GutterLore: Branching Stories

Choose a story. Make a questionable decision. See where it takes you. GutterLore is interactive fiction for readers who like eerie mysteries, surreal adventures and dark comedy—and a no-code writing studio for anyone with a branching story to tell.

READ, CHOOSE AND REPLAY
- Start with a short story for your break or settle into a longer branching adventure.
- Follow Dead Frequency, an original episodic horror serial, in the Serial Station.
- Make choices that lead to different passages and endings.
- Revisit a story to discover another route, then share the exact choices you made.
- Explore urban weird, horror, sci-fi, fantasy and dark comedy with content notes to guide your reading.

WRITE SOMETHING WEIRD
- Build interactive stories in a no-code writing studio.
- Add scenes, connect choices and create multiple endings.
- Preview your story with a visual branching map before publishing.
- Choose from original illustrated covers or start from editable outline kits.
- Save private drafts, then submit for manual publisher review before publication.

FIND YOUR NEXT STORY
- Browse interactive fiction by genre and search the public archive.
- Save favorites, react to stories and resume reading where you left off.
- Share a link to the exact choices you made.
- Get a little creative chaos from the free Spark Machine.

YOUR STORIES. YOUR CHOICES.
Authors keep the rights they hold in their original writing, subject to GutterLore's Terms. Readers can report content or authors and block writers from their personalized feed. Content warnings and community guidelines help everyone decide what to read.

Member manuscripts are not instantly public: the publisher reviews each new submission and revised public story before approval. Writers can view submissions privately and receive editor feedback when revisions are required.

GutterLore is published by Syndicate Hub LLC. Learn more at gutterlore.app.