DungeonMaster
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- Apr 16, 2016
The thing about internet published works is that they're made by amateurs. And amateurs tend to lose interest in what they're doing, or more often than not, life catches up with them and kick them off art and writing altogether. And the worst part, they had the audacity to share their creations with the world at large, where the mists of time relegate them to laggy archives and subtle mentions on forgotten forums. The internet has grown old enough for it to gather dust, and many parts of it untouched by the waybackmachine have took on an aura of mystery.
As a result, the internet beyond social media is a veritable treasure trove of lost fiction. It's a graveyard of forgotten dreams. And as of late, i've been sifting through them in search of abandoned fiction in hopes of understanding the early internet zeitgeist. Here are two examples.
This is what appears to be what could have been a story. This was created by someone called Melissa Prosser, who now goes by Melissa Wong. She is responsible for the webcomic PSC, which was considered extremely filthy for its time. Her dreams of publishing western manga never came to fruition. Yet she still publishes her old stories as light novels on amazon, now with the approach of a mellow middle aged author than a hyperactive, idealistic weeaboo. What became of her is much, much better than many other artists i'm talking about.
Despite the fact that they often post their own personal information on their websites, most of them seem to vanish from the internet altogether. Such is the case for the author of Mystic Warriors, whose artstyle resembles Sonichu and Sailor Moon at once. You can see incredible enthusiasm here, dreams of creating an entire anime when all he had was colouring pens, paper, and an internet connection, and you can see that he had hints of making much more. Yet this artist simply disappeared.
I'm wondering if anyone else has any more orphaned fiction, particularly ones whose authors cannot be tracked down today.
As a result, the internet beyond social media is a veritable treasure trove of lost fiction. It's a graveyard of forgotten dreams. And as of late, i've been sifting through them in search of abandoned fiction in hopes of understanding the early internet zeitgeist. Here are two examples.
This is what appears to be what could have been a story. This was created by someone called Melissa Prosser, who now goes by Melissa Wong. She is responsible for the webcomic PSC, which was considered extremely filthy for its time. Her dreams of publishing western manga never came to fruition. Yet she still publishes her old stories as light novels on amazon, now with the approach of a mellow middle aged author than a hyperactive, idealistic weeaboo. What became of her is much, much better than many other artists i'm talking about.
Despite the fact that they often post their own personal information on their websites, most of them seem to vanish from the internet altogether. Such is the case for the author of Mystic Warriors, whose artstyle resembles Sonichu and Sailor Moon at once. You can see incredible enthusiasm here, dreams of creating an entire anime when all he had was colouring pens, paper, and an internet connection, and you can see that he had hints of making much more. Yet this artist simply disappeared.
I'm wondering if anyone else has any more orphaned fiction, particularly ones whose authors cannot be tracked down today.
