Stories for the road at night
Murder mysteries and adventures you play out loud with ChatGPT or Claude. One narrator, every voice, twenty minutes to an hour. Pick one, paste it into a new chat, and start talking.
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Dead Air
You're the night guard at the old Pruitt building, where a little community radio station broadcasts upstairs. You keep it on low at the lobby desk, and have called in to The Small Hours twice tonight. The host, Dorian Vale, knows you by name.
Murder mystery30 min1–4 playersPG-13
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The Last Ferry
You're sitting in your car on the car deck of the Kittiwake, the last ferry of the night across the foggy Sallow estuary. The crossing from Greyhallow to Penmarrow takes forty minutes, and every two minutes the fog horn gives one long, low blast.
Murder mystery30 min1–4 playersPG-13
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The Last Toast
Retired judge Marguerite Okafor is hosting her own retirement dinner at Harrow House, a stone place on a hill above the river. You are one of her guests, and one chair at the long table stays empty for a late arrival.
Murder mystery30 min1–4 playersPG-13
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The Orchard Wedding
Your old roommate Nell Tamsworth married Sami tonight in the cider barn on her family's orchard, rain drumming on the roof. At 7:41 you watched her Uncle Harlan fill his pewter tankard at the press and carry it to the head table himself.
Murder mystery30 min1–4 playersPG-13
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The Weigh-In
Every February Ember Lake drives its pickups onto the ice for the derby, pretending the prize truck isn't the point. You're an off-duty deputy at the derby fish fry, and the fish is excellent. Want to hear what happens at quarter past eleven?
Murder mystery50 min · 2 chapters1–4 playersPG-13
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The Empty Glass Case
It's Friday night at the Willowmere Library sleepover, and you're snug in your sleeping bag. Tomorrow, the library's oldest treasure goes on show for good. It's the first copy of the book The Clockwork Fox, locked in a glass case.
Kids20 min1–4 playersG
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The Fizzless Volcano
It's science fair day at Cedar Run Elementary, and the gym is packed with posters and bubbling jars. You're a student fair helper in a bright orange vest. Ready to hear what goes wrong?
Kids20 min1–4 playersG
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The Heartstone of Pellmarrow
For a hundred years the village of Pellmarrow has kept a green stone, the Heartstone, and its apple trees have never failed. Three nights ago a bush ran off with it on its roots, into the Thornwood. Now the apples are rotting on the branch.
Adventure35 min1–4 playersPG
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The Keeper's Bell
Every midnight a bell rings under the hill above Brackenhold, though no bell has hung in the village for a hundred years. Sheep are missing, a goblin was seen running from the old chapel ruin, and the shepherds no longer go out after dark.
Adventure60 min · 2 chapters1–4 playersPG
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The Missing Blue Ribbon
It's Saturday afternoon at the Maple Hollow Fair, and the air smells like kettle corn and hay. You're this year's junior fair helper, with a shiny badge to prove it. Want to hear what goes wrong at half past two?
Kids20 min1–4 playersG
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The Toll at Greyfall Bridge
The first snow of the year is falling on the mountain village of Highcombe, and the trader Haskel Orme needs three wagons over the pass before it closes for winter. On the far side stands the Greyfall Bridge, and the troll who keeps it.
Adventure35 min1–4 playersPG