Threadbare Stories

Interactive Fiction writer blog. Writing The Method and The Madness, Good Company, and maybe more Lynn, she/her.

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MASTERLIST

Welcome to my blog. I'm Lynn and I'm an interactive fiction writer. You can find the list of my stories here and their status.

Feel free to check out them and don't hesitate to leave a comment about them.

The Method and the Madness

Play as an assassin in a post climate change dystopian world. (high stake, noir, dystopian, action, intrigue)

Status: Ongoing, Chapter 4 — 125k+ words (Feb 2026)

The Method and the Madness - Solstice Special

A companion story. An assassin's cozy solstice night with four romantic options (side story, chill)

Status: Completed (Dec 2025)

Good Company

Play as a bartender working in a gastropub in Melbourne, Australia. (slice-of-life, queer friendly, contemporary, modern romance)

Status: Ongoing, Chapter 1 — 20k+ words (March 2026)

Lynn

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Writer's log - Early June

Hi everyone,

I want to share a progress that I made since May. I was stuck in chapter 5 for The Method and the Madness for quite some time. I have an idea of a scene and I tried to force it. Of course it didn't work. For the longest time since I started writing IF, I didn't know how to make the scene flow with the rest of the scenes that I've planned for chapter 5.

Then I realized it was because the scene shouldn't happen in chapter 5 and it was wrong of me to force it. I didn't scrape it, I keep some part of it, but the emotional weight and the impact is less compare to my original plan. And now it works. Yay.

So now I can continue with the other scenes. I still have some parts I'm not sure how it'll transpire, but at least I solved one big issue.

I don't know yet when I can release the update, but hopefully sooner than later. In meantime, a peek on what you'll find in chapter 5:

PS: I made small progress in Good Company as well. I plan to finalize and release chapter 2 GC after I'm done with chapter 5 TMATM.

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🙏I need to see Simon again pls

You will! Don't worry! But I can share something I'm currently writing. Don't click if you don't want spoiler.

You see someone walking on the dark alley and you quickly hide yourself under the alcove. The alley was empty when you arrived earlier; of course being in the gang territory, there's always a possibility a member walking by, you're ready for that. But somehow you don't think this person is a gang member.

The way this person walks—a bit too careful, a bit too alert, showing that they aren't walking on a familiar territory.

You crouch deeper into the nook of the alcove, making yourself smaller as the person walks closer below. They don't look up; from your experience, people rarely look up; they look left, right, back and front, but rarely up.

Whoever this person is, they aren't used to blend in with the darkness and be hyper aware of their surrounding. Their training is on something else.

When the person passes a streetlight, you almost let go a gasp. It's $simon!

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Cantata Chapter 6 Public Update Is Live! 🥳

This chapter adds another 45k words of content, bringing the grand total to 230k words.

I can’t express how excited I am to be releasing this chapter! Not only does it feel like the culmination of my original concept, but also a brand new beginning. ❤️

As previously mentioned, there’s going to be a longer period between this and chapter 7. The next two months will be a struggle for me, and I’m happy to be able to share this chapter with you now. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

I can finally release all the asks I’ve been holding onto, lol. I won’t discuss big spoilers for a few days, but some of the asks may give hints. Be sure to mute the tag #chapter 6 spoilers if you want absolutely no hints.

Without further ado…

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I NEED THIS!

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Interact-IF Genre Lists: Masterpost

All submissions have been counted and compiled as of May 24, 2026! Thank you to everyone who submitted a game and voted :) You can find all the rec lists below.

Hope it helps with discovering your next read!

The rec lists are complete, but may undergo slight changes as authors/readers send in clarifications.

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

Action/Adventure

Modern/Slice-of-life

Historical fiction

Horror/Thriller/Misc

Results of the voting and interview features coming up soon!

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Interact-IF Genre Lists (May 2026): Voting

🎉 The submissions for the Interact-IF genre lists (May 2026) are in — and now it’s time to vote! 🎉

Over the past week, we've received submissions for an incredible range of games across 5 genres.

We move into the next stage of the Interact-IF Genre List Event: COMMUNITY VOTING!

Vote for your favorite submitted games in each genre category HERE! Whether you’re cheering on longtime classics, hidden gems, or newer projects that deserve more eyes, this is your chance to help spotlight the games that made an impression on you.

Voting will run from now till May 21. Once again, here's the link to the form for voting.

*Note: For the sake of voting fairness, IFs that have been submitted to more than one category have been included in only ONE category. However, in the rec lists, the IF will be included in any/all categories that it appears in. If you think a game should be in a different main category from what it's listed as, you can DM us or leave a comment at the end of this form to let us know. 

If you missed out submitting a game to the rec lists, you can use this google form to submit the game, but do note that these would not be eligible for the voting round. This will be open until May 21 as well.

GENRES:

Fantasy

Sci-Fi

Action/Adventure

Modern/Slice-of-life

Historical Drama

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Chapter's length

I'm curious about something, I realize the chapters are getting longer as the story progresses. I wonder if you guys prefer shorter chapter or a longer one, or it doesn't really matter?

I'm curious about your reading experience. How long is too long, and how short is too short? Does a chapter consist of 20k words on the shorter side? Is more than 50k too long or still acceptable?

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Thanks for those who messaged me and told me that the length doesn't matter, especially one that said as long as it's not lore or info dump, they'll read even 100k words chapter.

I want to avoid repetition. I had written a scene with Jose but then I thought, I don't think players care that much about him, and we've met him anyway, so I changed the scene to a quick reference instead. Especially because without it, the chapter is already lengthy, because chapter 5 will be the climax of the job from Crimson Tide, so it should be lengthly, and I also want to give some private moments with some ROs.

So I think chapter 5 will be lengthy but I'll try my best to make sure there's no filler content (except with Finn, but I don't consider that as a filler).

Thanks everyone!

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I don't think chapter length matters; I've read 100k chapters and 15k chapters, and I enjoyed both equally. As long as you feel good about the chapter, it's perfect—don't worry too much about the word count

Thanks!

I'm worries chapter 5 TMATM will be the longest chapter, if I manage to put all that I want for that chapter, so I'm a bit concerned if it ends up too long.

Thank you for reassuring me!

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Chapter's length

I'm curious about something, I realize the chapters are getting longer as the story progresses. I wonder if you guys prefer shorter chapter or a longer one, or it doesn't really matter?

I'm curious about your reading experience. How long is too long, and how short is too short? Does a chapter consist of 20k words on the shorter side? Is more than 50k too long or still acceptable?

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Writer's log - May 16th 2026

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry not updating the blog for almost a month. Turns out, new house has many issues. It leaks when you install something. And you need to add other stuff, including small things to make it more liveable. I used to live in a studio apartment, and now that I have a bigger place, the furniture and problems are doubled, if not quadrupled.

That doesn't mean I'm not writing, it's just that the speed is rather slow. I have targets for TMATM chapter 5 and GC chapter 2, but I rather not mention them for now because I'm trying to be realistic about them.

So that's my update. Still writing, still struggling with new place. Still keeping my sanity intact, even just barely.

EDIT: I mentioned I adopted two cats in my previous post. Cat tax below

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I'm back! I'm writing again! House is liveable (but I only have one chair right now while I'm waiting for the rest) and I recently adopted two cats!

So I start writing chapter 5 TMATM, fun things are about to happen!

edit: Anon who sent me asks, I saw them, don't worry. I'll reply soon.

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Writer's log - mid April

Hi everyone!

I'm sorry for being MIA, the house renovation has taken all of my time and energy, I'm barely able to do anything else and I've broken down in tears over additional AC lines.

The good news is that I'm on the last stage before the house is liveable. It still requires some additional stuffs but I can add them later.

Also, congrats to @exclusively0ccupied for your entry on my fanart contest. I really love the masquerade scene and how you drew it! Please DM me with your ko-fi (if you have) or paypal so I can send the prize.

I'm still going to be MIA for a week and so until I can breathe a little easier. But once I settle in new house, I'll continue writing.

Pray for me to survive this!

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Writer's log - Early April

I decide to put all info and updates within Writer's Log series and there's no update on the IFs, lol sorry about that. My new house is taking all my attention and if everything works out smoothly and on schedule, I should be able to move by end of next week.

I also want to remind everyone that the fanart contest is still ongoing until this weekend. I would love to see my IFs from your eyes.

Well, that's what's going on in my life the last few weeks. Once the moving is completed, I shall return to writing again.

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The Intruder, c. 1910 by Leonard Campbell Taylor (English, 1874-1969)

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE I NEED JASMINE IN MY LIFE 😳

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im crying will i get tomatoes thrown at me if i flirt with everyone in good company

At least it's not potential death, anon.

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hii, 🛹 anon here. is it just me or I can't find the ro intro posts for tmatm? I can find the ones for good company sooo...

Hi 🛹 anon!

I just realized the old links failed because I changed the name of the blog but you can read the ROs intro here

and for individual profiles:

Elisa

Leo

Simon/e

Jinwoo

Padma