The arrival of 'parahumans' in 1982 leads to a 'Golden Age of Heroism', during which the majority of people with powers work for the public good. Following his appearance, a fraction of humans gain superpowers if placed in a traumatic and stressful situation, known in-story as a 'trigger event'. The events of Earth Bet closely follow that of our own Earth until a naked, golden man named Scion appears over the ocean in 1982. Worm is set in a fictional, alternate universe known as 'Earth Bet'. A fan-made audiobook project was launched in June 2014 and completed in June 2016. Īs of 2019, Worm is being edited, and McCrae plans to produce both an eBook version and a physical book via traditional publishing. Views peaked at 1,390,648 in November 2013, when the book ended, and remained steady with 693,675 monthly views even five years later. In contrast to traditional publishing, which follows a short-term model, Worm's readership grew slowly but steadily, beginning with 13 views in June 2011, the month the serial began 26,844 monthly views a year later and 207,833 monthly views by June 2013. These chapters were arranged into 31 arcs, each of which covered a specific series of events over six to 12 chapters and concluded with an interlude from the point of view of a side character. It followed a strict publication schedule, with new chapters released every Tuesday and Saturday, and bonus chapters on Thursdays as rewards for donations. The story was written at a rate comparable to a traditional book being published every month. It began online publishing in June 2011 and continued until November 2013, totaling approximately 1,682,400 words. Worm was first published as an online serial with two to three chapters released every week. A sequel, titled Ward, was published from November 2017 to May 2020. It is one of the most popular web serials on the internet, with a readership in the hundreds of thousands. Using a combination of ingenuity, idealism, and brutality, she struggles to do the right thing in a dark world filled with moral ambiguity. McCrae's first novel, Worm features a bullied teenage girl, Taylor Hebert, who develops the superpower to control worms, insects, arachnids and other simple lifeforms. 'Wildbow' McCrae and the first installment of the Parahumans series, known for subverting and playing with common tropes and themes of superhero fiction.

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