Stories that have not been updated in at least two years and the author has been offline for at least one year. Despite this they are still worth a read.
Stories that are good, but for whatever reason the author have chosen to place them on indefinite hiatus or outright cancel them. More lost stories to never see completion. For all intents and purposes dead.
Stories that have not been updated in several years, or even tagged as hiatus or canceled, despite the author still being active on the site in some fashion. Requests for status updates are met with silence.