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Eldritch Errors: The Providence Prophecies

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And your fellow EE whores thank you for that.

**Posted:** Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:41 pm

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Noyb · Veteran Joined: 19 Jan 2007 Posts: 71

Looking good so far! I liked the craigslist interludes to set the tone. Were the IRC bits from actual logs?

One nitpick: it might be easier to read with some more formatting, especially around the IRC logs. There doesn't seem to be any punctuation separating the names from the speech in the IRC bits, and maybe the IRC actions (join/leave) could be put apart in some way (maybe italics or brackets), which should probably solve the problem of differentiating the IRC parts from the prose. And the craigslist url's came out oddly deformed, stopping after the first period. I'm not sure how much of that is because of oddities the site may have introduced, though.

**Posted:** Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:24 am

RavenWolf · Boot Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 61

I'm loving reading this as it gives me insight into what the heck was going on when I first discovered ARG to begin with when I was bumbling around like an idiot after reading an article that mentioned unfiction... and you guys had just received all these fun packages! Very Happy

I still remember my first call to BA, wondering what on earth was going on and what on earth possessed me to call her in the first place... lol... I look forward to your continuing story my friend and to see if I get to have any fun roll in it! Cool

Keep up the good work!

**Posted:** Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:32 am

DavFlamerock

I'm back, and I've written out chapters 2 and 3. I just need to type them up. I checked the link to see what you guys are talking about and I noticed that Fictionpress did something wierd with the formatting. For one if you see the actual text it has the "<"NAME">" just like the actual IRC names, but FP deleted them for some inexplicable reason. They also did something wierd with the underlining. I'll see if I can fix it. And no, those aren't actual logs, I just made that kind of stuff up. Most of it is made up but highly based on real posts (either here or on SO).

Watch out for the next couple days when I post Chapter 2: Mail Daemons, and Chapter 3: Fire in the City.

**Posted:** Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:01 am

RavenWolf · Boot Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 61

The next couple of days eh? I'm dying to read these guys since I'm so hopelessly obsessed with this game even if it is on hold atm! Smile

Keep them coming Dav!

**Posted:** Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:45 am

DavFlamerock

Chapter 2 UP!

**Posted:** Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:58 pm

DavFlamerock

Work continues and within the next few days you may see several chapters go up. Meanwhile, I was inspired last night and so I typed up an outline of Books 2 and 3. Tell me what you think.

Book 1: The Providence Prophecies
1. Sentry Outpost
2. Mail Daemons
3. Fire in the City
4. Angel's Finger
5. This is Not a Dream
6. Chorazos
7. currentlyuntitled
8. Lucky5
9. Cats
10. By the Red Gaze of Mars and Aldeberon�
11. Blood Moon
12. Miskatonic Massacre

Book 2: A Scream in the Mountains
1. Wait Until Emmet Comes
2. Swan Migrations
3. Gaia
4. Devon Conrad
5. Dreamer Debates
6. WV Solitude
7. The Wall of Dreams
8. Forsythe, Foresight, and the NRQZ
9. Uncertainty
10. The Feast Before the Scream
11. Emmet
12. Betrayal
13. The Scream
14. For Providence

Book 3: Red Moon Rising

1. Dreams
2. Prudence
3. Trust Exchange
4. Infiltrating Chorazos
5. Multi Level Mayhem
6. The Safe Get System
7. Red Moon Falling
8. Future Horrors

Appendix A: Alternate Ending
7. Sculptor's Ritual
8. Crashing the Party
9. Providence

In case you didn't catch it, the Appendix has what I believe was the idea (although GMD's version would probably be way different), while the actual ending is what actually happened (although chapter 8 will be completely fictional). If you have comments on my general outline, lemme know. In the meantime, I will continue trying to type this whenever I can.

**Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2008 4:05 pm

DavFlamerock

Yay Triple Post!

Chapter Three is up. Chapter 4 is in the works.

**Posted:** Sat Apr 19, 2008 1:40 am

DavFlamerock

Chapter 4: Angel's Finger is now up!

And Chapter 6 draft is done... goddam it's long >.<

**Posted:** Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:24 pm

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**Posted:** Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:06 pm

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RavenWolf · Boot Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 61

sweetness... It's fun reliving the experience from the perspective of these stories since I can't get any new ones to enjoy! Very Happy

I was such a lurker during these early moments since I didn't have a lot of experience in the ARG landscape and was unsure what to do... until I finally got the guts to give BA a call and start submitting my dreams... then the game got interesting Surprised

Keep writing these awesome stories... great way to keep us all happy!

**Posted:** Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:30 pm

DavFlamerock

Chapter 5: This is Not a Dream

**Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 9:14 pm

DavFlamerock

Anyone following me on Twitter last night will already know this, but...

WOOOO THE PROVIDENCE PROPHECIES IS DONE!!!!!!!

Well, at least the draft is, but it's hit 146 pages and all I need to do is go back and edit it. The last chapter, Miskatonic Massacre, may be slightly controvertial, but I used all clues from SO to come up with what I'm pretty certain is supposed to be what happened. Watch out for the next couple days as I edit the last half of the book and put it all online.

**Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:53 pm

WolfHawk

Awesome job Dav! Thank you!!

**Posted:** Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:37 pm

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