"Rice Boy was originally serialized online at rice-boy.com from 2006 to 2008"--Page 456.
Summary
Rice Boy is a story set in the ninth century of the Red Age of Overside. He is told that he may be a fulfiller of an ancient prophecy and sets off on a journey through such trying realms as Lonely Land and Underside. Rice Boy's world is populated by a variety of strange entities, not human but possessing very human personalities. The story builds to a climax as all the peoples of Rice Boy's peculiar world take sides, invested in the ultimate success or failure of his undertaking.