Post #2120668

2026-05-06 18:00 UTC

ok so this has to exist but it's basically impossible to search for; does anyone know of a fictional work that's written in the form of a spreadsheet? all the hits for "fictional spreadsheet" are about using a spreadsheet to plan your novel but what about putting your story in a spreadsheet and the spreadsheet is the story?

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@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org 2026-05-06 18:47

ok but what about this: surely someone has written a novella or short story in the form of git commit history this has to exist by now, come on

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@sstephenson@indieweb.social 2026-05-06 18:06

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org does the text from the “Dilemma” music video count?

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@SarraceniaWilds@sunny.garden 2026-05-06 18:07

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org the line between extreme ergodic lit and videogame becomes blurred. if this exists i want to experience it.

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@mdhughes@appdot.net 2026-05-06 18:12

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org No, but it's an Excel-lent idea.

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@hsza@social.tudbut.de 2026-05-06 19:01

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org is the start of https://www.sbnation.com/a/17776-football anything close enough

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@zwol@masto.hackers.town 2026-05-06 19:13

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org only thing that comes to mind is https://archiveofourown.org/works/8613352 by @kitty@unpretty.space

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@epicdemiologist@wandering.shop 2026-05-06 20:34

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org Does a poem count? https://copperbadge.tumblr.com/post/619211579012071424/i-thought-today-about-a-villanelle-i-had-an

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@bouncinglime@spanner.works 2026-05-06 21:42

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org spreadsheet as an important feature part 1 https://archiveofourown.org/works/39447651/chapters/100728999 part 2 https://archiveofourown.org/works/39447651/chapters/100421553 story laid out as spreadsheet : https://archiveofourown.org/works/55549234 (some may require login to read)

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@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space 2026-05-06 22:09

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org oh huhhhhhhh that seems like a thing we'd know about, but we don't

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@Satsuma@glitch.cat.family 2026-05-06 22:35

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org if you’ll accept fanfictions: Nominal by Unpretty is a classic https://archiveofourown.org/works/8613352/chapters/19749409

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@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social 2026-05-07 02:34

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org how about one told purely in slack messages? https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671445/several-people-are-typing-a-gma-book-club-pick-by-calvin-kasulke/

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@thzinc@hachyderm.io 2026-05-06 18:16

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org 100% would read

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@uep@timeloop.cafe 2026-05-07 23:44

@technomancy@hey.hagelb.org every corporate finance department ever: looks around awkwardly

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