The Hallway
Pick a door.
Eight rooms, eight kinds of story. Walk the hall.
A story by eight strangers,
one chapter at a time.
The painters' hallEight rooms of murals, next door.
one chapter at a time.
A story by eight strangers,
one chapter at a time.
Eight writers. You never meet them. You write up to eight hundred words and pass the story along. Forty-eight hours per turn. When chapter eight lands, the finished book comes home to everyone who wrote it.
15 stories writing now85 finished
No. 01
Mystery & Intrigue
Puzzles that won't stay still. Things that should be there, aren't.
No. 02
Magic & Fantasy
Enchanted lands, odd rules, unreliable wizards.
No. 03
Adventure & Exploration
Journeys, discoveries, and places most people never see.
No. 04
Horror & the Uncanny
Stories about the things outside your door.
No. 05
Nature & Environment
Wild places and the creatures who call them home.
No. 06
Science & Innovation
Labs, time anomalies, experiments that don't go as planned.
No. 07
Family & Relationships
Long tables, old houses, the conversations families actually have.
No. 08
Courage & Bravery
Moments that demand more than a character thought they had.
Tonight in the hallway
Stories waiting for their next writer
How the relay works
Eight writers. One book. Nobody meets.
- 8Pick a roomEight rooms, eight kinds of story. Reach for a door and you are in.
- 1Receive the openingOne chapter arrives, written by the stranger before you. Read it. Nobody tells you what comes next.
- 800Write your chapterUp to eight hundred words. Then stop, wherever you are.
- 48Pass it onYour turn lasts forty eight hours. The story leaves your hands and goes to the next door.
- 1Receive the bookWhen chapter eight lands, the finished book goes home to all eight of you.
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