The library
Deceit The methodology. The working papers behind the essays: how patterns are defined, why a vocabulary, and the theory of change the project runs on.
Every file is free. Every factual claim in every PDF traces to a source. Print them, share them, hand them across a table. The vocabulary is meant to travel. A few titles below are marked Coming soon: pulled back in for a rebuild against everything the site has sourced and corrected since they first went out. The next version knows more than this one did. The Signal will say when they land.
Sixteen pages on one letter sheet
The print-and-fold digest: the Standards of Admissibility, the field audit protocol, two entry forms, and the current standing of the record. Print duplex, fold, slit the dashed edges, and it is a pocket booklet.
Print at home, duplex, letter or A4 — see deceit.site/digest/
A working paper on naming manipulation patterns
The methodology white paper: why a pattern vocabulary, how patterns are defined, the truth-adjacency classification, and the recovery-validation theory of change.
Coming soon
Rebuilt from current sourcing before it goes back up. Get The Signal for the notice.
The ARG artifacts (the Bureau Field Manual, the Recruitment Brochure, the Pattern Codex, and the Resistance Guide) live on the fiction hub. They use intentional visual corruption as part of their aesthetic; plain-text transcripts are available for screen readers.
Every factual assertion in these PDFs traces to a source in the frontmatter of the originating piece. If a claim cannot be sourced, it is removed or marked as speculation. See the editorial policy and corrections policy. If something here is wrong, use contact.