Entry into EndMaster's 2024 Prompt Contest! 

The Faceless Knights uphold divine law, crushing mutation and degeneracy whenever they encounter it. When the young lord of a recently-conquered territory calls for a true servant of God, you must answer. 

This game has a sequel.

A short, silly, high-octane ride through a cyberpunk future where your bullets are few, your friends are fewer, and the long tentacles of the law are slithering up your pant legs. 

I am aware that technically, writing a sentence in all capital letters is gramatically incorrect. I did this on purpose, several times, for stylistic effect. If you point this out in the reviews, a team of hit-apes will kick in your door. 

Winner of EndMaster's 2024 Crisis Contest! 

This is a sequel to A Prayer for Destruction. It is highly recommended that you read that work before beginning this one.

The North, that frozen-over land of fanatics and heathens, has suffered a great and mysterious calamity. The Sultan bids you raise your banners and ride in his name to investigate.

Winner of EndMaster's 2020-2021 Grimdark Contest!

Take the role of Lord Winter, an aspiring sorcerer and the scion of a noble line that has fallen into obscurity. 

Contains scenes of intense gore, brutality, and sexual violence. 

Cover art by the talented MadHattersDaughter.

"Death is struck and nature quaking;
All creation is awaking,
To its Judge an answer making.
Lo, the book, exactly worded,
Wherein all hath been recorded;
Thence shall judgment be awarded.
When the Judge His seat attaineth,
And each hidden deed arraigneth,
Nothing unavenged remaineth."

-- Dies Irae

Ultimately, the fate of life is to destroy itself.

Note: This was adapted with express permission from a friend's "Creative Nonfiction" project for ENG223: Journalism in the 21st Century at Toronto Metropolitan University. Footnotes added by me to add clarity when needed. 

this is so fucking stupid

Fuck this one made me blubber. Glad you're here and glad to be friends Chris. Love ya man 

got it, thanks 

Man do I even wanna read this thread 

I don't think this site exists for fan fiction of the original Choose Your Own Adventure series. They were the first in a medium which inspired the whole, much larger family of interactive fiction. I don't really think Vampire the Masquerade and Cyberpunk 2013 are fanfiction of Dungeons and Dragons, that's just how new forms of expression works. Someone has the idea, someone else iterates on it meaningfully. Why do we owe allegiance to the contents of children's books from the 80s? 

First of all, you're entitled to your views and it would be a sad day if we started punishing people for good-faith criticisms of the site. 

 I think I disagree with you that online speech is comparable at all to in-person speech. I think, in any kind of conversation, you're entering into it with a set of norms which emerge socially. Flaming and extreme banter, for better or for worse, are part of the online milieu of the time period this site emerged. We're basically a time capsule here: this example of culture, of all against all shit talking, is something that has basically vanished from the world except in a very few places. Social media, overwhelmingly, is controlled by corporate interests who have a desire to keep things ad-friendly and not upset the shareholders, which gives rise to a very "yikes my dude" kind of communication style. I think there's value in the way we are: it demonstrates a commitment to open and free communication, even if it's ugly. 

I think we shouldn't have people telling children to kill themselves, but to be frank I don't think we should have young children here at all. People definitely told me to kill myself when I joined, but I was around fifteen or so and was able to intuiIt that "kys lol" is not equivalent to "this is a sincere demand for you to end your own life in the real world." I don't think we get any value from child members, and I don't think the standards of education in the West are still capable of producing someone with the literacy skills that we require. 

And as for racism and intolerance, I don't actually like genuine racism, homophobia, or anti-trans sentiment. The reason I like CYS very much is that I don't think, at least for most people, that it's sincere at all. Friends I've made here have made jokes that I find funny about me that, if hurled at me on the street by a stranger, would result in violence. I think it's the difference between watching South Park and attending a Klan rally. There's a tongue-in-cheekness and lightheartedness in most of the communication here that I don't think is tantamount to actual racial abuse. 

The Sopranos parodies never get old

Also, I've read three rather noided nonfiction books recently for anyone who wants to become a schizophrenic. Eye of the Chickenhawk, Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh, and The Fort Bragg Cartel. 

These are serious nonfiction but have a toe in the world of conspiracy. That's important, because if you're not at least a bit of a conspiracy theorist now you're a lunatic. 

Yeah, that's been on my list a while. My girlfriend also recommended I check it out, so it seems that one will be next. 

If you like Piranesi, House of Leaves is an obvious one. 

I recently really dug Hollow by Brian Catling, fucked up historical fantasy horror novel about Hieronymous Bosch paintings coming to life