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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Inky Paws #3

Inky Paws is a nonhuman anthology zine for original fiction writings by nonhumans and alterhumans about nonhumanity, alterhumanity, and similar, related themes. This zine is primarily literature focused, but will also be open to more illustrative methods of story-telling such as comics. The zine’s focus is on fictional pieces that are centered around nonhumanity, alterhumanity, therianthropy, and similar (see Submission Guidelines section for more details).

You are welcome to submit:

Short stories

Microfiction

Satire

Poetry

Song lyrics

Experimental fiction (fake newspapers, fake recipes, fake blogs, fake posters, etc.)

Mixed media

Comics

And more! If you're unsure, just ask! Seriously, please just ask. I promise I would 10000% love to hear about your idea even if you're unsure about submitting it, there is no such thing as a bad idea and I cannot stress this enough.

How to participate:

You can submit your pieces in this Google Form!

Email invisibleotherkin(@)gmail(.)com with your submission, and please title the email "Inky Paws Zine #3 Submission". With your submission, please include:

The piece's title or name,

A name or pen name to attribute the piece to,

Any content warnings that you feel are necessary for the piece,

Any social media handle or personal website you’d like to be published alongside your name with the piece (optional), and

Any relevant author notes or author biographical information (optional).

Anonymous pieces are also welcome.

Once submissions have been collected and the deadline has passed, these submissions will be put into the zine and it will be posted online as a free PDF. Submissions are due by April 30th, 2024.

Please see the Submission Guidelines, and Submission FAQ, below cut.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Each individual may contribute up to 3 accepted submissions to be published in Inky Paws; individuals within systems may each submit 3 pieces, that is to say 3 pieces per systemmate/headmate/preferred term.

Comics and similar multi-part pieces count as one submission altogether: if you submit a single story that has been divided into two sub-stories for dramatic emphasis, or if you submit 10 pages of a single-story comic, or if you submit a written piece of fiction and an accompanying image that you drew or otherwise created to go along with it, that would still only count as one piece.

Submissions must fit the thematic criteria of:

Being explicitly about or based on nonhumans, otherkin, therianthropes, fictionkin, alterhumans, or similar groups, or;

Having strong themes or describing experiences strongly reminiscent of or related to nonhumans, otherkin, therianthropes, fictionkin, alterhumans, or similar such as (but not limited to):

Characters experiencing nonhumanity or alterhumanity as being a part of themselves/their identity,

Characters experiencing anything similar to a shift (including physical shifting),

Characters struggling with (emotionally, socially, or otherwise) being both human and nonhuman or alterhuman in some way,

Characters having a past-life as something nonhuman or alterhuman that strongly still impacts their current life, or

Characters desiring to be nonhuman or have nonhuman attributes.

TL;DR - Your submissions have to relate to or be about alterhumans or nonhumans in some way, shape, or form.

Written submissions must not exceed 7500 words, and must also use a reader-friendly font with a text size of or exceeding 16 pt.

For stories that use multiple different fonts, such as pieces meant to imitate newspapers and similar, every effort will be made to preserve the general "feel" of your piece but fonts may not be transferred over 1:1 due to potential conflicts with font copyright, readability, and overarching zine style.

Multi-part image submissions must not exceed 10 pages in length, and must also use a reader-friendly font with a text size of or exceeding 16 pt if they include text. Images larger than 8.5 x 11in. will be scaled down to an appropriate size; please take that into account when creating and submitting your images. It is also recommended that images be vertical or square in their orientation.

Written submissions should be submitted as a .docx file. Images and mixed media pieces should be submitted as either .jpg or .png files.

All submitted pieces should be your own work. Individuals caught plagiarizing or using AI within their submissions will be barred from participating in Inky Paws, including in any potential future volumes.

SUBMISSION FAQ:

Q: Where will this zine be hosted? A: The zine will be hosted for free download on Itch.io, where issues 1 and 2 of the zine are already hosted.

Q: What is the cap on submissions? A: At this time, we are not looking to accept more than roughly 25 submissions at most, in order to keep numbers and expectations manageable.

Q: Can I update my application after submitting? A: Yes, so long as the updates are submitted before the submission deadline!

Q: What is your policy on content moderation and content warnings? A: If you feel your piece needs content warnings, please include them in the submission, as we are hoping to include relevant content warnings and maturity ratings alongside all pieces. We are at this time accepting pieces of all tones and ratings.

With that said, It should be noted that any items submitted with soapboxing intent and anti-nonhuman, anti-alterhuman, anti-fictionkin, or similar leans are largely not welcome, as this is a zine geared towards all aforementioned groups and then some.

Q: Can I submit an in-progress draft or sketch? Can I claim a spot in the zine before sending in my submission? A: We are not currently accepting WIP pieces for submission at this time, though feel free to send us your WIP if you have questions related to its future submission. We also cannot reserve or guarantee a spot in the zine pre-submission, regardless of any existing drafts or WIPs.

Q: Can I submit a piece of fanfiction? A: While we've now accepted pieces of fanfiction in the past, we tend to prefer to leave them out for legal reasons. If you submit a piece of obvious fanfiction, please know that it may be significantly more likely to be rejected from the zine and that, if the piece is accepted, the piece may be removed without warning from the zine later on if DMCA or legal issues arise. We strongly advise that individuals who wish to write something inspired by fiction make it non-obvious to the outside reader where the inspiration is being taken from.

Q: Can I submit something I've created in the past? A: You can submit something you've created in the past, but please try to avoid submitting anything that you've published previously and is currently publicly accessible. For example, if the story you want to submit has already been featured in a different anthology, please don't submit it to Inky Paws! We want to encourage people to create new pieces, or to put the spotlight on pieces that haven't previously had the opportunity to be published.

Q: Do I have to write something based on the provided prompts? A: Nope! The prompts are there by popular request to help give people a jumping off point for creating, but are not required to be incorporated into your piece and will not have any effect on if your submission gets accepted or not.

Q: What is the projected timeline for this project? A: Submissions will close by April 30th of 2024. The publish date of the zine depends on submission amount and size of submissions; in an ideal world, we hope to have the zine published by December, before year's end.

Q: Can I rescind my submission? A: As long as you request to rescind your submission before the submission deadline, yes. After the deadline passes and the formatting and work towards publishing begins, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to remove your work from the zine due to time constraints and potential formatting issues. Please take this into account before submitting.

Q: Will there be any physical copies of this zine? A: Due to cost restraints and a lack of printing experience on the part of the zine organizers, we have no physical copies of this zine planned for print. You are, however, welcome to download and print copies of the zine for personal use.

Q: Who are the organizers of this zine? Where can I reach out to ask further questions? A: Who-is-Page and Noel Sol of the Sol System are organizing this zine. Feel free to send us any questions, comments, or concerns to invisibleotherkin(@)gmail(.)com, or you can always message us on Tumblr at Who-is-Page.

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kinstincts · 1 month

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Thinking about polling some body mod groups about transspecies related anecdotes. I probably don't have time for a zine but I could at least gather stories.

I have no idea what kind of questions to ask though, somebody give me ideas!

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You read my mind lol if I am so tempted to do some sort of transspecies zine but I have too much on my plate rn. 😩

Looking for any resources/archives, anecdotes, accounts, etc of beings who have specifically and purposefully used body modifications for transspecies reasons or as a way to bring species euphoria!

I haven’t really been able to find anything other than gawky, exploitative, tabloid articles. I’m wanting to read about other beings personal experiences and such, if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated 🫡

#if my schedule lightens up in the next couple weeks i might look into it more #even just collecting anecdotes might be a good start since i am in a few bodymod spaces

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kinstincts · 1 month

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I am unfortunately not much help when it comes to papers but I can look around!

This post from a few days ago mentions people's use of body mods and being transspecies.

@aestherians @who-is-page you both seem to know a lot when it comes to history & writing, do you know of any?

Looking for any resources/archives, anecdotes, accounts, etc of beings who have specifically and purposefully used body modifications for transspecies reasons or as a way to bring species euphoria!

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kinstincts · 1 month

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Sometimes I feel like the coining of new terms and microlabels is more about wanting to be the originator of something and getting praise for it than about needing a simple way to express your identity.

#THISSSSSS #this is one of my biggest problems with the tumblrsphere especially #it feels like a culture of coining things over building community #people treat identity like an arts and crafts project where they have to come up with flowery language and color a flag and write up a wiki #to make it Official #it feels very shallow #the point of flags and labels are to identify yourself to others and relate to each other #if no one knows what it means and needs to jump through hoops to figure out how to even read ghe explanation of the words #is it really helping you?#isnt it lonely on an island of one?

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kinstincts · 1 month

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As someone who has had heavy body modification surgeries that are related to my non-humanness, love this post.

i fully agree with what you said about transids but would like to just mention that "transspecies" was never intended to mean actual transitioning just a disconnect from being human

sorry if this sounds rude

Yeah but words like otherkin, therian, fictionkin and such exist, no need to take the format of being trans for it! /lh /nm

Cuz as i said in the post, trans people TRULY are their gender in every level

but as an otherkin, fictionkin, therian, i can say that being a ghost or a shark or any other of my identidies does not TRULY on every level make me that, if i truly was those things I would not be able to take part in all of these alive human expiriences nor can I look like them! So being trans is a completely different expirience to otherkin, age-regression /progression, and whatnot

I hope i didnt come off as anti-otherkin, since im one myself! But "trans"species aint good, its better to just use all the other labels we got!

#body modification #i havent really considered using the term for myself but if the boot fits #Id like to see another body mod survey done and posted in body mod specific groups to see where people outside of the kinsphere lie #the black alien project is someone who comes to mind who would definitely apply but wouldnt be in the spaces where the survey would be

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kinstincts · 1 month

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Listening to the crickets outside my window as I drift off to sleep is making me very creature

#i sleep with a sound machine with nature sounds for this reason

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Journal of Being: an alterhuman zine CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

An upcoming zine with a focus on sharing alterhuman experiences through personal essays. It is open to all nonhuman, otherkin, therian, fictionkin, etc. If you're wondering if your experiences count, the answer is yes and we'd love to hear them!

While submissions are expected to be personal essays, you do not have to worry about following specific essay presentation. This is not an English class.

The submission deadline is October 1st, 2024, while the zine is slated to be published around January 1st, 2025. The completed zine will be uploaded to itch.io for free.

Essay Guidelines

Submissions cannot be NSFW/R-18.

Font must be New Times Roman or similar. Font size must be 16pt, and essay must be double spaced.

Minimum word count is 500. Maximum is 8,000.

You may send up to 3 essays per individual; system members are counted as individuals and can sent up to 3 each.

Please upload your essays as .doxc file.

Submission Guidelines

Send your completed essay to [email protected] with the following in the body of the email:

Name of author

Personal website or social media you'd like to be used for you

Title of essay

Word count

Any content warning

Anything else you'd like added

If you see any mistakes or anything you think should be added, please feel free to tell me! This is my first time organizing anything :-)

site version

#if art was accepted id probably submit but im not a writer

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kinstincts · 1 month

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Annoyed at alterhumans who write things like "only humans do politics" or "only humans make up these stupid social rules", you know, shit like that.

Not every alterhuman is a feral animal. There are aliens, elves, faeries and many, many other kinds that actually have civilisations and cultures, that, newsflash, come with politics and social norms and similar things. And even among feral animals, many of them are social animals, with complex rules and structures and roles, and yes, politics too, sometimes. This take that only humans have these things is just plain wrong.

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kinstincts · 2 months

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(I Always Kill) The Things I Love: How I Navigate Ethical Relationships with Food as a Carnivore

Author: Page

Type: Essay

Words: 1,725

Summary: How Page navigates his relationship with food and ethics as a canine psychopomp.

Author's Note: Trigger warning for animal death mentions. The title is also a reference to the song "(I Always Kill) The Things I Love" by the Real Tuesday Weld from the Last Werewolf book series soundtrack.

[Part of the Sol System’s Alterhuman Writing Project for NaNoWriMo 2021. If you don’t want to see these posts, block the tag #inkedpaws]

As many already know, I’m a canine psychopomp: a glorified magical hunting dog that’s tasked with hunting down the unruly deceased and dragging their souls back to wherever they’re supposed to be. Being that I’m a large, arguably tamed but not domesticated, canine who was bred or otherwise created for a specific predatory purpose in mind, that means I have both a hyper-active prey drive and an extremely heavy lean towards meat-heavy diets.

With that said, existing in a human body as a canine doesn’t negate the responsibilities I have as a global citizen when it comes to sustainability and ethics of consumption and food. In some ways, it actually makes me feel as though I have to pay closer attention to the fine details of such, because I’ve already given my place on the food chain and my perspectives on environmentalism so much thought. The relationship people have to food is also a subject that gets brought up in my field a fair bit: some scholars theorize that food is inherently religious or spiritual in that it's essential to our forms of ritual and the ways we perceive ourselves and others, with people even going so far as to theorize that “it is human relationships with other species that are key to understanding real world religion” (Harvey, 2). I tend to agree with these perspectives, which just makes understanding my relationship to food all the more relevant.

Within the United States—where I live—perhaps the biggest issue with food is where it’s coming from. Farming labor practices from many of the places out-of-country where produce and product are imported from are often terrible, typically used in conjunction with paying people as little as possible and ignoring more local, but operationally expensive, options to maximize profit. Shipping out-of-season fruits and vegetables also is exorbitant in terms of carbon emissions as well.

With meat, you run into similar issues. Large grocery stores and chains will often purchase meat from companies which have questionable ethics, and which prioritize money above all else, making for unfortunately vague situations. It is often difficult, if not outright impossible, to know both how an animal was treated and raised before it died, and how it was killed when one is shopping for meat at a Wal-Mart or Publix. The exception to the rule is Halal and Kosher meats, but that focuses significantly more on the practices of ethical slaughter than the animal’s livelihood—something still important, but perhaps not as whole of a picture as an individual may desire.

There’s also the problem of large-scale animal production on a more general front, outside of animal welfare-oriented concerns: it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to say that collapsing large swathes of land into cookie cutter pastures to raise huge amounts of animals that aren’t native to an environment is going to have wide-reaching effects on all levels.

So how does someone like me engage in this verifiable minefield when it comes to purchasing the food that I need to eat?

In a perfect, picturesque world, I’m sure someone would suggest that I simply stop eating “bad” things and start to make sure I eat “good” things. Usually this takes the form of militant/radical vegan commentary on how you can only be ethical if you’re sucking off an asparagus at any given time, but these types of options are things I’ve already tried in the past.

I’ve tried going into no-meat diets to at least stem the flow on one front and focus solely on vegetable and fruit problems, but it just wasn’t realistic for me as a person. I have a nut allergy that makes most substitutes untenable and the texture problems I have related to my ADHD make the rest almost entirely unpalatable. Unless it’s fried, tofu is gross…and frankly, even then it’s not my favorite thing. There’s also a medical issue where I can’t eat most forms of pasta and tomato products, which are major staples in many meat-free diets. My mental state started to swing towards more feral and animalistic behaviors and feelings in the months I tried this no-meat diet, which culminated in some sort of black-out food-related berserk shift when I “woke up” and found half of a multiple-meat omelet in my hands, with the rest in my mouth. Needless to say, I didn’t try a vegetarian or vegan diet again after that.

As of right now I don’t have a strict “I can eat x amount of y” type diet, though I do consider my food consumption as falling into the flexible “low-meat” category: my polycule tends to have meat with most dinners, but lunches and breakfasts are much more of a coin flip depending on leftovers and what we have in the fridge, with us often defaulting to smaller, more simple meals like salads, rice, and egg-based meals. This is largely because of our lifestyle, which doesn’t lend itself to multiple “big” prep-heavy or time-heavy meals a day, and of our budget and how we go about getting our food.

We’re very luckily in that there are small farms, butchers, and fishing companies local to our area which stage up at the weekly farmer’s market, an opportunity that not many people have. Purchasing produce locally is significantly less expensive than buying it at Wal-Mart or Publix, with the added benefit of a longer shelf life and the functionally insignificant downside of a smaller selection based on what’s in-season. The money we save on produce gets flipped into the money we spend on fish at the market, where we’ll grab whatever’s in-season and looking good from a sustainable fishing-focused company. The fresh caught fish is more expensive than what you’d find elsewhere due to the company’s practices, but it’s significantly more flavorful and we know how and where it’s being caught.

We also have more food-related plans for the future: as silly as it might initially sound, owning chickens is an option we have seriously looked into, should we ever have the space to do so. Producing our own eggs with animals we know are being well cared for is something both myself and my polycule would love to do, especially given how much our household relies on eggs as a staple. It’d also give me the option of butchering my own meat or bringing my meat to a butcher of my choice, something which I’ve wanted to get involved with for a long time.

Maybe it’s because I’ve done so much introspection as a carnivore, but it feels strange and almost unethical to not take part in the actual act of killing and preparing an animal for food. If I’m eating creatures that were previously alive and had emotions of their own, it feels disingenuous and dishonorable to not take part in the process of butchering itself at least once so that I can more fully understand and appreciate the work that goes into turning, say, a chicken into chicken. In Western society it’s so common for us to just not know (to even prefer not to know) how it’s best to kill and prep certain animals and I think that’s a major part of the problem with how people both tend to overconsume certain varieties of meat and how people tend to overcorrect into anti-meat attitudes that support harmful or downright dangerous industries, all the while both types of individuals refuse to engage with the potential problems or ramifications of doing so. Eating meat isn’t a one-way street or black-and-white in how it functions, and I hate that it’s so often treated as such: it’s not something that you should just ignore the facts around because it makes you uncomfortable. You should know where your meat comes from in a more intimate fashion, confronting that discomfort and fear head on because it is genuinely your responsibility to do so if you’re going to partake in either eating meat or judging those who do as unconscionable.

This all is a part of the reason I’m also interested in hunting and fishing. Florida is so full of invasive species that there’s a major environmental benefit to be had from going out and spearing lionfish or shooting boars, and it would also let me engage in the acts myself, rather than just shoving the job onto someone else while I get to reap the delicious rewards. And it guarantees that all parts of the animal that can be used will be, and that nothing will go to waste—bones, hides, organs, everything. Were it not for the fact that I lived in a capital hellscape that required me to spend a majority of my time and energy making money for other people, this would truly be the ideal option, and it’s one I’m hoping to more seriously engage with it post-Covid in a few years.

This knowledge and recognition of the cycle of life at play in regards to my own food source has massively influenced my larger perspectives on both animals and death. Learning about death in all its forms makes it so much less mysterious and terrifying. It’s an inevitable end for all forms of life and that is a unifying fact in it of itself: it’s something natural, something that we shouldn’t shy away from or ignore over the course of our lives. It should function as a reminder to be kind to ourselves, tolerant of each other, caring to the animals we are caretakers for, and supportive of the larger ecosystems that sustain us and will be needed to sustain future generations. I think that if we can improve larger Western societal understandings and intimate interactions with where our food comes from, especially in regards to other animals, it might help to salvage some of the cluttered and terrified relationships we have at large with death and could also foster more of a sense of responsibility on a larger scale as we become intimate with death more face-to-face. Ignoring death is not understanding death, and all ignoring it does is prevent us from seeing the necessity of it and, when applicable, the tragedy of it. This can be applied on multiple levels, but I personally believe it starts first and foremost with our relationship with food.

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kinstincts · 2 months

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Older members just don't use Tumblr honestly. The Silver Elves are very active on Facebook and have rather active groups for otherkin (mostly elf focused but there's plenty room for everyone.)

One of my biggest struggles that held me back from rejoining the online therian community is my age. I am 26 now and eventhough that number isn't the end all be all (i definitely act more teenage-ish than the average 26 y.o) i am still very much aware that I can't interact with just anyone on the internet anymore. Dont get me wrong, I honestly wouldn't want to either because it just wouldn't be okay morally. But I do really hope that there are more older therians out there and that I'm not alone out here. Because if I am, I will be quite sour about the years I've waisted trying to be 'normal and blend in', whilst I could have had so much more fun just being myself and making friends along the way.

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kinstincts · 2 months

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help i keep finding more games to add to the list xD

I'm gonna try to give it a day before updating again or else I will never be free

#there are legit so many #you bet your sweet bippy i am adding the one where you play as cocaine bear

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I've been looking into solo journaling RPGs lately and thinking they might be a fun way to explore your "animal" side so to speak.

I was thinking of putting a list of some together that might help with that, or ones where you can play as an animal/creature/nonhuman/etc.

Would anyone want that? Do you have any recommendations?

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kinstincts · 2 months

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Solo Journaling RPGs for Otherkin

Note: I have not played most games on this list, they were included based on premise. Some are cozy, some are horror-based--make sure to read descriptions, content warnings, and reviews before playing! They also have different price points. Some are free, name-your-own-price, or might have community copies available, but most are under $15.

This list is absolutely not exhaustive, there are HUNDREDS of games out there! If you have any suggestions, let me know and I can add them to the list!

Animals

Animalesis ["A solo journaling game playable in your web browser. Draw cards to generate prompts that will help you uncover your identity and also transform you into an animal-human hybrid."]

A Penguin's Tale ["You'll embody a penguin, navigating through the unforgiving Antarctic environment, weathering perilous storms, and confronting an array of predators and other obstacles in your path."]

Apawthecaria ["It's your job to travel the post-human landscape of the Bristley Woods, visiting ailing beasts and foraging for the reagents needed to cure them, all while working towards the end of a grand Seasonal Journey."]

As The Crow Flies ["put yourself into the feathers of a young crow leaving the nest for the first time. Befriend other animals, search for food, find interesting trinkets, and eventually settle down to create a nest of your own."]

Cats Know Things About Everyone ["You are a very special feline who, through some magic you cannot explain, can communicate with your human, an individual who wishes to make their mark in society by any means necessary. The two of you decide to start a society page, (a very fancy type of tabloid newspaper dedicated to a particular location) revealing the glitz, glamour, and inner turmoil of the town’s most notable individuals."]

I'm a Bee! ["You’re a bee looking for flowers."]

Sweaters by Hedgehog ["You’re just a little hedgehog person trying to sell your little sweaters in your little village shop. This game is about recording a log of your most interesting customers."]

Untitled Moth Game ["It is a lovely evening in the village, and you are a beautiful moth."]

A Wolf's Tale ["Embark on an exciting adventure in "A Wolf's Tale", a solo or cooperative narrative-based game where you become a brave wolf exploring the wilderness."]

Wonderfall ["Your people was separated, but playing as a WANDERER (a cute anthropomorphic adventurer!), you'll recover and preserve lost knowledge and culture, help your community heal, and help the world rebuild!"]

Dragons

Dragon Dowser ["You play a mysterious character known as a 'Dowser'. Your aim is to locate abandoned dragon eggs and return them to your Sanctuary."]

Global Dragon Egg Conservation ["Welcome to GDEC! Thank you for your interest in our company. We're incredibly excited to welcome you to the ranks of the Global Dragon Egg Conservation!"]

Fae

A Faerie Court Visitation ["In exchange for a magical gift from an unknown faerie, a human ancestor of yours once offered one of their descendants as a marriage candidate for a future faerie royal."]

House Spirit ["You are the tiny god which inhabits a home; a brownie, a domovoy, a kobold, the ghost of an ancestor, perhaps you have no name at all. Roll a d6 to determine how well the family who lives in your home has appeased you, how they have shown respect to your home, and then give them the proper rewards or punishments."]

Stoneburner ["players take on the role of a group of dwarves who must assume control of a demon haunted mine, along with its accompanying settlement."]

Strange Changeling Child ["Over play, you'll narrate the story of a changeling who hasn't yet told any of their loved ones that they're secretly a fairy, but as play continues, those loved ones will find out, for better or for worse."]

Yourself ["is a solo tabletop role playing game about Introspection, Identity, and Heritage. You play as a character who has discovered they are a Changeling, a fae amongst humans, and through the game you will explore changes, challenges, joy, and most importantly what it means to be Yourself."]

Outer Space/Alien

A Labyrinth of Stars ["You play an amensiac space nomad, hopping from world to world, discovering the wonders of an alien universe as you go."]

Alone Among the Stars ["A tabletop roleplaying game about exploring space and experiencing wondrous sights."]

Alone on a Galactic Map ["You are a famous space cartographer that has been tasked with creating a comprehensive map of your section of the galaxy."]

An Exchange of Gifts ["You are a traveler: your small ship carries you from planet to planet, where you encounter cultures and civilizations different from your own."]

Bucket of Bolts ["you'll be telling the story of a single spaceship. You’ll create a brand new freighter, fresh off the manufacturing line, and explore its history through each of the people who captain it. Your ship will change as the decades pass - new names, new parts, fresh paint, fresh starts - until your story draws to a close."]

Into the Starlit Sky ["Into The Starlit Sky is a journaling game inspired by episodic science-fiction and rogue-like video games. Put together a crew of specialists for your starship, then set out on a mission of exploration and discovery across the universe."]

Let's Jam! ["Life in space is harsh, flying a ship is expensive, and people are difficult to trust. You’ve made it this far by hunting dangerous criminals for the Intergalactic Police Department (IPD) in exchange for just enough credits to pay for gas and putting some food on your table. You don’t know if your next bounty is going to be the end, but what other choices have you got anyway? You just gotta keep flying."]

The Lighthouse at the Edge of the Universe ["On the very edge of the universe, a small rock floats on the edge of the void. Upon this rock, a small, ordinary lighthouse sits. It had, some have speculated, been standing since the universe and time began. Maintained by a solitary keeper, the lighthouse has been keeping travellers and spaceships from falling off the edge. Its steady beam can be seen galaxies away and is used as a guiding star for navigators."]

To Be an Earthling ["You play as a visitor sent to live among and evaluate humanity. Each year you will report to your superiors what it means to be human. After four years, a fleet of ships will arrive from your homeworld and you will be asked to decide the fate of the Earthlings."]

Vampires

A Day in the Death ["you document the nuance of navigating everyday life as a recently-turned vampire in your private diary."]

Blood ["you play an ambulance driving emergency medical technician (EMT) infected with vampirism. Each day, you must navigate The City with your paramedic partner, facing the mundane trials of your job and personal life while trying to keep your affliction a secret."]

Bloodless ["Play as a struggling vampire who’s trying to make it to their haven before the sun rises."]

Dead Letters Society ["Live your best unlife as the newest member of the Dead Letter Society, an exclusive communication network for vampires."]

Furyya ["In these filthy streets, teeming with flesh-and-bone bodies, as well as metal and hybrids, you are part of The Calamity—an ancient clan of powerful vampires—and must survive challenges such as war, assassination contracts, theft, hunters, corporations, religious zealots, domineering gangs and other clans."]

Thousand Year Old Vampire ["you chronicle the many centuries of a vampire’s existence, beginning with the loss of mortality and ending with inevitable destruction."]

Other

Alone In Between ["You play as a ghost trapped in your former home struggling to convey a final message to the living left behind."]

Alone With the Shipwrecks ["You are an underwater explorer, diving deep to investigate what remains of the shipwrecks in the area."]

A Wolf in Man's Clothing ["You have been flung into a new, terrifying world and an unfamiliar body. Hungry, cold, and alone, you must try to find your way back to the time, place, and self you once knew. "]

Bloom ["BLOOM is a solo gmless journaling game in which you play a teenage girl trapped in quarantine at a boarding school on an island infected by the Tox, a plague that makes the trees and animals grow huge and hungry, and mutates your body in strange and horrific ways."]

Cordelia Needs a Kingdom ["You're a child playing in a forest, exploring and building your own kingdom. This game keeps the spirit of fairy tales and fantasy novels alive, through the art and the epic themes of the adventures you'll have."]

The Creature ["you explore the vicissitudes of a life that you can't understand, of being a creation of some sort that was abandoned. It's your job to learn about yourself and the world that surrounds you, as well as discover who your creator was and why you were discarded."]

Creation Myths ["It is designed to help you dive deeper into character creation through the development of a backstory adventure via dice and prompts, and to provide you with new things to think about. It can also work as a way to redevelop existing characters and generate fresh ideas."]

Eldritch Pets ["You find a creature of nightmares that you can’t seem to destroy. You have heard stories about otherworldly beings who care not for the ways of mortals, but they weren’t supposed to be so cute!"]

Exquisite Biome ["is a game about the symbiosis of the natural world. Create an ecosystem, populate it with strange and wondrous animals, and see how they interact with one another."]

FREAK in High School ["FREAK in High School is a prompt based solo journalling tabletop role playing game about being a visibly inhuman child of a visibly inhuman superhero or villain."]

Gadgets and Gizmos Aplenty ["You are an inhabitant of the Depths who undertakes a coming-of-age ritual journey in the Surface, the world of humans. Thing is, all humans are gone and their civilizations are all but deserted. Gather keepsakes and assign lessons to them as you grow and make observations on the hubris of the people who occupied these ruins."]

Galatea ["You were made to be perfect. Your creator is a brilliant artist - celebrated, lonely, tormented - who has never been satisfied with his own creations. Until now. His magnum opus, his crowning masterpiece, the pinnacle of his art - is you. And yesterday you came to life. You must remain perfect for him - or else."]

Ghost + Heist = Geist ["You're in line at the Ghost Processing Bureau, waiting to be sent to your eternal reward. It seems to move at about 2 ghosts per month. As one of the masters of heisting of your time, you've got different plans. It's time for you to lie, cheat, and steal your way back to life."]

Identity ["You only learned you were a clone 1 month ago. Now, alongside your siblings, you are being hunted by the corporation that created you."]

it ends with YOU ["you are a monster. some say you are destined to end this world- but you love it enough to save it."]

Life as a Monster Teen ["Loosely based on Monster High, Life of a Monster Teen aims to tell a story about mythological teenagers in a mystical academy of monsters like them. Solve a mystery, perhaps write a young romantic, all through a journal, cards, and some dice."]

OkCryptid ["You’ll never forget that night. You had heard the legends before, of course, everyone had. Now that you know the creature is real, one thought keeps playing through your mind: Their eyes were… beautiful. You want to see them again."]

One Day at a Thyme/One Night at a Thyme ["a cozy, whimsical solo journaling game in which you play the inhabitant of a cottage in a magical world." / "Spooky Season is inspired by the lore and celebration of Hallowe'en and Samhain, though the name of this high holy season may change depending on the world in which you set it."]

Scopicity ["Will you nurture a utopian society of enlightened microbes? Or challenge your Scopicitiae to survive and evolve in a savage microbial land? The choice is yours in this deeply customizable sci-fi/fantasy storytelling experience."]

Tending ["is a mixed media journalling game where you take the role of a devotee at a holy site. Over a span of seasons you'll carry out sacred work, seek the divine, and change everything in the process."

The Afternoon Train Home ["You are a spiritweaver, a being who walks in between worlds. Your purpose is to spool up memory thread from those who have died to be reused for the living."]

The Skeleton Diary ["In this game, you take on the role of a skeleton giving an account of your past embodied life."]

The Dreamland Expedition ["You are a stuffed animal, and in ordinary times you and your equally fuzzy friends are happy to devote your time and energy to bringing joy and comfort to the young human child that was placed in your care. But these are no longer ordinary times."]

This is Not a 7-11 ["is a backrooms inspired solo rpg about traversing liminal spaces and meeting entities not of your world. Build a map of nonsensical geometries, and keep track of the people and things you meet along the way that have the potential to help and do harm."]

To Reign in Hell ["You play the last warden of Hell, and you are utterly alone."]

Vrakroth's Guide to Creature Cataloguing ["Vrakroth's Guide to Creature Cataloguing is a one-page diceless journaling game penned by the dragon, Vrakroth. With it, you and up to two more friends can use the prompts to create your own creatures by writing down various traits. Once you do so, you use what you wrote to catalogue the creature and write a short myth about it. The only limits for the amount of creatures you can make is your imagination!"]

What They Once Feared ["What They Once Feared is a solo ttrpg where you take the role of a monster born for folklore that has awoken into a new world. One where stories aren't used as often and the monsters have become more real. You have a choice, become something new that preys on these new monsters, or become something worse than them and continue your usual hunt. What will you decide?"]

Whom Mortals Seldom See ["you are one of the mysterious, magical, elemental beings of the world, leaving behind everything you know for a chance at something only mortals can understand."]

Wither & Grow ["You are a plant creature that has just gained sentience for reasons unknown."]

You Are a Muffin ["Unlike most games where you are playing the role of another person, in You are a Muffin you are a pastry in a cozy café or coffee shop."]

You, Beyond the Pale ["You don't belong in the mortal world. You live alone, and you have always lived alone. You have yourself, and you have your own territory. The mortals have their own realms, and the mortals have each other. So what happens when the mortal world starts coming to you?"]

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