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The best Interactive Fiction newsletters

3 newsletters, ranked by editorial quality and how recently they published. Looking for something more specific? Search instead.

darkertimes.com· daily· Published yesterday

Darker Times publishes horror fiction, interactive short stories and sharp film criticism aimed at readers who want horror with literary and critical depth. Recent issues include a darkly comic short story, a Halloween choose-your-own-path tale and an essay dismantling Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Carrie.

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sharpee.plover.net· irregular· Published yesterday

A developer's blog about Sharpee, a TypeScript interactive fiction platform, and Chord, its self-contained authoring language. Posts cover language features like expanses, the Phrase Algebra template system, and the testing and IDE tooling, with a mix of design rationale and release updates.

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blog.arcweave.com· irregular· Published 8 days ago

Arcweave Blog publishes posts for game designers and writers on building interactive narratives, including comparisons of design documents versus structured project tools, and tutorials for importing Arcweave projects into Unity, Godot and Unreal. Readers get practical workflow ideas and step-by-step integration guidance, though the posts are written from a product-promotional standpoint.

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