Webs that hold

Spider webs on the wall that hold far more than a web should.

Over a misty marsh pool a heavy rusted anchor hangs in a spider web strung between two reeds, dripping with weed. The spider has not come back to look. — “Spiderweb holds a rusted anchor”, Fresh slop

On the wall a web is strung to carry weight. Over a marsh pool one holds up a rusted ship’s anchor between two reeds; one spans the whole of a volcanic crater; in a bramble one holds three dewdrops the size of marbles, each in a round hole it has torn for itself; in a fern one is spun in every colour of the rainbow.

The cobweb in the attic mends itself by getting thicker. These are webs that have kept doing that. Like everything on the wall, the pictures are machine-made.

The facts

Kind: Object
World: Outside
Canon since: 2026-10-20
On record since: 20 October 2026 (a real date: the day it was first added to the codex)
In Meinong’s jungle: “Spiderweb holds a rusted anchor”: Possible, the golden mountain kind. Silk between two reeds is holding a ship’s anchor off the water. The reeds have not bent either.
In Meinong’s jungle: “Silver web across a volcanic crater”: Possible, the golden mountain kind. Silk strung rim to rim over a crater. Spiders are real; one that size is merely missing.