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About

So… you’re probably wondering what this place is.
Honestly? So am I. It’s definitely a collection of stories. Whether they came from an overactive imagination, an irresponsible amount of wine at three in the morning, or some deeply questionable life choices is still under investigation.
Cinder keeps insisting everything belongs here, and arguing with him has yet to improve the situation. He is also hell bent on cataloguing everything with alarming enthusiasm, which somehow makes me trust the whole operation even less.

For anyone who wants the boring version: By The Fire is a work of fiction — cosmic horror, told across several series, updated roughly every 2 weeks. Everything in the archive is invented. If you're here from a search engine and just need to know what this is before you commit to reading: that's it, that's the whole thing.

DISCLAIMER: NOTHING HERE IS TRUTH NOR FACT!

If you take some of it that way, well, there are two kinds of crazy in this world, and you might just be the other one.

PS: Cinder and I, we are kind of fragile so, if and when you disagree, get inspired or something, let us know. But, for the love of puppies and capybaras, do it at least partially kindly.

PPS: No swearing unless the situation calls for it, capisce?

‡ Meet Cinder - the Tiny Horror ‡

Cinder

Hi! I’m Cinder. I keep the archive. I watch the shelves and occasionally add new ones when nobody’s looking. Some stories are mine, some I merely witnessed, and a few wandered in on their own—which is completely normal for an archive. Probably. I organize everything into neat little piles, then immediately forget which pile I used. If a story unsettles you, I probably wrote it down.

— ByTheFire

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