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Branching novels that play in the browser with no account. Netwrck library novels are complete, playable scripts at different stages of production: 53 of the 59 novels have generated cover art; 59 novels play licensed music credited in the build; in-game backgrounds and character art are still generated placeholders throughout. Fork one and the art, music and voice tools in the editor fill in the rest. Author-published novels carry whatever their author gave them, and each card states its own art, audio and content notice below.

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What the River Owes

Sixty-one children, forty adults on Thursdays, and a building she does not own.

• ~95 min
• 19236 words
• 5 branch points
• 5 endings
• 3 plays

historicaldramaromancepolitical thrillertragedyReconstruction-era Louisiana, spring to autumn 1873

reconstructionamerican southhistoricalqueer romancelove trianglepolitical violenceeducation1870stragedyvoting rights

Content notice (8)

• racist mass violence and massacre, graphic
• lynching referenced
• slavery aftermath and its ongoing coercion
• sexual content implied, cuts away
• queer relationship under lethal social threat
• child endangerment
• arson
• grief

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

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Bund Nine

Six hours a night, three currencies, no passport.

• ~100 min
• 16957 words
• 5 branch points
• 5 endings
• 4 plays

historicalnoirromancepolitical thrillertragedyShanghai, International Settlement and French Concession, January to April 1927

1920s shanghaihistoricallove trianglequeer romancegangstersrevolutionstateless refugeebetrayaltragedyjazz age

Content notice (8)

• massacre and political mass killing, graphic
• opium trade and addiction
• sex work and coercion
• sexual content implied, cuts away
• police corruption and surveillance
• racism and colonial hierarchy depicted through behaviour
• torture referenced
• grief and displacement

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

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The Silver Bath

Four thousand three hundred glass negatives, and every sleeve in her own handwriting.

• ~90 min
• 17663 words
• 5 branch points
• 5 endings
• 3 plays

historicaldramaromancepolitical thrillertragedyOttoman Constantinople, Pera, 1896

ottoman empire1890sphotographyhistoricallove trianglequeer romancecensorshipsurveillancearchivetragedy

Content notice (7)

• ethnic persecution and mass violence (reported, one scene depicted at distance)
• state surveillance and arrests
• torture referenced
• sexual content implied, cuts away
• chemical hazard and one injury
• grief
• destruction of records

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Petrol Hymn

Eleven musicians, one biscuit tin, and fourteen minutes about the cement ships.

• ~90 min
• 16555 words
• 5 branch points
• 5 endings
• 3 plays

historicaldramamusicromancepolitical thrillerNigeria, Lagos, February to December 1976

1970slagosnigeriamusicpolitical thrillerlove trianglequeer romancecoupbetrayalafrobeat

Content notice (8)

• state violence, detention and executions
• political persecution and censorship
• sexual content implied, cuts away
• queer relationship under legal threat
• alcohol and cannabis use
• police brutality
• infidelity
• grief

Placeholder in-game art · licensed music

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The Annona

Rome eats because somebody signs for the missing grain.

• ~190 min
• 29117 words
• 15 branch points
• 7 endings
• 4 plays

historicaldramaromancecrimepolitical thrillertragedyOstia and Portus, Roman Italy, spring to autumn 62 CE

ancient romehistorical dramapolitical thrillerbisexual protagonistlove trianglefreedwomanport cityinstitutional corruptionslow burnclasscrimetragedy

Content notice (10)

• slavery and coerced labour
• institutional hunger and poverty
• financial exploitation and debt
• graphic fire injuries and death
• assault and custodial violence
• alcohol misuse
• sexual content implied, cuts away
• class and gender subjugation
• corpse recovery and drowning aftermath
• bigotry shown through behaviour; no slurs written out

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The German Wharf

The fish belongs to a dead man. The hunger belongs to everyone.

• ~190 min
• 29053 words
• 12 branch points
• 7 endings
• 3 plays

historicalromancedramapolitical thrillertragedyBergen, Norway, summer to Michaelmas 1427

historical dramamedieval NorwayHanseatic Leagueadult romancelove triangleeconomic intriguepiratesslow burnqueer romanceinstitutional rottragedystockfish

Content notice (10)

• famine and food deprivation
• widowhood and grief
• institutional misogyny and xenophobia
• coercive debt and threatened homelessness
• graphic fire injuries and violent death
• workplace assault and brutal apprentice initiation
• alcohol misuse
• sexual content implied, cuts away
• betrayal by a dependent and business partner
• no slurs written out; bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence

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