Subreality Cafe

The Subreality Café was a shared universe where characters--original and canon--took time off and interacted with one another, and their authors. A Subreality Café message board was hosted by CFAN, where many comic fic writers were "regulars." The universe was originally created by Kielle, but spread widely, with 198 authors archived at Subreality Central.The story that kicked it all off - "Subreality Hopscotch" - was posted by Kielle on ACFF on December 5, 1996. It was shortly followed by a sequel by Bones (mentioned above), called "Subreality Strip Poker" on January 7, 1997. The concept was simple - between the real world and the imagined world there exists a borderland where anything can happen. And in this borderland, there is the Subreality Cafe, a meeting place where the Real and the Imagined can meet up and have a couple of drinks.The Subreality FAQ
From this initial set up, the concept caught on among comics ficwriters and spawned a expanding number of stories with their own identifier, [SC], on ACFF and OTL. A specific mailing list was also created by Farli for the posting of stories. And as the stories increased, so did the "geography" of Subreality, until it was a world of its own.
The first Subreality archive was set up by Image in July 11, 1997, and was taken over by KIelle and later, Farli on Kielle's server as Subreality Central. The concept outlived ACFF, OTL and the Subreality Cafe Livejournal Subreality @Livejournal, and while its centralised presence has gone, new stories have appeared on both FanFiction.Net"Subreality" search on FF.Net and AO3"Subreality" search on AO3.
==Notable Works==
* The Times That Try Men's Hearts by Darqstar
* It's Not The Fall That Kills You...(It's The Beer And Bunny-Slippers) by Abyss
* Men of Skill by Andraste
* Alternate Universes by Yasmin M.
* Alcheringa by Kielle
* Walkabout by Dex
* Subreality Awards 2000 - the one (and only) fanfiction awards given for SC stories. Organised by Paradoqz, metafic written by Paradoqz, Epona Harper, Kielle, queenB, Rossi and Yasmin M. Advertised by Farli.
===Recommended Reading===
[Note: These selections were made by Kielle when she was the archivist at Subreality Central]
====Please Explain Subreality To Me!====
*The Stuff Of Dreams + The Realm Of Possibilities by Rossi
*Walking In The Rain by D^Knight
*Enlightenment And Lemonade by Cynjen
*From A Writer's Journal by The Hush
====Huh? No, What Really Happened?====
*Subreality Chronicles by anonymous
*Ancient History by Bayeux (general fanfic background)
====What Were The First SC Stories?====
*Subreality Hopscotch by Kielle
*Subreality Strip Poker by Bones
*Somebody Fire My Agent by Kielle
*Raindrops Keep Falling In My Beer by Falstaff
*To Hell With The Fake ID by Tapestry
====Why Do We Do This?====
*How Do I Explain This? by D^Knight
*Two Worlds by Fancycatz
*Beyond Subreality Challenge - Essays, tangents, & tales about the people behind the stories.
====The Fine Art Of Tormenting Newbies====
*A Thousand Eyes Hath Happiness, Love, And Cheesecake by Jacund
*Paradoqz Does Subreality by Paradoqz
====The Horrors Of Writer's Block====
*It's Going To Be One Of Those Nights, Isn't It? by Seraph
*Static-Pulse Vs. Wright R. Blach by Static-Pulse
====Behind The SCRR Scenes====
*Writing The Round Robin by Fancycatz et al.
==== On The Care And Feeding Of One's Muse====
*The Muse's Menace by Dande
*So, Where To From Here? (Frank's Story) by Rossi
*The Unwanted Muse by Chandri MacLeod
====What's All This About Mary Sue...?====
*Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Fan by The Neon Nurse
*A Convocation by Hutch
==Archives==
===Main Archive===
* Subreality Central
===Other Archives===
* Lori's X-Men Archive
* FicWorld
* Shifting Sands
* Fonts of Wisdom
* Alternate Timelines (X-Force Archive)
* McDragon's Lair
* The Itty Bitty Archives
==Other Sites of Note==
* Subreality Times - archived copies of the "newspaper" written by Paradoqz
==References==
Category:Fanworks
Category:Collaboration
Category:Shared Universes
Category:1997 Fanworks
Category:2000s Fanworks