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Myths, written together.

Choose a world from the public domain, write its next chapter, and let the community seal what becomes canon.

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How canon is made

Nothing becomes canon until the community seals it.

A long scroll unrolled across a table while several hands press wax seals onto it.

  1. Step 1

    Write

    Submit a story or a lore entry to one world. Link the sealed canon it builds on.

  2. Step 2

    Review

    Members read it and vote. Each vote rates craft and fit with the canon, and every decline must explain itself.

  3. Step 3

    Seal

    Two thirds approval from a quorum of reviewers seals it as a new block in that world's chain.

  4. Step 4

    Build on it

    Sealed entries become canon for everyone. Contradicting them needs a very good reason.

Recently sealed

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The fortnightly sealing
  1. CharacterThe Ferryman of the SevernA ferryman who carries knights across the Severn without asking their names, and what the court came to believe about him.Core canonThe Matter of Britain · Anthology20 Sep 2026
  2. StoryWhat Bedivere KeptAfter Camlann, Sir Bedivere threw Excalibur into the lake on the third attempt. He never told anyone what he kept from the first two.Core canonThe Matter of Britain · Anthology20 Sep 2026
  3. StoryThe Knight of the Empty SeatAfter the Grail quest, half the seats at the Round Table stand empty. Arthur decides how to fill one, and the choice is not his.Core canonThe Matter of Britain · Anthology20 Sep 2026
  4. ArtifactThe Armitage MarginaliaThe notes Henry Armitage wrote in the margins of Miskatonic's copy of the Necronomicon, and why the library will not let anyone read them either.Core canonThe Mythos · Anthology20 Sep 2026
  5. StoryThe Dunwich CensusIn 1920 a young census taker is sent up into the hills above Dunwich with a list of households. Some of them answer the door.Core canonThe Mythos · Anthology20 Sep 2026
  6. StoryWhat the Fog Brought to KingsportA harbor pilot in Kingsport counts the ships that come in out of the winter fog, and one night the count comes out one too many.Core canonThe Mythos · Anthology20 Sep 2026

Open threads

Gaps in the canon that stewards have marked as ready for new writing. Pick one, or start your own.

  • The Mythos

    The librarian's refusals

    The Miskatonic librarian records every request to read the Necronomicon that was refused. Write the story of one of those refused readers, and what they did next.

    Read the brief Write it

  • The Mythos

    A letter from the reef

    A fisherman's letter, sent home from a ship that anchored too close to a black reef, arrives in Arkham months after the ship was lost.

    Read the brief Write it

  • The Mythos

    The showman comes to town

    A tall, dark lecturer books the town hall of a small Massachusetts town for one night only. Write the week that follows.

    Read the brief Write it

  • The Mythos

    Before the Puritans

    Who raised the stone circles above Dunwich, and what did they believe the stones were for? Lore entries welcome.

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  • The Matter of Britain

    The empty seats

    After the Grail quest, many seats at the Round Table are empty. Write the story of a new knight chosen to fill one.

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  • The Matter of Britain

    The lost scabbard

    Morgan threw Excalibur's scabbard into a lake, and Arthur never found it. Someone else might have.

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  • The Matter of Britain

    The survivors of Camlann

    Only a handful of knights lived through the last battle. Tell the story of one of them in the years after.

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  • The Matter of Britain

    Where the dragons went

    The red and white dragons of Dinas Emrys were never seen to die. Lore entries and stories about their fate are open.

    Read the brief Write it

The canon belongs to everyone who writes it. Every contribution is shared under CC BY-SA, so no one can ever lock these worlds away.

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