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The Cartographer's Sleeper
No cover art yet
The new route only appears on the maps of people who have stopped planning to leave.
- ~35 min
- 3985 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 39 plays
adult fantasyworkplace dramaromancefolk mysteryThe autumn of 1964, in the invented border March of Ordale
adult fantasycartographyborderlandsworkplace dramaromanceconsentpublic recordsmoral ambiguitybranchingsecond chance
Content notice (10)
- adult-only confirmation
- career displacement
- fear of permanence
- family obligation
- coercive licensing rules
- adult relationship tension
- implied intimacy cuts away
- no explicit sexual content
- no nudity
- no real-person likeness
· art review pending · audio review pending
The Tunnel of Borrowed Light
No cover art yet
The tunnel stays bright only while the dark belongs to someone else.
- ~35 min
- 4268 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 41 plays
adult fantasyworkplace dramaromancefolk mysteryThe winter of 1981, in the invented coastal road tunnel district of Ander Senn
adult fantasyroad tunnelworkplace dramaromanceconsentdebtpublic recordslabor exploitationmoral ambiguitybranchingsecond chance
Content notice (10)
- adult-only confirmation
- coercive bargains
- grief
- labor exploitation
- surveillance through surrendered shadows
- adult relationship tension
- implied intimacy cuts away
- no explicit sexual content
- no nudity
- no real-person likeness
· art review pending · audio review pending
The Clockmaker's Platform
No cover art yet
Every clock in the terminal agrees. None of them is honest.
- ~32 min
- 2924 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 41 plays
adult fantasyworkplace dramaromancecivic mysteryThe autumn timetable change of 1979, in the invented rail city of Tolbury
adult fantasycivic infrastructurerailway stationworkplace dramaromanceconsentevidencepublic recordsmoral ambiguitybranchingsecond chance
Content notice (10)
- adult-only confirmation
- coerced departures and legal pressure
- institutional surveillance of commuters
- relationship mistrust and a deliberate lie
- tense adult romance
- implied intimacy cuts away
- no explicit sexual content
- no nudity
- no minors
- no real-person likeness or voice
· art review pending · audio review pending
The Nightwatch Locomotive
No cover art yet
Aid first, record after, and nothing promised that was not asked for.
- ~35 min
- 3165 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 45 plays
adult fantasyworkplace dramaromancefolk mysteryThe winter of 1981, on the fictional Cairn line in the invented mountain district of Sarrow Vale
adult fantasymountain railwayworkplace dramaromanceconsentmutual aidpublic recordsmoral ambiguitybranchingsecond chance
Content notice (9)
- adult-only confirmation
- injury aftermath without graphic detail
- grief
- emergency scarcity
- adult relationship tension
- implied intimacy cuts away
- no explicit sexual content
- no nudity
- no real-person likeness
· art review pending · audio review pending
The Borrowed Platform
No cover art yet
The platform is the address, and the address is the only thing they cannot take.
- ~35 min
- 3951 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 22 plays
adult dramacivic romanceworkplace dramaliterary fictionThe winter of 1979, in the invented river city of Ashlade
adult dramarailwaycivic architectureromanceconsenthousingpublic recordsinstitutional neglectsecond chancebranching
Content notice (11)
- adult-only confirmation at the start
- housing loss and displacement
- institutional neglect by a city works department
- separation and renegotiation of an adult marriage
- grief over a parent and an inherited obligation
- adult relationship tension
- gentle adult intimacy that cuts away
- no explicit content of any kind
- no unclothed characters
- no one under eighteen is depicted
- no voice or likeness taken from any real individual
· art review pending · audio review pending
The Copper Warning
No cover art yet
The message is in her own hand, and it is dated eleven days from tonight.
- ~35 min
- 2976 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 22 plays
adult contemporaryworkplace dramaromancelight speculative mysteryThe autumn rains of 1961, in the invented industrial river city of Ansel Water
adult contemporaryindustrial cityworkplace dramaromanceconsentfatepublic recordsmoral ambiguitybranchingsecond chance
Content notice (10)
- adult-only confirmation
- accident threat, implied not depicted
- workplace blame
- institutional cover-up
- fate imagery
- adult relationship tension
- implied intimacy cuts away
- no explicit sexual content
- no nudity
- no real-person likeness
· art review pending · audio review pending
The Glassmaker's Passenger
No cover art yet
The line belongs to the district only when every name in it can say yes.
- ~35 min
- 3446 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 29 plays
adult fantasyindustrial dramaromancefolk mysteryThe winter of 1981, in the invented enclosed glassworks district of Annis Furnace
adult fantasyglassworks districtindustrial dramaromanceconsenttestimonycooperative ownershipmoral ambiguitybranchingsecond chance
Content notice (9)
- adult-only confirmation
- industrial exploitation
- coercive surveillance
- workplace injury and entrapment
- adult relationship tension
- implied intimacy cuts away
- no explicit sexual content
- no nudity
- no real-person likeness
· art review pending · audio review pending
The Station of Lost Direction
No cover art yet
A train arrives only after you admit you are lost.
- ~35 min
- 4405 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 28 plays
adult fantasyworkplace dramaromancefolk mysteryThe late autumn of 1981, in the invented upland interchange of Kestrel Halt
adult fantasymountain railwayworkplace dramaromanceconsentgriefmaps and recordsbranchingchosen home
Content notice (10)
- adult-only confirmation
- coercive station authority
- pressured signatures
- grief and family obligation
- displacement
- adult relationship tension
- implied intimacy cuts away
- no explicit sexual content
- no nudity
- no real-person likeness
· art review pending · audio review pending
The Last Carriage Museum
No cover art yet
The carriage ran to six recorded stops. The panel has room for seven.
- ~35 min
- 5035 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 26 plays
adult dramaworkplace dramaromancehistorical mysteryThe late 1980s and the present day, in the invented national transport museum of Harrowmead
adult dramamuseumrailway historywar aftermathromanceconsentpublic memorygriefbranchingsecond chance
Content notice (9)
- adult-only confirmation
- war aftermath and displacement
- grief and delayed mourning
- public memory and contested records
- separation and adult relationship tension
- implied intimacy cuts away
- no explicit sexual content
- no nudity
- no real-person likeness or voice
· art review pending
The Quarry of Borrowed Names
No cover art yet
The line reopens only when no worker pays with their name.
- ~35 min
- 2510 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 33 plays
adult fantasyworkplace dramaromancefolk mysteryThe winter of 1978, in the invented northern quarry district of Veyr
adult fantasywinter railwayworkplace dramaromanceconsentevidencepublic recordsmoral ambiguitybranchingsecond chance
Content notice (9)
- adult-only confirmation
- coercive institutions
- threatened name-transfer
- workplace danger
- adult relationship tension
- implied intimacy cuts away
- no explicit sexual content
- no nudity
- no real-person likeness
· art review pending
The station needs two engineers. The contract recognizes one woman.
- ~65 min
- 5215 words
- 12 branch points
- 4 endings
- 99 plays
dark science fictionadult dramaworkplace thrillerromanceSevern Repair Station in orbit around the fictional gas giant Ananke, June 2168
dark science fictionspace stationadult dramaidentitylabourqueer romancecloningworkplacebranchingmoral ambiguity
Content notice (9)
- duplicate identity and threatened decommissioning
- bodily autonomy
- industrial space accident
- sleep deprivation
- workplace coercion
- adult relationship tension
- sex implied and cuts away
- no instructional reactor detail
- no slurs written out
Nine workers, one unsigned deed, seventy-two hours before the seal.
- ~65 min
- 6841 words
- 12 branch points
- 4 endings
- 115 plays
adult dramaworkplace dramaromancelegal dramaLydon, an invented port city, May 2027
adult dramasex workworker cooperativequeer romancepropertyprivacyworkplacebranchingmoral ambiguitysecond chance
Content notice (9)
- legal adult sex work discussed
- economic precarity
- licensing pressure
- client privacy
- death and inheritance
- adult relationship tension
- sex implied and cuts away
- no sexual acts depicted
- no slurs written out
The fire saint's contract expired. Forty thousand homes did not.
- ~60 min
- 5479 words
- 11 branch points
- 4 endings
- 88 plays
literary fantasyadult dramapolitical dramaromanceAnselm, an invented second-world river city, winter 2027
fantasyadult dramamunicipal fantasylabourqueer romancewinterfire saintpoliticsbranchingmoral ambiguity
Content notice (8)
- coerced magical labour
- cold exposure and threatened deaths
- class inequality
- institutional deception
- strike conflict
- adult relationship tension
- sex implied and cuts away
- no slurs written out
Seven dead workers have valid bookings. Checkout is at eight.
- ~55 min
- 6450 words
- 10 branch points
- 4 endings
- 109 plays
spookyfolk horroradult dramaromancemysteryVeyr, an invented coastal city, 17-18 February 2027
spookyghost storyadult dramahaunted hotelworkplacequeer romancegriefinstitutional cover-upwinterbranching
Content notice (8)
- death in an industrial accident
- ghosts and supernatural cold
- institutional cover-up
- grief and family guilt
- medical distress from cold
- adult relationship tension
- sex implied and cuts away
- no slurs written out
Consecutive
No cover art yet
The court hears only what you say it heard.
- ~165 min
- 27431 words
- 13 branch points
- 7 endings
- 25 plays
literarylegal dramatragedypolitical thrillerContemporary — eleven years after the Vaskaran clearances
courtroominterpreterwar crimeslanguagemoral injurybetrayalbranchingliterary
Content notice (8)
- All characters are adults.
- Mass atrocity, forced displacement and drowning described in survivor testimony
- Institutional coercion; a witness pressured about her own language
- Graphic recollection of injury and corpse recovery, where earned
- Moral injury, complicity and professional ruin
- Alcohol misuse under strain; insomnia
- Desire and an old obligation between unequal parties; sex cuts away at the door
- No instructional detail for weapons or intrusion. No slurs written out.
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The Blackout Conservatory
No cover art yet
The city calls their dreams weather until the weather starts asking for names.
- ~32 min
- 4862 words
- 4 branch points
- 3 endings
- 31 plays
adult fantasycivic science fictionpolitical dramaromanceThe eclipse winter of 2187, in the invented glass city of Serein
adult fantasyeclipse cityglass conservatorydream infrastructureclimatemoral ambiguityromanceconsentpublic recordsbranching
Content notice (10)
- adult-only confirmation
- involuntary use of dreams and private memory
- coercive civic infrastructure
- public power-allocation pressure
- tense adult romance
- implied intimacy cuts away
- no explicit sexual content
- no nudity
- no minors
- no real-person likeness or voice
· art review pending
Camp Lullaby Reunion
~600 min · 5 endings
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