BEHOLD I see the haven nigh at hand,
To which I meane my wearie course to bend;
Vere the maine shete, and beare up with the land,
The which afore is fairely to be kend,
And seemeth safe from storms that may offend;
There this faire virgin wearie of her way
Must landed be, now at her journeyes end.
Featured Entry:
“All men, no matter how free they think themselves, are slaves.”
NEWS:
- 5/1/13: The Orientation has been rewritten. Go check it out.
- 4/12/13: A month-delayed post - sorry! As announced elsewhere (well, on this page before we edited it), here's the results of our first contest! Congrats to Roget, the first-place winner! And congrats to Ihpkmn and Rumetzen, who split second place between the two of them. Some of the winning articles will be featured in coming weeks, starting now.
- 1/27/13: Bit of a delayed post, but our very own Jack Manganese has had his story How Grandmother Triode Stole Binary From The Sun linked in an article on io9! Congratulations, Jack. And to those of you who are coming here from io9: Welcome! Hope you enjoy your stay.
- 1/21/13: Check out the Library's new TV Tropes page. Major credit to rumetzen for putting this together.
- 11/04/12: WE LOVE YOU TROY.
- 11/03/12: The site was made infinitely more classy by Troy, who has fixed up the sidebar, prettied up the front page, and done other numerous fixes. Any problems should be reported to him in chat.
- 7/12/12: We now have a dedicated chatroom. Go here to the Real-Time Chat link to join us!
- 7/11/12: The Orientation page for new members is now up. Go there to have your questions answered!
- 7/11/12: We now have an actual Site Rules page. Also, we now have two FAQs, one for site questions (same page), and one for questions about the universe, because the first FAQ got so big.
- 7/8/12: We now have a FAQ! If you want to know how this site works, go there and read it, and leave your questions.
- The Distant Past: The Library is finally up! Yay! Please leave us comments on the current stories! We'd like to know what to do more of, or what to do less of, etc.
CONTENT:
- The Library - The Books and their stories.
- The Archives - Tales of the Library and its members.
- The SCP Foundation - Where this site came from.
- Sandbox - Where to post WIP's
Click Me: Orientation
The Wanderer's Library is a collaborative fiction exercise. It's a collection of stories that explore strange and fantastic corners of the world, hidden from ordinary eyes. Some of the stories take place in the distant past, taking the form of legends and fables. Others are from the modern day, hiding in the shadows just out of sight. The basic premise is that there are strange things that are not quite of our world. Some are dangerous, some are merely fascinating. They are all in some respect extraordinary.
A big game hunter searches for hunting in other worlds.
A creature lives in alleyways and junkyards, collecting bits of trash to disguise itself.
A red thing of many parts promises everything you have ever wanted.
Stories here should try to evoke a Sense of Wonder, a sense that there is a larger world beyond the one we know. In the world of the Library, these wonders are hidden, but never truly far away. But never forget that this is a wilder world than our own, and it's never entirely safe, either. Tread with care.
