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What’s happening with AO3? Fan fiction readers are not okay as outage drags on longer than planned

By María José Gutiérrez Chávez · Fast Company · 11/2/2026

The world of fan fiction is bracing for an apocalypse as one the world’s largest repositories of fan-written stories has gone dark—and may not return anytime soon. The panic began on October 29 when Archive of Our Own (AO3), the online library for fan-created stories ranging from Harry Potter and…

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