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    You've seen it. A fic formatted like a classified document. A chapter that looks like a real social media feed. An interactive game, somehow, inside an AO3 work. You clicked the kudos button. You thought: how.

    This is the tutorial that answers that.

    A beginner-friendly guide to HTML and CSS on AO3 — no prior coding experience required. By the end of this series, you'll know enough to write formatted fics, build your own workskins, style your entire AO3 interface, and maybe make something that makes other people stop and think how.

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    04 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 14

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    There are no stars left. Maybe you should have let him sleep.

    Barney Calhoun character study set during the events of Half-Life 2, and the last days of his life as a Metrocop. A sort of follow-up to BLACK COFFEE.

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    19 Mar 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 3

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    There's too much mirth in this garage and not enough elbow grease.

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    15 Mar 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 7

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    In 1975, Big Boss fell into a slumber. Though the rest of the world went on just fine without the legendary soldier, Ocelot's life came to a complete standstill as he took up his new role as a full-time caretaker.

    And after too many sleepless nights at the hospital, Ocelot's sense of reality seemed to be slowly unraveling around the edges—lately he'd been having some very strange dreams.

    (A work in progress.)

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    28 Nov 2024

  5. Public Bookmark 15

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    James Sunderland doesn't remember why he'd driven his car into the lake. He can't explain why he was rescued, or what led to his decision, but he clings to the hope that someone will help him piece it together before hell freezes over.

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    Douglas Cartland swore he'd never set foot in that godforsaken town again. That vow gets tested when Toluca Lake begins freezing in the middle of summer, against all logic and reason, and resurrects the drowned man he'd given up for dead.

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    27 Oct 2024