Given than BBSes were an unlimited potential of cross-country publishing, it's no wonder that hundreds of would-be authors took it upon themselves to fill file directories with fiction, prose, and poetry. In the first few years, you normally had stories that were being told with a specific purpose, such as to bring awareness to an important issue of self-expression or computers. But as time went on, and there was more space available, you could see all sorts of literary work make itself known. There were even a few BBSes dedicated to nothing but fiction and writing.
Also buried here are transcriptions of old fables or stories, dating back who knows how many decades.
Direct transcriptions of classic novels and stories are generally located in the Electronic Text section.
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100west.txt | 20839 | Going 100 West by 53 North by Jim Prentice (1990)
| 13chil.txt | 8457 | The Story of the Sly Fox
| 14.lws | 5261 | A Smart Bomb with a Language Parser
| 16.lws | 15294 | Two Guys in a Garage, by M. Pshota
| 17.lws | 10853 | The Early Days of a High-Tech Start-up are Magic (November 18, 1991) by M. Peshota
| 18.lws | 26624 | The Couch, the File Cabinet, and the Calendar, by M. Peshota (December 9, 1991)
| 19.lws | 17902 | Engineering the Future of American Technology by M. Peshota (January 5, 1992)
| 20.lws | 13588 | What Research and Development Was Always Meant to Be, by M. Peshota
| 3gables.txt | 33985 | The Adventure of the Three Gables
| 3lpigs.txt | 5403 | The Story of the 3 Little Pigs
| 3sonnets.vrs | 2433 | A Collection of Sonnets by Staeorra Rokraven (March 9, 1989)
| 3student.txt | 36368 | The Adventure of the Three Students
| 3wishes.txt | 4351 | The Story of the Three Wishes
| 4moons.txt | 15702 | Fiction: The 4 Moons of Death
| 5orange.txt | 40995 | The Story of the Five Orange Pips
| 6ablemen.txt | 6948 | The Story of the Six Able Men
| 6napolen.txt | 46478 | The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
| 7oldsamr.txt | 2753 | The Seven Old Samurai
| 7voysinb.txt | 40792 | The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
| ab40thv.txt | 11850 | The Story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
| abbey.txt | 50426 | The Adventure of the Abbey Grange (RP Story)
| abyss.txt | 6558 | How life goes on at the edge of Abyss
| adler.txt | 12778 | The Chronicles of Astrus II: Father Adler by Ben Blumenberg
| adv_alad.txt | 9908 | The Adventures of Aladdin
| advsayed.txt | 10019 | Sayed's Adventures
| advtthum.txt | 4373 | The Adventures of Tom Thumb
| aesop11.txt | 229320 | Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend
| aesopa10.txt | 66376 | Aesop's Fables (84 of Them) from The PaperLess Readers Club
| aircon.txt | 2517 | The Air Conditioning Story
| aisle.six | 4736 | Aisle Six, by Morpheous of LOM
| aislesix.txt | 4815 | Aisle Six, by Morpheous, an LOM Release
| alad10.txt | 29051 | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
| alissadl.txt | 2169 | The Fable of Ali and the Sultan's Saddle
| altside.hum | 29231 | Alternate Side of the Street; Screenplay by Jeff Massie
| aluminum.hum | 11596 | An Aluminum Can A Day, by Carl Mitchell
| aminegg.txt | 1987 | The Fable of Amin and the Eggs
| angelfur.hum | 13376 | Angel's Fur, by Piper Sickles
| angry_ca.txt | 6648 | Cliff-Hanger, a Poem
| antcrick.txt | 2035 | The Fable of the Ant and the Cricket
| aquith.txt | 50520 | My Lord Aquith: Novella by Yves Barbero
| arcadia.sty | 64484 | Arcadia, a Story
| archive | 163840 | A Collection of Various Good Stories
| arctic.txt | 30964 | The Arctic Circle and Beyond, by Jim Prentice (1990)
| asop | 2037 | Updating Aesop, or The Old Lady and the Crypt or Blood
| assorted.txt | 12535 | FICTION: Yahoo! The Ohio VOW has The Bomb by Gregory S. Swann (1986)
| bagel.man | 5888 | Bagel Man, by Aldebaran of 11th Hour Productions
| bagelman.txt | 5892 | Bagel-Man, by Aldebaran of 11th Hour Productions
| batlslau.txt | 101404 | Collection of Additional Rules for Battletech, by Matt Murphy
| beast.asc | 52273 | A Collection of Fiction about The Beast
| beautbst.txt | 7543 | The Story of Beauty and the Beast
| beggars.txt | 118389 | The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay, 1728
| bern | 2615 | The Adventures of Bert and Bernece, by Francis U. Kaltenbaugh
| berternie.txt | 3967 | How Ernie and Bert Came to Be, by 11th Hour Productions
| bestwish | 2867 | FICTION: My Best Wish
| beyond.hum | 9789 | Before the Beyond, by Dallas Vordahl
| bgb.txt | 3578 | Beaver Gone Bad! A mini-manuscript by Pete Stocton and Baron Von Crash
| bgcspoof.txt | 20361 | Mega-Yonkers 2038 : The Story of Knight Foils: Bubble Gum Cards, by Ryan Mathews, January 1992
| bigred.hum | 10356 | Big Red Riding Cape
| bishop00.txt | 83681 | Pyramid Scheme, by Douglas M. Warren, 1993
| blabnove.hum | 43263 | The Super Blab Novel, from Datanet
| blabnove.txt | 43182 | Super Blabnovel-A continuing saga on DATANET
| blackp.txt | 45211 | The Adventure of Black Peter
| blackrdr | 4148 | A Few Words About The Black Rider (German Literature)
| blak | 9951 | Lunch in the Park, by Francis U. Kaltenbaugh
| blasters.fic | 1882 | Blasters to the Ready! By William E. Collins
| blh.txt | 18604 | The Birdlover's Holiday, by Andrew P. Varga
| blind.txt | 7108 | Blind Sight, by Lyn Nichols, August 1993
| blossom.pom | 1287 | Little Quaint list of Funny Names to Tell a story.
| blue | 21423 | Soldier Blue, by Rick Arnold
| bluebrd.txt | 7026 | Bluebeard
| bookem.1 | 8735 | Boom 'Em Issue #1 (1995)
| bookem2 | 10620 | Book 'Em Issue #2 (1995)
| bookem3 | 15585 | Book 'Em Issue #3 (1995)
| brain.damage | 13472 | Brain Damage, by Howard I Cannon, 1979
| bram | 3835 | Brambles, by Gordon Chapman
| bran | 6914 | Branded, by John R. Hillman, Jr.
| breaks1.asc | 151858 | Breaks: The Adventures of Richard Nixon in the 21st Century, by Philip H. Farber (1992-1993)
| breaks2.asc | 143725 | Breaks: The Adventures of Richard Nixon in the 21st Century, by Philip H. Farber (1992-1993)
| breaks3.asc | 106680 | Breaks: The Adventures of Richard Nixon in the 21st Century, by Philip H. Farber (1992-1993)
| bruce-p.txt | 61792 | The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
| buggy.txt | 4376 | Buggy, by Andrew P. Varga (1991)
| buldetal.txt | 5395 | Details, a story by The Martyr
| buldream.txt | 12089 | Dreamworld, by Zaphod Beeblebrox
| bulfelis.txt | |