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Long-lost loves meet up for lunch in the 1950s.

Historical Fiction

It was a sunny Saturday in 1960s California, you were driving your new car, and freedom had never tasted so good.

Historical Fiction

Before James Bond there was the English Spy, John Knight. In 1890, he was England's top spy and was about to embark on a new mission.

Historical Fiction

A loved one was traveling on the Titanic, and you'd just received news of its sinking.

Historical Fiction

A love story between the boy who delivered milk bottles to the neighborhood and the girl who delivered newspapers.

Historical Fiction

A famous historical person packs for a trip.

Historical Fiction

A family sit around their brand new radio for the first time after dinner.

Historical Fiction

A duo of time-travelling detectives.

Historical Fiction

A bard falls in love with the monarch who employs them.

Historical Fiction

1930. The travelling circus is in town. The first performance night would be rife with scandal.

Historical Fiction

You had one job, he said to the young squire who had been tasked with delivering a scroll — and failed spectacularly.

Historical Fiction

You spent a whole day inside, not realizing that everyone else in the world had disapeared.

Science Fiction

You took a nap that lasted 8 years.

Science Fiction

Your main character has been stranded on a desert island for months. Alone… or so they thought. One morning, they wake up to a message written in the sand. What happens next?

Fantasy

You’ve learned the secret to life after death. Revealing it will help millions of people connect to their departed loved ones, but if you do an unspecified disaster will occur to someone you know. Do you spill the secret?

Fantasy

You're on a boat that should have reached undiscovered land days ago. Your compass tell you you're on the right path but there is no land in sight.

Fantasy

You're immortal and married to someone who is mortal. You've decided today is the day to come clean.

Fantasy

You're browsing at a pet store when a store employee asks if you'd be interested in seeing some of the new animals they just received. They lead you down a dark hallway and take you into a padlocked room that houses mythological creatures.

Fantasy

You're a photographer who specializes in snapping pictures of the supernatural.

Fantasy

You'd had your head down at a library all day until you suddenly felt a big gust of wind blow past you. You looked up, but no one else seemed to have noticed and you couldn't spot any open windows. Another gust blew by you, but the only thing that moved were your papers.

Fantasy

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