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Young Spells

Tegan Webb, itch.io

I first encountered this piece when Webb read it at NYWF in 2017, and it blew me away. The way that it combines a certain kind of nostalgic lost-internet aesthetic with a kind of nostalgic choose-your-own-adventure/RPG story structure, with the nostalgia and semi-bittersweet memories of fraught, queer childhood friendships is revelatory.

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