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{{quote|''After all, you didn’t even bother to name your particular species; we defined the whole bunch of you as being NOT-human, so you must be a what, monster? That makes sense. After all, you are digging the mines, I am writing – as in, putting words together, making stuff up, naming things.''|'''I am not fiction''', Baruch Caan's blog}}
An English-language webcomic written and drawn by Felix Schittig and Kilian Wilde and updated on Mondays and Thursdays. [http://www.taleoffiction.com/ ''A Tale of Fiction''] is the continuing story of the adventures of [[Chick Magnet|Harper]], his roommate [[Playful Hacker|Vauxhall]] (or '[[Only Known by Their Nickname|Room]]'), and a [[Shapeshifting]] <s>monster</s> unhuman [[Identity Amnesia|they've]] [[In-Series Nickname|named]] [[Meaningful Name|'Sneaky']] and their [[La Résistance|fight]] against the [[The Empire|Department of Unethical Fiction (or DUF)'s]] [[Villain World|government]] of Fictionaria.
The comic oscillates between gag strips, often based off real-life experiences of the comic's authors or their friends, and an over-arching storyline dealing with the aforementioned DUF. Major questions still abound about the circumstances surrounding their rule, how they gained power and what happened to the former ruler, the mysterious King.
A Tale Of Fiction has a large amount of background material on the world and other goodies available on the site via Vauxhall's "Dragbook", including an in-universe news feed, an ambiguously DUF-critical [http://www.taleoffiction.com/dragbook/browser/im-not-fiction/ web-column] (updated roughly twice a month) and an [[Show Within a Show|in-universe webcomic]] called "Bison and the Boar Boys" (originally updated every Tue/Thu/Sat, but often subject to [[Schedule Slip]], now on indefinite hiatus).
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Harper's affair with {{spoiler|Sync's girlfriend. Sync and her later broke up after he found out. It understandably affects his job performance.}}
** Also, possibly, [[Epileptic Trees|Vauxhall's "education" of Sneaky in the more... graphic forms of human intimacy.]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Most of the main characters get a turn.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Pity the poor fool who shouts at a confused Sneaky...
* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Just about everyone in [http://www.taleoffiction.com/chapter-9-episode-40/ this strip]. By each other.
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* [[Holiday Nonupdate]]: Once so far, for "happy Jollidays".
* [[Identity Amnesia]]: Sneaky. [[Captain Obvious|Presumably a plot point.]]
* [[I Thought Everyone Could Do That
* [[Informed Attribute]]: Special Agent Colibeuf is stated to have a strong moral concept [sic], but we haven't seen any evidence of that as yet.
* [[Interrupted Intimacy]]: Maurice walks in on Harper and {{spoiler|Miranda}} at an... inopportune time.
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* [[Oh Crap]]: A few times, very nicely [http://www.taleoffiction.com/chapter-5-episode-5/ here.]
* [[Porn Stash]]: Of ''epic'' proportions on the Dragbook. Unfortunately, it's password-protected.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Chapter 4 is all about DUF agents in their free time, having drinks and enjoying each others' company.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Several.
** Gidders and Fuzz remind us of a [[Star Wars|certain other human mercenary with a flying machine and his furry sidekick...]]
** The regularly used curse expression "frakk" seems to be a [[Shout-Out]] to the [[Future Slang]] of [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (although in Galactica the spelling would be with one 'k' only)
** [http://www.taleoffiction.com/chapter-2-episode-4/ This] strip seems to be a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Metal Gear]].
*** Confirmed by [[Word of God]].
** The [[True Companions]] trying to climb the DUF tower and getting caught is a [[Shout-Out]] to something similar that happened to the authors in Tokyo... well, minus the bloody killing of a police officer.
** Bison and the Boar Boys is a [[Shout-Out]] to a friend of the authors' whose online handle is Bison.
*** There are quite a few [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to friends of the authors in the comic generally.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Bison and the Boar Boys, a gag-a-day comic available on the Dragbook's "FictionFox Browser". [http://www.taleoffiction.com/dragbook/browser/im-not-fiction/ "I am not fiction"] may also qualify.
* [[Smoking Hot Sex]]: Mostly averted in the series, but one occurence in [http://www.taleoffiction.com/chapter-1-episode-13/ Chapter 1].
* [[Spock Speak]]: Sneaky falls into this quite often.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: The [http://www.taleoffiction.com/chapter-9-episode-40/ "CWBL host"].
* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: In the very first strip, no less.
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