Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down

Fallen London is a browser-based text RPG set in a sunken Victorian city, offering a sprawling, choice-driven narrative world updated regularly over 15 years. The game’s main quests unfold slowly, often spanning months or years, while shorter Exceptional Stories provide episodic, subscriber-exclusive adventures. These bite-sized quests are outsourced to freelance writers, ensuring diverse voices and unpredictable storytelling that stands apart from the main narrative.

Exceptional Stories feature contributions from writers known for work on titles like Baldur’s Gate 3, Dishonored, Destiny, and Stellaris. For example, Baudelaire Welch’s *The Goblin Poet* follows a cult of artists who pursue a monstrous queen, blending horror and misogynistic rage in a visceral setting. Giada Zavarise’s *Tired of London* sends players on a steamer voyage to the Tomb-Colonies, culminating in a dramatic shipwreck.

Other contributors include Hazel Monforton, who introduces a three-headed rodent romance in *The Prince of All Rats*, and Heather Flowers, known for probabilistic storytelling in *Unfair Flips*. Jim Rossignol, a veteran game journalist, has contributed tales like *The Poetry of God*, a Cold War thriller centered on a disabled academic handling dangerous sigils. These stories reflect the writers’ personal styles while fitting within Fallen London’s unique universe.

The platform serves as a creative outlet for both AAA and indie writers, allowing them to explore ideas that might not fit into larger commercial projects. By hosting these standalone narratives, Fallen London fosters a community of writers who can experiment with tone, theme, and structure without the constraints of a bigger production. The result is a living anthology of interactive fiction, continually refreshed with fresh perspectives.