Basement Friend
Someone has been leaving things at the bottom of the stairs.
Open case file →Sightings Archive
You’ve found them.
Others have too.
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.
Seen something you cannot explain?
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.
Window Deer
The photographs show it getting closer. Nobody saw it walk.
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Rainkeeper
An umbrella keeps pace with the last person walking home.
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Neighbourhood Watchers
Three familiar neighbours. No record of anyone living there.
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The Highgate Vampire
A figure among the graves, and a notebook that should have stayed closed.
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Mourning Sisters
Two women attend every funeral. Neither appears on a guest list.
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Witch Saint
The first requests were small. Nobody recorded the final price.
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The Fool
Balloons arrive at a house where someone has died. The performance follows.
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Happy Spell
Something small moves between the sheets after dark.
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Tree Guests
They face the house. Each evening the number changes.
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