown - Corsairs - Part 1 - Draft 2
Unknown - Corsairs - Part 2
2022-01-06 - Vessel
2022-01-01 - Vessel - Old
Earth, LLC
Anarcho-capitalist future (and probably present) Earth.
Characters
Unknown - (PI) Abby
Unknown - (PI) Phillip Ibarra
Unknown - Protag
Unknown - (FU) Ronald
Plot/World
Unknown - P.I.ss
Unknown - Monty Pharmaceutical’s History Service
Unknown - Falling Up
Unknown - Earth, LLC Story Ideas
Unknown - Ambulance Care
2023-02-22 - Plot
2023-02-22 - Earth, LLC
2022-06-26 - Earth, LLC
2021-09-17 - Earth, LLC: Found God
2021-07-12 - Stories From Earth, LLC - Old
2021-12-03 - Supercop
2020-07-12 - Stories From Earth, LLC Draft
2020-03-10 - Earth, LLC Abandoned Novel
Empire Of Alchemy
Alchemy/potions focused world with an astrology cult as primary antagonist.
Unknown - World
Unknown - Empire Of Alchemy
2024-04-14 - Empire Of Alchemy Draft
2022-02-21 - Alchemy Lore
2022-02-14 - Empire Of Alchemy Draft 1
2022-01-07 - Sitting In
Freewriting
Set a time, write for as long as that time without taking a break. Times with a + mean two separate sessions.
2024-08-20 - 70 Stars (5 + 5 min)
2024-03-30 - 69 Assault on LaRouge (10 min)
2024-03-28 - 68 O’er The Hills (10 min)
2023-09-17 - 67 Sloped Fight (10 min)
2023-05-03 - 66 Katana Castle (10 min)
2023-05-02 - 65 A Family That Cares (10 min)
2023-02-26 - 64 Hookeyes (5+5++ mins)
2022-01-07 - 63 Deer (5 min)
2021-09-05 - 62 The Black Box (5 min)
2021-09-04 - 61 Sprout (5 min)
2021-09-02 - 60 Into The Forest (5 min)
2021-08-31 - 59 Weak (5 min)
2021-08-28 - 58 Heat and Rain (5 min)
2021-08-26 - 57 Another Life (10 min)
2021-08-25 - 56 The Crew (10 min)
2021-08-24 - 55 Skyscraper (15 min)
2021-? - 54 The World Has Been Saved (10 min)
2021-08-21 - 53 Luxor (10 min)
2021-08-21 - 52 Technology is Ruining My Life So I’m Going to Ruin Everybody Else’s (10 min)
2021-08-19 - 51 Flatplane (10 min)
2021-08-18 - 50 Loading (10 min)
2021-08-18 - 49 Fall of the World (10 min)
2021-08-17 - 48 Cataclysm (10 min)
2021-08-14 - 47 Stem and Trunk (10 min)
2021-08-13 - 46 Deal (10 min)
2021-08-13 - 45 Twin Suns Circling in Dance (10 min)
2021-08-08 - 44 The Hanging Gardens (10 min)
2021-08-07 - 43 The Twin Island (10 min) (Based on a dream)
2021-05-15 - 42 Eight Seconds (10 min)
2021-04-15 - 41 Dumb, Deaf, and Stupid (15 min)
2021-03-14 - 40 Knights in Space III (15 min)
2021-03-13 - 39 Ocean (15 min)
2021-03-13 - 38 The Controlled Demolition of Earth (15 min)
2021-03-12 - 37 Knights in Space II (15 min)
2021-03-09 - 36 Busy (15 min)
2021-03-07 - 35 Damned (5 min)
2021-03-06 - 34 They Don’t Know (1 min)
2021-03-04 - 33 I’m Not Just in Space by Myself (10 min)
2021-03-01 - 32 Water (10 min)
2021-03-01 - 31 Have Faith (15 min)
2021-03-01 - 30 Out in Space (5 min)
2021-01-07 - 29 The Streets Are Lined With Gold But I Can’t Spend It (15 min)
2020-12-29 - 28 Scope (15 min)
2020-? - 27 Pavilion (15 min)
2020-12-14 - 26 Graduation (15 min)
2020-12-13 - 25 This Fuckin’ Guy (15 min)
2020-12-09 - 24 Cumulonimbus (15 min)
2020-12-05 - 23 Knights in Space (15 min) (The very first time I wrote something in the universe)
2020-? - 22 The Revolution (10 min)
2020-09-07 - 21 Stomach Pain (5 min) (As it turns out, the stomach pain was anxiety)
2020-09-06 - 20 Soul (5 min)
2020-09-05 - 19 Delivery (10 min)
2020-09-04 - 18 Quick! (5 min)
2020-08-10 - 17 Two Swords (10 min)
2020-08-08 - 16 We have come at a c+r+o+s+s+r+o+a+d+s (5+5 min)
2020-07-29 - 15 Dreaming in Hyperwarp (5 min)
2020-07-26 - 14 Goodbye, (5 min)
2020-07-26 - 13 Farm Standoff (5 min)
2020-07-26 - 12 Eat (5 min)
2020-07-26 - 11 9 (10 min)
2020-07-26 - 10 Atlantis of the Land (5 min)
2020-07-26 - 9 The Ones Who See (10 min)
2020-07-25 - 8 I’m Asleep (5 min)
2020-07-24 - 7 fOr yOu (5 min)
2020-07-10 - 6 Wavy (5 Min)
2020-07-9 - 5 GOD (1 Min)
2020-06-18 - 4 Waiting To Enact The Plan (10 Min)
2020-06-13 - 3 The Scientists Confront Their Creation (10 Min)
2020-06-12 - 2 Fall of the King (5 min)
2020-06-11 - 1 The Blue Planet (1 Min)
Guardians
Star wars-y sci-fi epic about repelling an incomprehensible horde.
2024-07-28 - Guardians
2024-07-13 - Guardians Draft
2024-07-13 - World
Ironjaw
2021-01-09 - Ironjaw
2021-01-07 - Ironjaw VD (VD = Vomit Draft)
Knights in Space
Feudal politics…IN SPAAAA—
Characters
Unknown - Aveis
Unknown - Battlemaster Elise
Unknown - Gallant
Unknown - Lady Hope
Unknown - Lord Commodus
Unknown - Madeleine
Unknown - Magnus
Unknown - Maynild
Unknown - Page
Unknown - Shit Noble
Unknown - The Copper Lovers
Unknown - The Sovereign
World/Plot
2024-06-29 - Knights In Space Old Ver
2021-07-31 - Knights In Space
Unknown - Knights In Space Old
Unknown - Knights In Space Part 1 Draft 1
Unknown - Knights In Space Part 1 Draft 2 Backup
Unknown - Knights In Space Sample Chapters
Unknown - Knights In Space
Unknown - Old Part 1 Outline
Unknown - Part Endings
Unknown - Timeline
Unknown - World
New Republic
The fictional political story of a thinly-veiled postwar japan.
2024-11-09 - A New Republic
2022-10-16 - The New Republic
The Patrician’s Circle
Also known as The Patricians’ Circle and Patty’s Circle, this is possibly the biggest white whale on this page. A medieval conspiracy story about an all-powerful group and the protagonist’s attempt to take revenge on them.
I had the initial idea sometime in high school and have attempted it at least four times in as many years. I think I can call time on it at this point.
Characters
2023-02-15 - Edward
2023-02-14 - Gabriel
2023-02-10 - The Banker
2023-02-05 - Rainbalt
2023-01-30 - The Noble
2023-01-30 - The Banker’s Associate
2023-01-30 - Mathide
2023-01-30 - Kingsford
2023-01-30 - John
2023-01-30 - Ex-Circle Member
World/Plot
2025-01-07 - The Patrician’s Circle
2024-07-07 - The Patrician’s Circle Old Ver Replaced First Story Section
2024-07-12 - The Patrician’s Circle
2024-06-29 - The Patrician’s Circle Old Ver
2024-06-28 - The Patrician’s Circle Old Two Tier Outlining Method
2024-05-21 - The Patrician’s Circle Draft
2024-05-02 - Old Recap
2024-03-16 - Gabriel At The Monestary
2023-02-16 - Story
2023-02-15 - World
2022-09-29 - The Patrician’s Circle Outline
2022-07-02 - The Patrician’s Circle
2021-12-07 - Patty’s Circle
2021-12-03 - Patty’s Circle Part 1
2021-11-28 - Patty’s Circle Part 2
Steampunk Capitalism
Title wasn’t final. A steampunk world heavily inspired by the gilded age and the rise of the labour union movement. Had the idea on a walk and bashed out a first draft fragment on the same day but had no desire to keep going.
2024-10-28 - Steampunk Captialism
2024-10-28 - Steampunk Captialism Draft
Submerged
Just about the only longform story that I’ve ever completed a full outline for. Set in a waterproof dome at the bottom of an ocean, the people in it have lived there for centuries with no idea of why they’re there and what they’re doing.
2022-06-08 - Submerged Draft
2022-02-24 - Submerged
A Present From The Terraforming Crew
Was going to be a story set over three days separated by centuries, with a bomb being placed during the terraforming of Mars, the detonation of that bomb when Mars is fully colonised, and the aftermath.
2024-05-21 - A Present From The Terraforming Crew
2024-04-23 - A Present From The Terraforming Crew Draft
Twintown
A murder-mystery set in a city where elves and orcs (who in this story are more reminiscent of the tauren from WoW) coexist together.
Characters
Unknown - Elf
Unknown - Mayor
Unknown - Orc
Plot/World
2024-05-31 - Twintown
Unknown - Twintown
Unknown - World
The Gold
Ever played Return Of The Obra Dinn? You should play Return Of The Obra Dinn.
2021-01-25 - The Gold Outline
2021-01-19 - The Gold
The Unlucky Centurions
An attempted anthology of stories centred around two Roman centurions who get the worst postings in the Empire.
Characters
Unknown - Gaius
Unknown - Marcus
Unknown - Metela
Plot/World
2022-07-04 - Snow
Unknown - The Snows Of Gaul Episode 1 Chapter 3 Alt
Unknown - The Snows Of Gaul Episode 1
Unknown - The Snows Of Gaul Episode 2
Unknown - The Snows Of Gaul
Three Kingdoms
2021-05-17 - The Three Kingdoms: King Of The Slums
2020-07-17 - A Chat With Sten Berkum
War And Trash
Man finds a letter on the trash planet and goes on a quest to deliver it to its owner. Big political dealings and war happening in the background.
2022-06-24 - War And Trash
Unknown - War And Trash
Unknown - World
Stories from King City
For a short period of time I tried to set all of my stories in the same shared universe centred around one city. I dropped it once that proved too limiting.
2020-12-04 - KC City Limits
2020-12-04 - Noir
2020-06-11 - KC, 1333
2020-06-04 - Priest & Rabbi
2020-04-15 - Drawing Straws
Aed
My first attempt at an alternate fantasy world. Look at that cute lil baby go.
2015-03-01 - Plot
2015-02-12 - Timeline
Background by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
