The post below on the Chain Story project will be simultaneously cast on Black Gate this month (aug 4th): Click the below link to comment and read there:
Chain Story 2 Project - Sword & Sorcery
It has been 15 years since The Chain Story project hit the internet; in 2010, Michael Stackpole led a bunch of authors to write stand-alone adventures all shared via "The Wanderers' Club." All the stories were "chained" together with a common element but enabled every contributor to showcase their own characters/worlds. As standalone tales, they could be read in any order. And.... all stories were free to readers (at least for several months, many times indefinitely)!
Chain Story 2 has just commenced and will follow the same approach. This round, expect Sword & Sorcery with a common magical artifact represented in the logo. Learn about the project and the first three entries now on Black Gate. Shortcuts to the free stories are included below. Stories will be released every few weeks, so check the Chain Story website continuously, and you will also be treated to cool interviews (i.e., with S&S Champion Matthew John, who just released his second entry in his Maxus Cycle, Within the Weeping Eye).
We'll aim to review the Chain Story project as it develops again in a few months, but read this to get onboarded!
