 Are you a fan of horror, sci-fi, urban fantasy, or creative writing in general? If you answered yes to any or all of these, I want to introduce you to the SCP Foundation. The SCP Foundation is an online creative writing community. As of 2017, there's a total membership of 38,000 with an active user base of about 11,000. The community writes a variety of stories under the guidance of an overarching theme. There are things in the world. Things that don't conform to what people will consider normal. The Foundation is a shadow organization that secures and contains these anomalies to keep them from the public eye and protect the average person's perception of reality. SCP – Secure, Contain, and Protect. There are the main list articles which describe an object that the Foundation is currently containing and how they are keeping it from escaping. These are written as professional research documents to fit the theme, although certain articles break with convention for a fact. There are also tales which are looser in format but still take place within the Foundation universe. From that jumping off point, people have written everything from short creepypastas to epic stories. You'll find many examples of the horror and survival genres, but you'll also see comedies and mind-bending meta-fiction sprinkled in as well. Like any art form, the type of material submitted goes through evolutions and waves and trends. What was popular 10 years ago isn't the same as what is popular today. All together, there are currently over 7,000 pages of material on the site. The site is made using a wiki format, meaning anyone can submit an application to join and then write your own story or vote on and edit other stories to help the community grow. Every work related to the SCP Foundation must be released via Creative Commons, which means that if you credit the original article, you are allowed to recreate and use the stories as you wish, even for monetary gain, as long as you also release your work as Creative Commons. This has led to a thriving community of YouTubers recording the works, one of which you are currently listening to. Several games made featuring SCP-created creatures, SCP Containment Breach being the most popular of those, and several other types of fan works. Uh, sidebar. There are very few exceptions to this must-be Creative Commons rule. The image of SCP-173 is the greatest example. Please do your research before reusing something you shouldn't. At the end of the day, even if you don't want to be a creator and just want something interesting to read, listen to, or play, the SCP Foundation is a true hidden gem of the internet. There isn't another creative writing site like it, and there are, again, thousands of stories waiting for you to read. So again, if you like horror, sci-fi, urban fantasy, or creative writing in general, this is something you should check out. My name is Sherm, and this is Site 42, an SCP Foundation fan works channel. If this is your introduction to the SCP universe, I am happy to welcome you. You can check out our numerous playlists of recorded SCPs and tales, as well as our declassified series that focuses on demystifying certain SCPs, as well as different parts of SCP wiki culture. If you're going to hang out around the channel, don't forget to subscribe. Oh, and welcome, new Foundation staff member!