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The Book of Masks Homepage

by Seuzz

Rated: 18+ · Book · Other · #2156493

A hub for the "Book of Masks" universe.

The Interactives
"The Book of Masks"

: A high school student discovers a grimoire that can make magical disguises.
"The Wandering Stars"

: Sequel to "The Book of Masks."
"Student Bodies"

: A high school student is turned into a blue goo that can possess people.

For non-WdC Members
"The Book of Masks: Archives"

: Dodges the "Servers Busy" barrier!
"The Book of Masks (Abridged)"

: Introductory storylines for new readers.

Community
"BoM/TWS Message Forum"

: Community for readers of the interactives.
"BoM/TWS/SB Wiki"

: Notes and documentation for authors. Spoilers!

Current Polls
None

The Latest
5/6: Interactive: "Blackwell Has a Visitor"

5/6: Public: "Blackwell Has a Visitor"

Show Recent Comments

10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

ThePrussian

Apr 5, 2024 at 4:17am
In response to "Switching Conspiracies"

I like the chapter name today lol. That a reference to what I think it is?

Easy

Jan 27, 2024 at 12:48pm
In response to "Get a Bedroom, Guys!"

Loving both arcs at the moment

Wordsmitty ✍️

Jan 16, 2024 at 2:39pm
In response to "Taking Longer Than I Thought ..."

That's all OK. Take your time in Hollywood. Spending more time at a cabin in the woods is enjoyable while we wait for the next blockbuster.

Seuzz

Jan 8, 2024 at 12:10pm
In response to "Happy New Year!"

"The Five" is much older than "The Stalker," from a time before he joined up with the artist he now uses.

Tal

Jan 8, 2024 at 9:15am
In response to "Happy New Year!"

As a long time Chronicstuss fan, I can’t say I remember “The Five.” The premise you describe though seems to be more along the lines of “The Stalker,” but regardless of the name I’m excited to see what you wrote!

Seuzz

Jan 7, 2024 at 2:52pm
In response to "Happy New Year!"

"The Five" in question is from a long time ago, one he deleted from his account, so I can't link to it. It's my favorite chronicstuss story.

I'm not even sure I want to say anything about it because, y'know, spoilers.** So the only hint I'll offer is that it involves five high school students vacationing on an island, unaware that there's something sinister going on around them.

** My adaptation expands on the original, both with some prefatory material and also deeper dives into the characters, but is very faithful to the original, even to verbatim dialogue. So, seriously, there would be spoilers if I described the original in any but the most hand-wavy detail.

I did tone down the ... method ... by which identities are assumed, because I didn't feel like diving into some pretty grotty details over which the original webcomic glosses.

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Nostrum

Jan 7, 2024 at 12:51pm
In response to "Happy New Year!"

The Five? Like, the story about five tattooed guys that wear skinsuits of hot women to try to kill Saddam or something, where the tattooed guys are basically The Rock and Vin Diesel?

(Why yes, I am familiar with chronicstuss, which is why it took me by surprise. Not that I know him, but I've seen his work - specifically Simple Simon, The Cult, The Shaman, The Skinwalker, Fast Teddy, etc.)

Nostrum

Nov 6, 2023 at 6:37pm
In response to "Stolen Life Results"

I was gonna go with Jenny but I let that slide.

It'll be interesting to see a Gordon x Cassie relationship, though.

ThePrussian

Aug 24, 2023 at 2:49pm
In response to "A Party Crasher"

Sorry to hear that man, hope things get better soon. Putting down a dog is always heartbreaking.

rugal b.

Jul 24, 2023 at 8:49pm
In response to "New Poll; Another Interactive; Catching Up"

I'll mention that since the chapters are mine, any GPs will wind up going to me but I'll be sure to pass them along to Seuzz. So if you're the type to donate in these polls they'll still be going to the right place, it'll just involve a middleman.

September 29, 2022 at 11:50am

#1038317

The Next Thing

Today brings the end of the branch I've been working on:

* Interactive: "The Next Phase"

* Public: "The Next Phase"

As you can see, it brings things to a turning point. The first set of doppelgangers are in place; now Will is considering who to partner with in order to expand his conspiracy. The choice, though, is not about who to partner with, but who Will should pretend to be when approaching the first partner. He doesn't want to reveal his own identity, and he deems that Kim Walsh would not be plausible as a puppet-master queen, so that means he'll have to pretend to be one of the other people he has duplicated.

There's a poll to go with it: "Invalid Item"

And though I won't promise that it's a binding poll, I am relatively indifferent between the choices—any of them, I think, would be fun to write—so I'm likely to let the readers be the tie-breakers. Because it will be weeks at least, and maybe months, before I return to this branch, I'm going to make it an open-ended poll, running until I return to writing this branch.

* * *

Meanwhile, what does tomorrow bring? An alternate sequel to "Cheerleaders and Charity"

.

It's early days, and Will is looking for someone to experiment his newly made mask on. In searching the school he has gotten caught up in helping Yumi Saito with a charity drive.

This is a choice that got picked in a poll. It got continued in "A Charity Drive to Drive You Mad"

, but I also promised to write a sequel to the alternative, and this is it. It actually starts with a chapter by rugal, "Assertiveness"

that I will be continuing with a new chapter tomorrow.

This is going to be a very short run, only four chapters. I just kind of ran out of interest in it.

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