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- By ProblemPal

This year, the The Wanderers Library is starting their new series and they kick it off with a K-Contest! Here we have rumetzen to give us some inside look into the contest:

1) What can you tell me about The Wanderers Library and what can I do there?

The Wanderer's Library is a spin-off of the SCP Foundation originally created by Mann and the former admin Pair of Ducks focusing on the Serpent's Hand. It kind of has two sides to it: in-universe, it's framed as an infinite, or near infinite, library connected to every place in the multiverse, where stories and people from all worlds and times can come together. Out of universe, it's a place for… well, posting anything, really. There's plenty of "lore" focused stuff: stories about the Library, the Serpent's Hand, tangentially SCP-related stuff, as well as several canons with themed together stories like Over Root and Under Loam, Journal of the Walk and River Canon. Then we have stuff that's totally its own thing like Night Fishing, I keep peaches where no one can reach them, and Reverence/Revulsion. I think, overall, what we try to provide is a place for people to flex their non-SCP writing muscles, a place where they can experiment and try new things without necessarily having to tie it into a much vaster project. Our goal is to help people develop as writers, in a broad sense.

2) What is your kcon theme and why?

Our theme is Outsiders and Outcasts. Our 1kcon was "Rebirth", which felt fitting as it had come after a resurgance following a long period of dormancy. I think we try to get a bit more abstract with our themes than SCP does, going more along conceptual lines than genre or topic. Outsiders feels appropriate to how a lot of us view ourselves and our website: People a bit on the edge, kind of a clan-within-a-clan doing our own thing and proud to be doing it. We try to capture a bit of the spirit of the times with our contest themes.

3) Can you explain to us what makes Wanderers Library appealing to readers and writers alike?

Freedom is a big one, as I alluded to above, and along with it variety. You never quite know what you're going to get from a WL story, which can be both appealing and a drawback. People who are drawn to the Library are, in my experience, drawn to that sense of venturing out into the unknown, straying off beaten paths. I think because you don't have the shared universe and lore to draw on as much you really get a feel for the unique voices that populate the site. Everyone has their own interests, their own styles. You really get to see what makes each author shine through.

4:) What is something you could say to someone who wants to get into the Wanderers library but would feel lost or intimidated by it?

If I'm being honest, discoverability and new user experience has been a problem for WL since I joined in 2012, one we're constantly trying to work on and haven't quite succeeded at. Right now I would say: Join the Discord and talk to people for recommendations. Browse through any tags that seem interesting. Check out our neat little random pages module. Check out our various canons. Or just do the classic SCP-series dive and start from the beginning: We're still small enough for it to be doable! I will also note that you're not a real Libraryhead until you've read all of Mann's incredible Aframos Longjourney series.

5) What are the plans of the Wanderers Library plans going forward?

Improving new user experience and discoverability, as I mentioned above. More collaborative events, like our Serpentine Sorting System, where everyone comes together to develop a canon. Tweaking staff structure. Finding ways to develop deeper conversations around entries, rather than focusing on votes. Creating better resources for new writers to improve and move forward with their work.

6) Would you like to share any tips/advice for writers who wish to contribute to the contest or the sister site?

Go wild with it. This is the place to see how weird you can get, whatever that means for you. Try something you've never tried before, get out of your comfort zone.

7) Do you have any final thoughts you would like to share with readers?

The Library means a lot to me, and I'm grateful for anyone who comes to check it out. I'm really looking forward to seeing what you all can add to it!

- By Strange Matter

9kcon officially has its winner, with Trench by J Dune taking the throne. As is tradition, we've interviewed Dune to give their insights on the con:

1) What was your inspiration for the piece? And was D-1098 inspired by anything or anyone in particular?

The Trench was largely inspired by a desire to give the D-Class concept the recognition it deserves as an effective piece of horror. I felt like the site had trivialized or outright ignored D-Class in favour of softer, more palatable interpretations of the Foundation, where the organization is easier to empathize with due to not having its prisoner-slave population at the forefront. A lot of the inherent appeal of the Foundation, at least to me, is tied up in the two-fold horror of the organization's incomprehensibly wide, all-encompassing reach when positioned against the anomalies it contains. I wanted to show that D-Class are a severely underused narrative device that can help bridge the gap between the calculated cruelty of the Foundation and the unforgiving horror of the anomalous by providing characters a few degrees closer to the real world.

Aesthetically, I wanted to focus on the grounded, paramilitary aspect of the Foundation as well. The wildest elements of 9000 are anomalous, and have little to do with the Foundation themselves. I tend to dislike works that are overly fantastical when it comes to the Foundation's competency and capabilities, so making sure the carceral elements felt real was a major priority. I didn't want anything too divorced from the real-world evils of the prison industry, save for the anomaly itself, which is still an extension of the effects of human cruelty.

Capturing the feeling of watching something you wish you hadn't, while being unable to look away and transfixed by your position of relative safety was important as well. Voyeuristic violence, the proliferation of easily accessible trauma in the form of gore and shock videos that are just a click away for anyone curious enough to watch them, the way the internet can desensitize you to this type of imagery — all of that was a priority in this article.

D-1098 wasn't inspired by anyone in particular. I figured he was, on paper, a solid representation of how a life of poverty and repeated exposure to dehumanizing culture can create a truly broken individual even within the comforts of modern society. It's a brutal, violent world out there, and you can really only ignore it when you're in a position that allows you to pretend that it isn't. But it is, and there's more than enough footage for you to watch to prove otherwise.

2) Now that the contest is over, is there anything you'd wish you'd done differently in hindsight?

I wish I read a few more. I've still got a few left that I'd like to read, but like many other readers, the contest didn't exactly fall at the most convenient time for me. As far as the article goes, no, I think it's the best version of itself, and I wouldn't change a thing.

3) Do you plan to use any of these characters/locations/ideas in future works?

I don't know. I don't really operate like that. I think the site works best as a vehicle for standalone fiction. I think the furthest I go is using the broad concepts that have stood the test of time and became baked into the site's history, like D-Class or the Ethics Committee. Internal Affairs is an odd-one out. They're a very old, pretty much forgotten concept from the early days of the wiki, functioning as the Foundation's dedicated intelligence agency. I would absolutely use them again if the story called for it, I think there's a lot of narrative and thematic potential there for them to truly embody the Foundation's ideals.

4) In your author post, you talk about wanting to present the Foundation as more authoritarian and less sympathetic than you may have in other works. Do you think the article succeeded at this goal and what other (if any) explorations of the darker side of the Foundation would you like to see on the wiki?

I think it did it's job as far as portraying what I wanted to portray. I'm extremely grateful for the comments that have been appreciative of the article in general, but I'm especially happy to have receive ones that enjoyed the Foundation's darker portrayal here.

5) What did you think of this contest as a whole and were there any articles you believe deserved more attention?

As far as k-cons go, I think this was pretty much equivalent to the others I have been around for. There was a noted decrease in readership outside of the top few entries, but other than that, I think the general experience remains about the same each year. And while I haven't read everything, or even a quarter of what was posted, two articles that stood out to me were Jezixo's DAYDREAM and Ironshear's l'ortolan. Both had extremely strong voices, a solid emotional core, and stood out as standalone pieces that took advantage of the format in their own unique ways without discarding it entirely. If you enjoyed 9000, you would absolutely enjoy both of those as well.

6) Any closing thoughts you'd like to share?

I would like to thank everyone for being kind to my writing over the past 5 years or so. I've very publicly grappled with my feelings about the site as a whole and the Foundation as a setting, but I will always be thankful for the community consistently giving me a captive audience, and showing up to read my articles even when they didn't always deserve it. I don't always engage with the community from a social perspective, so it means a lot to see people still willing to check my stuff out even when I'm not constantly present as a reminder to do so. I am incredibly thankful.

We hope everyone had a fun time reading and/or writing for the contest!

- By ProblemPal

Writing and Art Prompts

Site News is bringing you monthly writing and art prompts! Every month there will be user-submitted prompts to help inspire new pieces. Participation in these prompts is completely optional, and any pages based on the prompts will be featured in the next issue of Site News! If you're interested in submitting a prompt for next Site News, send a wikidot PM to Rhineriver or ProblemPal. One prompt submission per person, and up to five prompts will be shown in each edition of Site News.

This month's prompts are below!

An unusual pairing Submitted by XHAWK77X
Create a piece that has two tags that have never been used together before (e.g. two GoIs that haven't interacted or a tone tag in a series it wouldn't typically fit)

SCPotion Submitted by The Frodmaer Club
Write an article featuring at least one alchemist/witch/wizard

A matter of semantics Submitted by MDEV0
Write about a really small semantic gripe you or someone else has. like people using the the term "roguelike" to mean permadeath when the original rogue didn't have that

Esoteric Submitted by Battlecruiser12
Write an article where the primary object class doesn't have an official tag

Uncontained Submitted by zoempaws
Write an SCP with no containment class at all. Decommissioned/Explained/Uncontained don't count, but risk and disruption classes are fair game.

SCP-9280 Submitted by XHAWK77X
Inspired by the Sportscon real??? prompt

If you write an entry inspired by this or a previous month's prompts, feel free to send a wikidot PM to Rhineriver or ProblemPal to have it featured in the next Site News! There isn't a time limit on getting prompt submissions featured, so feel free to write for a previous month's prompts as well!¹

Features Last Month

Front Page Features

Every month, an article is selected from each of the three common article types: SCP, Tale, and Group of Interest Format. These three articles are displayed on the front page for the month to bring further recognition to them.

If you would like to view the previous front page features, you can view the archive for the SCPs here, the archive for the Tales here, and the archive for the GoI Formats here!

SCP

SCP-8274 by iammuffin: The Monarch Butterfly

SCP-8274-B is a physically impossible cavernous structure located at Site-39.

Tale

handholding by Sevencix

The wind was particularly hostile on this day; it easily pierced through the standard issue black gear that the group tryouts for Alpha-1 wore.

GOI Format

KTE-1221-Parallax-NACL-Carcinoma by Uncle Nicolini

Let us work together to overcome this latest of disasters. We don't want a repeat of Poland.

Reviewers' Spotlights

Works are featured on the site’s front page as part of the Reviewers’ Spotlight, which acknowledges the time and effort spent by forum reviewers helping other authors develop and edit and their works for the mainsite. Each month, community members are encouraged to nominate forum reviewers who have been both particularly helpful and active. Members of the Forum Criticism Team will then discuss the nominations, and select four prominent reviewers to choose the month’s Reviewers’ Spotlight front-page features.

If you'd like to nominate a reviewer for the Reviewers' Spotlight, DM your nomination to Zyn!

If you would like to view previous spotlights, you can view the archive for them here!

1st of October

SCP-8605: The Steel Soul by HarryBlank [Featured by HaydenSaintPascal]

Can a thing die which has never lived?

10th of October

‘Opalescent Silver’ (AL781/CF6ZD/LO7UN) by xexnoncores [Featured by OminousEgg]

A three-floor business lounge located within the Threeports Androidmeda District, stocked with non-combat androids as staff.

17th of October

SCP-8229: Learned Helplessness by flembus [Featured by cacbbi]

Hanson McGillivray, hereafter referred to as SCP-8229-A, is a non-anomalous 23-year-old male and the primary victim of Incident 8229.

25th of October

SCP-8577: Channel 0 by wackdog [Featured by SeekGull]

SCP-8577 is an unlisted hotel television service (“Channel 0”) that plays a continuous promotional loop for the host property.

New Content this Month

There is a multitude of wonderful works that are posted to the Wiki every month whether they be SCP articles, Tales, GoI Formats, Art pages, Author Pages, Essays, and more! Below, we have all of the creations for this month listed out by week and type (except for art pages, we did that earlier!) We have added little emojis next to articles that qualify to add some additional content. Below we have listed out the emojis we use and what they mean. Be sure to give them a look!

🤝 = Co-authored works - It is always interesting to see the dynamics of how people work together!
🌐 = International works - Articles translated from one of our international branches!
💯 = Articles rated at +100 and higher - These are articles that have seen success and should be celebrated for it!
📈 = SCP articles rated under +30 and Tales and GoI Formats rated under +20 - Let's show these a little love!

Week of October 1st

SCP Articles

📈 SCP-8287 - Written by ESB2109.
SCP-3084 - Written by MontagueETC.
📈 SCP-8957 - Written by 7eventy7evenfold.
📈 SCP-8347 - Written by Harry F.
📈 SCP-7192 - Written by CRAt26.
SCP-2798 - Written by Billith.
SCP-186 - Written by Kalinin. Rewritten by djkaktus.

Tales

📈 Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us - Written by DrGrimoire.
Is This Land Still Made For You And Me? - Written by Uncle Nicolini.
📈 FIRSTBORN SOUL - Written by poltatherian.
📈 Grief in Greyscale - Written by HiddenWeta.
Feminine Wails - Written by Yossipossi.

GoI Formats

Miskatonic Marathon - Written by DrGrimoire.

Art

Ignota's SCP-9000 Stickers: radian628, Intercedent, and ubergoober's Entry - Created by IronShears.
📈 Ignota's SCP-9000 Stickers: PlaguePJP's Entry - Created by IronShears.
📈 Stacking The Poster - Created by Fermentating.
zoempaws' 9kcon posters! - Created by zoempaws.
Misc. MTF Designs pt. 4 - Created by nihonio.
Ignota's SCP-9000 Stickers: Dino—Draws, TroutMaskReplica, and Rosyfox2002's Entry - Created by IronShears.
📈 AWCY? girl meets Serpent's Hand girl - Created by parboil.
elonmusk.mpreg - Created by radian628.
📈 SCP-8676 FANART (Knox) - Created by GitsAndShiggles.
📈 battlecruiser21's 9kcon artwork - Created by battlecruiser12.
📈 A Vacuum Abhors Nature poster - Created by DappledDaspletosaur.

Miscellaneous and Untagged Pages

📈 Poltatherian's Pelagic Pantry - It's poltatherian's Author Page!

Week of October 7th

SCP Articles

📈 SCP-7911 - Written by CRAt26.
📈 SCP-8721 - Written by OminousEgg.
SCP-2529 - Written by GreenWolf.
📈 SCP-7429 - Written by demolitionderpy.
📈 SCP-7692 - Written by DappledDaspletosaur.

Tales

📈 A Glimpse of Imperfection - Written by penumbralchoir.
📈 SODA SODOMY - Written by poltatherian.
📈 Rotten Bunker Blues - Written by Jaggerb8.
📈 Site-500 - Written by DirEthan.
📈 Ashes, Ashes - Written by Sushimi.
Your Ashes Under My Skin - Written by Anorrack.
📈 The Second Spark - Written by TopDownUnder.
📈 There Were Corpses In My Bedroom - Written by Xypheruins.
Final Lecture - Written by badooga.
📈 Deadly Demotion - Written by Jaggerb8.
Research And Development - Written by DoctorLilithSophia.
📈🤝 Messages Intercepted by Listening Station SM/PL-SV/91-2-B - Written by Jasiu06, Ralliston, and Zygard.
Du's On First? - Written by OliverMemphis.
📈 City of Spies - Written by squareTheme.
📈 The Dagon and The Dragon - Written by squareTheme.
📈 Site-163 Dossier - Written by squareTheme.
📈 GOC INTELLOG-Δ-5589 - Written by squareTheme.

GoI Formats

📈 Untitled metamorphic piece, Circa 2525 - Written by poltatherian.
'DELENDASES®' (F3B3R/X44NM/PLL77) - Written by Heck_Tech.

Art

📈 Ignota's SCP-9000 Stickers: Queerious's Entry - Created by IronShears.
Manifesto Of An Anomalous Terrorist. — Poster + Bonus Art! - Created by Parenthesis.
Happy first anniversary, Lillian >:) - Created by KatyaStrangelove.
📈 Ignota's SCP-9000 Stickers: Its A Bad Idea's Entry - Created by IronShears.
Heck's 9kcon Poster Gallery - Created by Heck_Tech.
📈 That's me? - Created by FiendsReach.
📈 SCP-7601 fanart - Created by DappledDaspletosaur.
📈 Well, that got shark quickly. - Created by DappledDaspletosaur.
📈 Ignota's SCP-9000 Stickers: Raddagher's Entry - Created by IronShears.
Miss Lovecraft's "Egg Structure" Poster - "A Siren" - Created by Miss Lovecraft.
Dio's 9K CONTEST fanart doodles! - Created by Diogene_s.
📈 Ignota's SCP-9000 Stickers: Harmacy's Entry - Created by IronShears.

Miscellaneous and Untagged Pages

📈 Crat26's Author Page - It's CRAt26's Author Page!
Anomalous Weapons Development Dossier - Written by TopDownUnder.
ANIMAL HOSPITAL HUB - Written by Animal Hospital.
pen's Totally Tubular Author Page!! - It's penumbralchoir's Author Page!
📈 Beneath Control Hub - Written by squareTheme.
THE BOOK OF ESTHER - It's esther619's Author Page!

Week of October 14th

SCP Articles

📈 SCP-9001-J - Written by Lucas667.
📈 Scp-8880+7-J - Written by Blade1x.
📈 SCP-1984 - Written by Jack Ike.
📈 SCP-8334 - Written by ProblemPal.
📈 SCP-8396 - Written by MrOnionBread.
📈 SCP-9832 - Written by Mister_Toasty.
SCP-9113 - Written by local lesbian commie.
SCP-9898 - Written by BlazingPie.
SCP-9049 - Written by Some Reference.
SCP-9095 - Written by KatyaStrangelove.
📈🤝 Item/9988 - Written by Ampyrsand and Some Reference.
📈🤝 SCP-9105 - Written by esther619 and TroutMaskReplica.
SCP-9371-ARC - Written by TroutMaskReplica.
SCP-1498 - Written by Anonymous. Rewritten by MontagueETC.
🤝 SCP-9404 - Written by Dino--Draws and Rosyfox2002.
📈 SCP-9399 - Written by P4TR1CK07.

Tales

📈 Listening In - Written by Jaggerb8.
📈 Semiannual Site-96 Safety Seminar - Written by AnotherSunnyDay.
📈 All is left in the shivering kingdom - Written by MDEV0.
To Be A Forensic Accountant - Written by xexnoncores.
📈 Ashes To Rashes - Written by nessiie.
An Elegy For the End - Written by AstersQuill.
We are going to Heaven and Vandyke is (not) of the company - Written by Heck_Tech.
📈 Drowning Lessons - Written by DrGrimoire.
🤝 One's Own - Written by HarryBlank and Placeholder McD.
🤝 Red Shift - Written by HarryBlank and Placeholder McD.
📈 BELOW - Written by humanoid_human.
Structures, Constructs, Patterns - Written by AxolotlQuestions.
📈 Stand-Up Academia - Written by mapleshrub.
📈 Rise and Shine - Written by GlassAutomaton.
🤝 Parasite - Written by HarryBlank and Placeholder McD.
Alex Thorley Goes Offline For Shabbat - Written by xexnoncores.
Alex Thorley Draws A Self Portrait - Written by ratking666.

GoI Formats

N/A

Art

📈 166 & marginalia - Created by mapleshrub.
SCP-9000 Stickers: S D Locke, Croquembouche, and PandoraNuker's Entry - Created by IronShears.
📈 Design Sketch From A Recovered Notebook - Created by esther619.
JNC's Artpage - Created by JNColossus.
KatyaStrangelove's Art Page! - Created by KatyaStrangelove.
Miss Lovecraft's "DAYDREAM" Poster - Created by Miss Lovecraft.
SCP-9000 Contest Art Collection - Created by xexnoncores.
9kcon Boss Fight - Created by Dr Talcite.
"SUZERAIN" Fanart - Created by Parenthesis.

Miscellaneous and Untagged Pages

📈 demolitionderpy's directory - It's demolitionderpy's Author Page!
Run the River Red Hub - Written by Dino--Draws.
Animal Hospital's Author Page - It's Animal Hospital's Author Page!
SCP Series 10 - Written by EstrellaYoshte.
📈 The Phantom Queen - Written by DrGrimoire.

Week of October 21st

SCP Articles

SCP-5364 - Written by choccoMan.
SCP-9911 - Written by Aftokrator.
📈 SCP-9797 - Written by solasoliloquy.
📈 SCP-8615 - Written by JackEater351.
📈 SCP-8697 - Written by TheCommunity.
📈 SCP-9779-J - Written by Blade1x.
📈 SCP-9909 - Written by Ethagon.
📈 SCP-9605 - Written by Nickthebrick1.
SCP-8984 - Written by psul.
🤝 SCP-9071 - Written by Cathy Autumn and FLOORBOARDS.
📈 SCP-9153 - Written by badooga.
🤝 SCP-9770 - Written by local lesbian commie, tyrastafr, and xexnoncores.
📈 Specific Collated Placement #9945 - Written by zoempaws.
📈🤝 SCP-9256 - Written by DFAstillo91 and Wynths.
SCP-9045 - Written by KatyaStrangelove.
SCP-9660 - Written by A Random Day.
📈 SCP-4072 - Written by DrApricus.
📈🤝 SCP-9595-J - Written by Aftokrator and Uncle Nicolini.
📈 SCP-9323 - Written by Fungus Man.
📈 SCP-9039 - Written by realsquirrel.
SCP-9490 - Written by Queerious.
📈 SCP-8556 - Written by TallShrimp.
📈 SCP-9750 - Written by UniqueName.
SCP-9220 - Written by Deadcanons.
📈 SCP-9098 - Written by SleepyProto.
📈 SCP-8687 - Written by Letova.
📈 SCP-DAD-J - Written by Fermentating.
SCP-9880 - Written by Felixou.
📈🤝 SCP-9299 - Written by polydeer and wackdog.
📈 SCP-9126 - Written by ecdysister.

Tales

"Portrait of Cynocephalus under Desert Sun" - Written by Animal Hospital.
📈 Canticle of the Moon - Written by BanishedDemoness.
📈 A Day In Phil's Life - Written by AlienSpaceBat.
📈 An Incomplete Interview - Written by KatyaStrangelove.
📈 Another XK Another Dollar - Written by UlyssesBark.
📈 Letter From The Ragnarok - Part 3 - Written by Dr Kostring.
🤝 OVERLUDE - Written by HarryBlank and Placeholder McD.
📈 Whispers Behind Me - Written by dr_arthur_1.
📈 Dusty Pearl - Written by vilsolad.
📈 There’s A God In My Kitchen Helping Me Cook Empanadas - Written by xexnoncores.
The Foundation Is Not Transphobic - Written by Dr Asteria.
📈🌐 Paul Tree - Prologue - Written by fluxman. Translated by fluxman.
📈🌐 Paul Tree - Part 1 - Written by fluxman. Translated by fluxman.
📈🌐 Paul Tree - Part 2 - Written by fluxman. Translated by fluxman.
📈🌐 Paul Tree - Part 3 - Written by fluxman. Translated by fluxman.
📈🌐 Paul Tree - Part 4 - Written by fluxman. Translated by fluxman.
📈🌐 Paul Tree - Part 5 - Written by fluxman. Translated by fluxman.
📈🌐 Paul Tree - Part 6 - Written by fluxman. Translated by fluxman.
🤝 Red Letter Days - Written by HarryBlank and Placeholder McD.
📈 The Raven and the Hummingbird - Written by Din-Bidor.
📈 Transmutation - Written by P-H Vixter.
📈 Grave Diggers - Written by ReflishaArnoldi.
📈 Terminal - Written by AlienSpaceBat.
📈 Dinner and a Show - Written by mxsinister.
🤝 Better Dead - Written by HarryBlank and Placeholder McD.
🤝 BONFIRE § TANGO - Written by HarryBlank and Placeholder McD.