This site is fiction.

Think of this page as a disclaimer of sorts, though probably an unnecessary one! Avery isn’t a real person, and since you’re on this page, you’ve probably already guessed that!

Absolutely none of the events described on this site ever happened. This is a work of serial fiction. I decided to share it in the form of a neocities website because of Avery’s existential dread, online nature, and nostalgic interests. It’s a story told in-character with Avery as narrator, and you can expect him post all about it as bizarre events unfold in his life.

This story:

• Happens a bit in the past, starting with spring of 2022. The date listed in the left sidebar (and on each of Avery’s posted pages) will handily inform you of Avery’s timescale. Also check out the updates page.
• Takes place in a nonexistent small town called Wilkerson, somewhere in the midwestern United States.
• Features references to some trends, events and tendencies that don’t quite match with IRL and might feel a bit uncanny. Why? It might be addressed later. Suffice to say, Avery’s reality and ours aren’t necessarily a match.

In other words? This site is unfiction. In case you’ve never heard that term, it’s a word for storytelling formats designed to (just slightly) blur the line between fiction and reality. It describes scenarios where fiction is given as much of a veneer of reality as possible. Unfiction includes alternate reality games, and while Redoubtful has some in common with them, is slightly more linear.

Typical unfiction usually involves a bit more interactivity than poor Avery’s adventures, but this site still fits within the genre. The story, while clearly fictional, is presented as if it were actually happening. This genre, while small, has grown in popularity on neocities in particular.

Either way, this means that, aside from this section, the rest of the site belongs to Avery, not me. I’m just the author. I’m Claire. I’ll write almost everything (aside from brief notes) in character as him. This site is meant to appear as though it were made by Avery himself (with Dwayne’s unwitting help).

I’m using neocities and the small web as a medium for telling a fictional story about a millennial mage who just can’t seem to get it together. In public areas of the site, such as the cbox, you can even leave a note for the main character, Avery. He could probably use some emotional or intellectual support during his strange journeys.

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