Narrative

The fiction layer of the KN-86 universe — synopses, short stories, and the changelogs that track their revisions. Distinct from the engineering specs in device/ and software/, and distinct from the marketing strategy in marketing/.

Editorial governance. This subtree is governed by CLAUDE.md, not the docs accuracy audit. The audit explicitly excludes marketing/narrative/ from its DEFINITIVE / WORKING / ARCHIVED state machine — see audit playbook §2.

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Contents

Synopses (synopses/)

Plot synopses for each story in the universe.

• Amber-and-Dust
• The Amber Circuit
• The Inheritance
• The Lisp Machine
• The Operator’s Manual
• Variance Analysis
• Anthology overview

Stories (stories/)

Current drafts of the long-form pieces (v3).

• The Amber Circuit (v3)
• The Lisp Machine (v3)
• The Operator’s Manual (v3)
• Variance Analysis (v3)

Changelogs (changelogs/)

Per-story revision logs (draft 1 → final).

Build artifacts (build/)

Compiled outputs — currently The Amber Circuit (.epub, .kpf, cover art).

Skills (skills/)

Authoring helpers — short-story-writing/SKILL.md is loaded when drafting new pieces.

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Related

• Operator manuals — in-fiction player-facing manuals (e.g., the ICE BREAKER manual). Same diegetic universe.
• Marketing — non-fiction marketing strategy + dispatches that surface the universe to the audience.
• Future Concepts — catalog-wide parking lot for KN-xx Deckline product ideas (some of which inform narrative).