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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
- 87 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
- 91 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
- 90 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
- 91 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 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
- 47 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
- 52 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
- 56 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
- 49 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
- 57 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
- 109 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
- 131 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
- 107 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
- 122 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
The state mark is hers. So are the eleven cases attached to it.
- ~180 min
- 12613 words
- 14 branch points
- 5 endings
- 130 plays
literary fictionworkplace dramaprocedural thrillerromanceBellwether, Harrow County, five days in July 2027
adult dramaproceduralindustrialfood safetysmall townworkplacemoral ambiguityslow burnclassimmigrationlabourliterary fiction
Content notice (11)
- industrial animal slaughter and carcass inspection
- foodborne illness and hospitalisation
- repetitive-strain injury and disability
- worker compensation
- employer-tied visas and immigration enforcement
- identity-document scrutiny
- mass layoff and plant closure
- poverty and institutional pressure
- alcohol use
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out
A perfect joint can carry a lie.
- ~190 min
- 9147 words
- 18 branch points
- 5 endings
- 126 plays
literary fictionmaritime dramaprocedural thrillerromancethe Mediterranean, six weeks in May and June 2027
adult dramamaritimeproceduralsubmarine cablesinfrastructurecorporate cover-upmoral ambiguityworkplace dramaslow burnislandsecond chanceliterary fiction
Content notice (10)
- infrastructure failure and communications deprivation
- medical jeopardy
- a death from delayed emergency care, recalled
- corporate negligence and coercion
- evidence concealment and professional misconduct
- dangerous maritime work and a hand injury
- storm peril
- alcohol use
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out
Every ruling is defensible. Together they choose a member of parliament.
- ~200 min
- 31412 words
- 14 branch points
- 7 endings
- 128 plays
literary fictionpolitical dramaromanceprocedural tragedythe Division of Carrigan Bight, four days of September, present day
political dramaadult dramaproceduralelectoral fraudsmall townestranged siblingssecond chance romanceinstitutional rotslow burnmoral ambiguityclassliterary fiction
Content notice (10)
- political corruption and clientelism
- workplace prosecution and public disgrace
- estrangement and family rupture
- poverty, unemployment and rationed healthcare
- a death from a delayed medical procedure, recalled
- alcohol use
- intimidation and doxxing of an official
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- violence where earned
- bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out
They only get paid if the ocean is dead.
- ~195 min
- 31875 words
- 17 branch points
- 7 endings
- 114 plays
literary science fictionromancesurvival dramapolitical tragedyEuropa, Jovian system, October-November 2117
hard science fictionEuropaadult dramaplanetary protectiondebt bondagescience fraudlove triangleworkplace tragedyinstitutional rotslow burnsurvivalfirst contact
Content notice (10)
- suicide and its aftermath
- debt bondage and financial coercion
- graphic injury during a hull breach
- radiation exposure and chronic illness
- bone loss and medical trauma
- institutional abandonment
- grief and body recovery
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- violence where earned
- bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence; no slurs written out
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The dead took their jobs. Nobody asked the dead.
- ~198 min
- 33941 words
- 14 branch points
- 7 endings
- 122 plays
industrial fantasypolitical dramaromancetragedyKesselgrad, Republic of Veyra, Smeltmonth 219 After Concord
industrial fantasyadult dramalabour strugglenecromantic industrylove trianglestrikeinstitutional rotgriefbody politicsslow burnworking classtragedy
Content notice (9)
- industrial disaster and graphic injury
- death, corpses and coerced postmortem labour
- body desecration and loss of bodily autonomy
- grief and death of a spouse
- exploitative contracts, poverty and institutional corruption
- addiction to pain medicine shown through consequence
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- violence may be graphic where earned
- bigotry by class and legal status shown through behaviour; no slurs written out
Every green field has a drought with a name.
- ~195 min
- 37183 words
- 14 branch points
- 7 endings
- 123 plays
literary fantasypolitical dramaromancetragedySarranth highlands and Beruz, 318 Basin Reckoning; second-world canal age
second worldclimate fantasyadult dramawater politicslove triangleclass warinstitutional rotfamily betrayalfamineslow burntragedy
Content notice (12)
- engineered drought and famine
- class violence and forced migration
- graphic riot injury
- death from magical overwork
- hearing loss and fever
- dependence and withdrawal involving a fictional fever tincture
- institutional corruption
- imprisonment and coerced informing
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- family betrayal
- food insecurity
- bigotry shown through behavior and consequence; no slurs written out
Every promise leaves a mark. Hers was hidden for twenty years.
- ~190 min
- 32025 words
- 13 branch points
- 7 endings
- 117 plays
literary fantasylegal dramaromancepolitical tragedyCauldmere, 712 After Anchor; early mercantile-industrial second world
second worldlegal fantasyadult dramalabor strikebody horrordebt bondagelove triangleinstitutional rotslow burnmercantile republictragedy
Content notice (11)
- debt bondage and coerced labor
- graphic injury and amputation
- medical trauma
- euthanasia
- addiction and withdrawal
- institutional violence
- pregnancy and an offscreen newborn as stakes
- food insecurity
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- death and grief
- bigotry shown through behavior and consequence; no slurs written out
The ground remembers every year they removed.
- ~195 min
- 32861 words
- 12 branch points
- 7 endings
- 120 plays
literary dramaromanceclimate fictionpolitical tragedySvalbard, October 2026–May 2027
svalbardcontemporary dramaresearch fraudclimate fictionbisexual protagonistlove trianglecoal towntreaty lawinstitutional rotslow burntragedyarctic
Content notice (12)
- fatal avalanche and disaster aftermath
- terminal occupational lung disease
- alcohol dependence
- research fraud and institutional coercion
- job loss and company-controlled housing
- Russia's war in Ukraine and sanctions referenced
- grief and corpses
- graphic violence where earned
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- no slurs written out
- bigotry shown through behaviour and consequence
- no instructional weapon, drug synthesis, or intrusion detail
In Naples, every ruined house is worth something to the wrong person.
- ~190 min
- 36467 words
- 14 branch points
- 7 endings
- 117 plays
historicalcrimeromancepolitical dramatragedyNaples, February to July 1982
naples1980shistorical dramacrimepolitical corruptionadult romancelove trianglefamily betrayalearthquake aftermathinstitutional rotslow burntragedy
Content notice (10)
- earthquake trauma and child deaths referenced
- building collapse and graphic injury
- organized crime and intimidation
- heroin addiction, overdose, and withdrawal
- domestic coercion
- institutional corruption
- arson and death
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- religious conflict
- forced displacement and witness exile
Her sentence belongs to the Crown. Her hours belong to a man.
- ~195 min
- 38388 words
- 10 branch points
- 7 endings
- 105 plays
historicalliterary dramaromancecrimetragedyVan Diemen's Land, August–December 1832
van diemens landhistorical dramaconvict assignmentbisexual protagonistlove trianglepenal labourinstitutional rotbushrangingcolonialismslow burnbetrayalliterary tragedy
Content notice (12)
- convict labour and enslavement-like coercion
- colonial dispossession of palawa people
- pregnancy under custodial coercion
- graphic corporal punishment where earned
- sexual coercion discussed
- imprisonment and solitary confinement
- bushranging and violent death
- institutional corruption
- pregnancy loss discussed
- alcohol dependence
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- no slurs written out
The famine has an account. Her name is at the bottom.
- ~190 min
- 33127 words
- 11 branch points
- 7 endings
- 114 plays
historicalliterary dramaromancepolitical tragedyMurshidabad and Kasimbazar, Bengal, February–September 1770
bengalhistorical dramafaminecolonialismbisexual protagonistlove triangleeconomic crimeweavinginstitutional rottragedyslow burnmoral choices
Content notice (12)
- famine and starvation
- mass death and corpses
- colonial and caste oppression
- debt bondage and seizure of livelihoods
- cholera-like epidemic illness
- smallpox referenced
- graphic violence where earned
- opium dependence
- fraud, hoarding, and institutional corruption
- sexual content implied, cuts away
- bereavement
- no slurs written out
Camp Lullaby Reunion
~600 min · 5 endings
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