Basement Friend
Someone has been leaving things at the bottom of the stairs.
Open case file →Objects at the bottom of the stairs. An umbrella waiting in the rain. Faces at the edge of the garden. Open a case file, read the account and follow the witness thread.
An illustrated fiction archive based on our character cards. The stories, usernames and witness posts belong to the Apollo Ipsum story world. You can submit a sighting in the comments beneath each case file. Visitor submissions are reviewed before publication.
Look through the case files. If something seems familiar, open the file and leave your account beneath it. Tell us where it happened, what you noticed, and whether it has happened again.
The archive is open to new accounts. Submit a sighting beneath the relevant case file. Accounts appear after review.
Someone has been leaving things at the bottom of the stairs.
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The photographs show it getting closer. Nobody saw it walk.
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An umbrella keeps pace with the last person walking home.
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Three familiar neighbours. No record of anyone living there.
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A figure among the graves, and a notebook that should have stayed closed.
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Two women attend every funeral. Neither appears on a guest list.
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The first requests were small. Nobody recorded the final price.
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Balloons arrive at a house where someone has died. The performance follows.
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Something small moves between the sheets after dark.
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They face the house. Each evening the number changes.
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