Welcome to Bloody Catboy¶

Hi. Hello. You found this.

This is a writing experiment. A public one. A slightly unwise one. I am writing a book, and you get to watch it happen in real time—messy drafts, half-formed ideas, wrong turns, revisions, and all.

There is no buffer. There is no "finished manuscript" hiding behind the curtain. What you see here is the process.

What this site is¶

This site documents the creation of a work of fiction written as if it were documentation.

The core text consists of one-sided phone call transcripts from October of the early 2000s. The narrator believes they are transcribing real calls about a deleted anime called Bloody Catboy. There are no recordings. There were never any recordings. The transcription is the story.

Around that core text, you'll find:

• Chapter drafts — the raw writing, in progress, subject to change
• Worldbuilding — context, timelines, character notes, and framing
• Arcs — structure, themes, and narrative intent as it develops
• Meta notes — why something exists, what I'm trying, what's not working

Nothing here is final. Everything here is part of the experiment.

Spoiler warning (a real one)¶

This site contains spoilers. All of them. Early, late, sideways, structural spoilers.

You will see things out of order. You will learn where threads are going before you read the scenes that get them there. This is intentional. If you want a pristine, spoiler-free reading experience, this site is not that.

If you like watching a story being assembled in public, welcome—you are in exactly the right place.

How you can participate¶

Comments are enabled. You are invited—not obligated—to join in.

You can: - Ask questions - Point out where something breaks - Tell me what's working (this helps more than you think) - Tell me what isn't - Speculate wildly - Gently poke at the structure

You are not required to be an editor. You are not required to be "helpful." Thoughtful reactions are enough.

This is not a democracy, but it is a conversation.

Update schedule (or lack thereof)¶

I update when I update.

There is no schedule. There are no deadlines. There is no pressure to produce at a particular pace. This project exists specifically outside of that machinery.

Sometimes there will be bursts. Sometimes there will be silence. The work continues regardless.

Why do this at all?¶

Because stories disappear. Because obsession leaves traces. Because sometimes the only way to understand a thing is to document it while you're still inside it.

This is a story that narrates a story. A fiction written as evidence. A book being built out of the belief that something mattered and shouldn't be lost.

If that sounds like your kind of thing: welcome.

If not: also welcome. You're allowed to leave at any time.

Let's see what this becomes.