Messages in a Bottle: A Dredge Fanzine

➡️ DOWNLOAD: https://dredgefanzine.itch.io/zine ⬅️ **Account no longer monitored** A free collaborative fanzine dedicated to the horror fishing game, Dredge. For more info: https://dredgefanzine.carrd.co/ bsky: @dredgefanzine

[dredgefanzine]

🌊THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT🌊

Thank you for your generous support of this zine and the NZ Whale & Dolphin Trust! We won't track donations after today, but you can still donate at any time.

Don't forget to check out our ao3 collection!

This account is monitored until Dec 31. Thank you again!

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[hereforanepilogue]

my page art from the @dredgefanzine last year!! this was soooo fun to work on (as a mod and a contrib) :)

[only-by-the-stars]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dredge (Video Game) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Original Characters Additional Tags: Psychological Horror Summary:

A long time ago, in a frozen land, a survey expedition set out to find the secrets in the ice.

Not all of them returned.

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My contribution to @dredgefanzine! This dark psychological horror fic portrays the events that led to what you find in the Pale Reach DLC, from the perspective of one of the survivors of the doomed expedition.

[chocomd]

Here's the fic I wrote for the Dredge zine that was released in October by @dredgefanzine! Some Twisted Strand creepiness, as a treat.

ao3: archiveofourown.org/works/75017366

zine: dredgefanzine.itch.io/zine

[srrrokka-art]

My main piece for @dredgefanzine! Hands-down the most challenging piece of art I've ever made but I also had so much fun making it!

You can get the whole zine for free here, including a couple of extras :D

[srrrokka-art]

My main piece for @dredgefanzine! Hands-down the most challenging piece of art I've ever made but I also had so much fun making it!

You can get the whole zine for free here, including a couple of extras :D

[necromatador]

I can officially post these now!

The bookmark art I did for @dredgefanzine! You should look over that way for the downloadable ready-to-print files. They may eventually find their way to my Ko-Fi shop for download, but not for a while yet.

For now, the zine and all the merch and extras made by a bunch of talented artists are all free (with a donation to the NZ Whale & Dolphin Trust highly encouraged).

[itsmoonpeaches]

Originally made as spot art for my fic On the Aberration of Species: The Unpublished Field Journal of Charlie Davis, Ph.D., which was written for @dredgefanzine. The zine is free to download here.

[itsmoonpeaches]

Title: On the Aberration of Species: The Unpublished Field Journal of Charlie Davis, Ph.D. 

Originally written for @dredgefanzine. Free to download here.

Fandom: Dredge

Rating: T

Word count: 2,558

Summary: Your hands hold the lost field journal of the son of the Grieving Father. Inside are unsettling discoveries of aberrant fish species.

Continue on ao3.

Since last year, my colleague—who, like me, also hails from these parts in the Marrows—and I have been hearing reports of new species sightings. Inspired by our other colleague who has set up a research station on a nearby cluster of islands at Stellar Basin for a similar purpose, she and I teamed up together as field researchers for Ironhaven College when we heard of the prospect of returning to our hometown to discover these new species in hopes of recording them first. What they are, what could have caused them, and what they could be—all things we wish to know the answer to. Albeit gradually.

At this time, it is impossible to know just how many potential new species of fish we may encounter, or even if they are only fish. Indeed, we have heard whisperings of cephalopods and crustaceans being sighted within the immediate area which are unknown species. So, for the purposes of this journal, I will simply be recording my own observations and any novel species we discover. Perhaps in the future, we may use the data collected to decipher the meaning of the sudden appearance of them.

Continue on ao3.

[ofstormsandfire]

Zinefic o'clock for @dredgefanzine again today, this time with the fic I wrote involving the Iron Rig DLC, in which I tried very hard to avoid slipping in too many references to Still Wakes The Deep and I'd like to think I succeeded while still making the rig clearly have Something Up with it.

Foreman's Log

The log of Foreman CM, on-site lead for the Ironhaven Corporation's rig project, as construction begins and takes a turn for the strange.

You should check this and my other piece out in the zine, too. It's free and there's cool spot art! (Other cool art and writing in general, too~)

[ofstormsandfire]

It's zinefic o'clock for me and for you! This is one of a couple of pieces I wrote for @dredgefanzine (the second one will come later. When you least expect it. Or perhaps when you most expect it. I do not control the expectations of people who are not me.)

Anyway, I gave the Dog a tragic backstory. And boatloads of trauma. As you do. Enjoy!

A Dog's Life

There is a beach in Stellar Basin. Perhaps once it was more than just a beach, but whatever it once was—whatever else it once was—it certainly isn't that any longer. Nor has it been anything but a beach in Stellar Basin for a long time. On that beach, there lives a Dog. And many years ago, before he would ever be found there by a particular Fisherman, he had humans of his own.

I do HIGHLY recommend checking out the zine. It's got some incredibly cool graphic design, it's free, there's tons of other amazing fics and art pieces in there, and there's even some spot art for my fics :D

[rayenigma]

it's finally time i can share my piece for @dredgefanzine !!! i had so much fun working on this piece, tried so many new things! It's almost 6 months old now but i'm still very happy with it :] me when i sneak an ocean liner into a zine piece oooooo

is it safe to say that the stellar basin passenger vessel wreck is one of my favourite characters in the game

+ft my oc dredger who dredges something something lala

[dredgefanzine]

Hey, it looks like itch.io isn't allowing downloads from your page :(

Hello there! We are aware that a warning message pops up for some people when they try to download the zine from our itch.io page, which appears to occur based on the user's country of residence.

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[dredgefanzine]

🌊ICON PACK DOWNLOAD🌊

The lid pops off the Nov 21 crate. Glistening shapes chitter inside, slithering over scraps of wood and metal. Under this writhing mass, something bucks and bulges.

You reach between the slimy bodies for what lies beneath...

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Icons featuring artwork of items found in Messages in a Bottle: A Dredge Fanzine are now available for download! Included in the icon pack are creatures such as the Aurora Jellyfish and Cortex Decorator; building materials such as Refined Metal and Dark Canister; and stamps of areas from the main game and DLC.

Please consider supporting the work of our mods & contributors by donating any amount to our chosen charity, the NZ Whale & Dolphin Trust. We'd love to know the impact our zine is having, so please use the form linked below to tell us how much you donated (your response will remain ANONYMOUS).

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Thank you so much for your support! We hope you enjoy all that this zine has to offer! 

[dredgefanzine]

🌊MOBILE WALLPAPER (DLC) DOWNLOAD🌊

You touch the lid of the Nov 14 crate. The wood buckles inward, crumbling in a spray of rotted splinters. The paper inside is a relic, cracked from saltwater and time.

You lift the paper with careful fingers.

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Additional mobile wallpapers featuring the DLC chapter cover art of Messages in a Bottle: A Dredge Fanzine are now available for download! The different wallpaper versions include the DLC cover art with vintage overlay, without vintage overlay, half vintage/no vintage; all of these versions are available with the zine title or without the title.

Please consider supporting the work of our mods & contributors by donating any amount to our chosen charity, the NZ Whale & Dolphin Trust. We'd love to know the impact our zine is having, so please use the form linked below to tell us how much you donated (your response will remain ANONYMOUS).

Download zine & wallpapers: https://dredgefanzine.itch.io/zine

Donate: https://whaledolphintrust.org.nz/take-action/donate/

How much did you donate? Tell us (anonymously) here: https://forms.gle/LFjCwK2Cmzk7agqk7

Don't turn off the lights just yet! More downloadable extras to come on Nov 21!

[dredgefanzine]

🌊MOBILE WALLPAPER DOWNLOAD🌊

You pull the lid off the crate for Nov 7. A single roll of paper lies inside; dark ooze slicks the yellowed surface. You unfurl the paper, and the world splits and blurs around the edges.

The wallpaper is yours.

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Mobile wallpapers featuring the cover art of Messages in a Bottle: A Dredge Fanzine are now available for download! The different wallpaper versions include the cover art with panic, without panic, half panic/no panic; all of these versions are available with the zine title or without the title.

Please consider supporting the work of our mods & contributors by donating any amount to our chosen charity, the NZ Whale & Dolphin Trust. We'd love to know the impact our zine is having, so please use the form linked below to tell us how much you donated (your response will remain ANONYMOUS).

Download zine & wallpapers: https://dredgefanzine.itch.io/zine

Donate: https://whaledolphintrust.org.nz/take-action/donate/

How much did you donate? Tell us (anonymously) here: https://forms.gle/LFjCwK2Cmzk7agqk7

Don't put away your spyglass just yet! More downloadable extras to come on Nov 14 and Nov 21!

[dredgefanzine]

🌊EXTRAS COMING IN NOVEMBER🌊

Something slithers into your cargo hold.

You haul open the cargo hatch and peer inside. Black ooze drips down the crates labeled for Nov 7, Nov 14, & Nov 21.

You touch the lid of the first crate. What will you find inside?