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Hello fellow writers. I have come to this place after hearing about it for some time from fresh_out_the_oven (an irl friend of mine). I must admit I've read nothing here yet, so please offer up recommendations.
I've been writing fiction for some time now, but have never been thrilled by choose-your-own stories, so I'm in unknown territory here. Please yell at me to write something because I want to, but I'm a pro procrastinator.
A few fun facts about myself...I'm a fan of fantasy (LotR, Mistborn, and Six of Crows notably). I like watching movies and TV shows (a big fan of sitcoms, though I'm currently watching Arcane). I like cats and have three. My current hyper-fixation is gardening. I'm half British, a girl, and my current picks for favorite music artists are Lana Del Rey, Hozier, and Cigarettes after Sex.

Is this an acceptable intro post?
Okie, bye.

Hey born2die,
Nice to see you here! Welcome to the site!

Here are some recommendations for stories I think you might enjoy:

Spell of Slumber(fantasy) - A classic fantasy CYOA that's a spinoff from the Sleeping Beauty story. You play as a spell singer who tries to avert the curse, making it less deadly, with interesting results! The prose is very poetic and it's a great work.

Sterling City(modern thriller) - This is pretty far from a refined and dignified fantasy story about spell singers, but it's a gritty urban CYOA playing as various characters who live in Sterling City. Sterling City is like New York, Detroit, and Chicago all rolled into one and the stories feature plenty of action and gritty violence.

Innkeeper(fantasy) - You play as a kid who wanted to go to medical school but his dad died after taking out a loan from an unsavory mob boss/loan shark, so he has to put his plans on hold until he can run the inn successfully to the point where he and his mom can pay back the loan shark/sell the inn. The story quickly goes in some crazy but entertaining directions.

Cyber Monkey and WarChimp(sci-fi) - You play as a cybernetically enhanced monkey in a dystopian cyberpunk setting! What more can I say.

Happy reading.

Oooh, thanks RK. 👀 Sterling City sounds exciting.

Of course! You can also sort by rating to see the best stories of each category if you feel like reading a particular genre of story, and want to see the best stories there.

Gotcha. Thanks 🫡

Glad to see you've regained consciousness. I was worried the chloroform might not wear off.

Anyway, obligatory Eternal recommendation. You'll have to, uh, have a bit of an open mind. Also popular around here is Price of Freedom, and I personally think you'd like Mission Sunshine, Blackbirds, and Blood in the King's Court.

RK's suggestions are all great, too.

We're all pretty expert procrastinators around here, lol. You'll fit right in.

Happy reading, and I do hope you come to love this place as much as I do.

I thought we banned kidnappings 🤨 tsk tsk.
Mmmm procrastinating buddies, excellent.

Blood in the king's court is a really good rec! Definetly a very interesting take on the vampire myth, and one that's really satisfying to read all the way through so you get all the endings.

Orange's stories are really cool that way; you don't really know everything until you read through a bunch of different paths, and you really, really want to know everything. I'm excited for her contest entry.

These people do not know what they're talking about. You absolutely should start with two of the very best of all time stories on the site: Boobs! and Mercer Gang.

Oh, and welcome to the site.

I'm sure those are two very acclaimed stories. Thanks for the welcome.

Welcome, fellow procrastinator. I'd give you some recommendations, but maybe tomorrow.

...I think the others have got some good recommendations, already. If you want to do some searching for yourself, the top rated of each category is always home to good picks. Otherwise, you could go read some newly created stories and make the author's day with a review, or something.

Hope you enjoy your time on the site.

Hello hello. Yes, I think I've got a good amount of recs to start me off with.

Hi and welcome!

Glad to see the CPR was successful.

Hiii!

So do you have any embarrassing stories about Fresh to share with the class?

No

Yes

Haha, nothing to see here, no no

Mizal, did you know Fresh doesn't have any depth perception? She's supposed to wear glasses, but I don't even think she owns a pair. One time we were eating cooked goat (delicious) at a friend's house and she tried to rest her head on my shoulder, but ended up crashing right into the corner of the chair-back. Bless her heart. She's a clumsy little bean. I took her for a walk in the woods on several occasions, and she always be tripping over rocks...or nothing. Just tripping for fun.

lol, that is great. I am glad I don't have any IRL friends on here rn. Any more Fresh stories?

RK, did you know that born2die is very, very bad at tennis? Her brother, her, and I went to play tennis once and whoever we put her on the team of lost. I'm decently sure she didn't manage to even accidentally hit the ball at any time. :P

I may have the depth perception of a drunk cyclops, but I can hit a tennis ball!!

I have bad hand-eye coordination 🥺🥺

Tennis is an extremely gay sport.  Just ask Wizzy.  He likes to go on and on and on about how much tennis sucks.

Oh, also--fun story--for an indefinite amount of time she was hopelessly attracted to my cousin. It was quite the saga I had to endure. There was poetry, and fangirling, and late night mental breakdowns. She may say she's not in love with him anymore, but she's come to admit that if she was hopelessly drunk and he proposed to her, she'd say yes. I'm not sure when this scenario would ever be happening (especially since he never liked her back) (oh well, so sad), but now you know, teehee.

He could like me. He only said he didn't like, twice. :D

Trips on rocks, crushes on cousins, got it.

Next questions: Have you ever had cranberry sauce at Thanksgiving?

Are you aware, as a general concept, that sometimes cranberries go into juices?

And man, what's the deal with school lunches there.

I skimmed the mod tool recently messages on the forums and Mizal's "crushes on cousins" statement caught my eye.

Disappointed to learn that this wasn't someone's hilarious taboo attraction dilemma since it was just someone else's cousin.

The correct British response would be: "What's Thanksgiving?"

I believe the implication is that this person lives with Fresh in Hicksvilke, Kansas.

That ship must have gone WAY off course.

She lives elsewhere.

Well damn, here I was thinking we'd gathered one third of your town's population here.

And this ruins any data on the cranberry poll.

I live in the rural south. Way better than small town Kansas

But yes, the British should really be better known for this. Being ungrateful. :[

Funnily enough, Thanksgiving is one of the few holidays my family celebrates. We have a lot of good cooks and like eating.

Cranberry juice is delicious and I was homeschooled. Fresh, made-with-love lunch every day 😎

Ah I see. We have a lot of homeschooled kids here, trading off the ability to socially function for basic life skills and literacy for the win! For now I'll check the boxes, "eats real food, doesn't hate parents, probably autistic" on your file.


Are you vaccinated though? You seem like a really promising newbie, don't go dying of measles on us now.

Anyway, I had asked when I thought you were in school with her because I was learning some pretty wild things about life in rural Kansas. Like everyone in Fresh's school doordashing lunch 5 days a week, and the confusing, even a little frightening, foreign exoticness of cranberries in the Midwest.

Social skills are overrated! All my friends are just as strange as me. Also you should ask Fresh her first impressions of me as a homeschooler.

I am vaccinated because I was born in South Africa where there are ✨scary diseases✨. My younger brothers are not though. My mum got pretty crunchy between me and them.

Public school terrifies me ever since I watched Mean Girls. But if I was anything like my mum in school, I'd be popular, so at least I have that hypothetically going for me. I haven't really been aware of the views on cranberries in the Midwest. Come to think of it, I certainly haven't eaten one in a while. I'm a big fan of kiwis though, which are also pretty exotic.

Looks pretty acceptable, you may proceed. You might like Mizal and all of her stories.

I'm glad I've been accepted.

You do have an amazing taste in both music and movies. I am a big fan of fantasy and zombie so i think i am in a perfect position to recommend you. Definitely and i mean DEFINITELY read "Eternal". it is one of those few cyoas that leaves you staring at the screen when you reach the epilogue... just perfection. apart from that you can read "price of freedom". If going beyond the website isnt a problem, the best is definitely "rogues choice" available on playstore for free by delight games. you can msg me if you want more recommendations. Also dayyum you reading cyoas while being kidnapped?! definitely the hardest cyoa lover lmfao

Oh hello. Welcome to the site. You have excellent taste in CYOAs.

Why thank you; I like to hope my tastes are somewhat cool XD. I do want to read Eternal, it's just seven million years long and I don't prefer reading stories on a screen, but AT SOME POINT I will succeed. I'm currently reading LotR, Dune, and Jurassic Park, so I'm trying to limit my reading list on here. oop XD
And the hardest cayos lover in Fresh, who is the one holding me at gunpoint making me read stuff.

Thing about Eternal is that it's compelling enough that it doesn't feel as long as it actually is. It's filled with heavy choices and maintains its entertainment value throughout.

Also hello! Welcome to the site! Looking forward to any stories that you will write.

Dude, you have great takes but because of the time zone difference, you can only reply after the OP left, I can imagine that’s frustrating. I agree with your take about Eternal tho, it definetly draws you in so you don’t get bogged down by the length

Dude, she's a teenage girl, chances are she can be dredged up at 11pm

Fair point

C'est la vie. I'm used to it lol. But yeah, I'm pretty sure I finished Eternal in one sitting. It was only when that one user posted an answer key for Eternal that I realized in retrospect how long that story actually was.

What’s your favorite moment? Mines the one where he fights the sea monster in the future and blasts it with lightning

Hmm, I don't think I've read that path. Either that or I forgot about it. Most of the fights with the Derro left an impression on me though. I love the way the book conveys how intimidating they can be.

According to endmaster, the Derro will show up a lot more in Soulless, the story that’s coming out in the future, so I have a feeling you’ll enjoy it a lot!

I don't know if I'd recommend that story to most teenage girls lol.

Hello hello! Hopefully I crank out some short stories or something soon.

You like TV shows, huh?
Boy, do I have the story for you!

Now this is iconic.

Welcome to CYS. We hope you enjoy your stay :)

Why thank you, Milton.

Very brave to out yourself as even half British.

Should I be scared?

Always

Welcome to the site. 

In addition to Ogre's recommendations, one should also always read Love SICK.  A timeless classic and literary masterpiece.

*adds to the list* Thanks for the welcome.

Welcome to the site! I hope you enjoy your time here, whether you choose to read, write, or a combination of both. In addition to all the storygame recommendations, I recommend checking this thread to see how well you can identify Fresh's writing style. 

Fresh just told me to read that so I did. XD I liked her story better, even though I didn't know who's was who's. 😌