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€12 a month, postage included
One installment in the post each month for as long as the story runs. Cancel any time.
- One installment every month
- Members-only reading notes
- Cancel any time
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The Keeper
An Irish speculative folk-horror story, told through letters.
6 installments. One installment a month. Posted from Ireland.
The story
A parish at the edge of the map. A post that has not been filled in living memory. And a bundle of letters that were never meant to leave the house.
The Keeper unfolds one envelope at a time. Each installment is a letter, a note, or a scrap of the record, written in the hands of the people who lived it. Read them in order, and read them slowly. The story rewards patience.
“You will want to know why I stayed. I can only tell you that the house asked, and I did not know how to refuse it.”
In every envelope
- A letter, printed on heavy paper and folded by hand
- One or two story objects: a clipping, a ticket, a pressed leaf, a photograph
- A short note from the club about that month’s installment
- A real stamp and a real postmark, posted from Ireland
The installments
Titles only. The rest arrives in the post.
- Envelope 1 The Appointment A letter of introduction, and a map that does not quite match the land.
- Envelope 2 The First Winter Three letters home. One is unsigned.
- Envelope 3 The Well A page torn from the parish record.
- Envelope 4 Visitors A telegram, a receipt, and a reply that came too soon.
- Envelope 5 The Keeping What the house asked for.
- Envelope 6 The Last Post The final envelope. Do not open it early.
Read The Keeper with the club
The whole story
€66 for the full series, postage included
Pay once for every installment of the current story. Slightly cheaper, and nothing to remember.
- Every installment of The Keeper
- Members-only reading notes
- A keepsake folder for the set
Give the story
€72 for the full series, postage included
The full series posted to someone else, with a handwritten card in the first envelope.
- Every installment posted to your recipient
- A handwritten card from you
- Starts on the date you choose
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