An illustrated interactive mystery

Stone Harbor

Summer, 1985. You make a living telling strangers what they want to hear. Then you see something you couldn’t possibly know.

8 CHAPTERS · SAVE AS YOU PLAY · NO TIME LIMIT
Follow the underlined words. Click or tap a phrase to look closer, choose a clue, or continue the story. Your choices are saved on this device.

A little truth behind the curtain

Stone Harbor is an interactive short story by Liza Daly, placed fourth in the 2016 Interactive Fiction Competition. You play a boardwalk psychic who unexpectedly becomes entangled in a mystery.

Click underlined phrases to explore and make choices. In Chapter Five, select three illustrated cards for a reading. Undo steps back one choice. Night changes the reading theme. Progress saves automatically on this device. Restart clears only this story’s progress.

Keyboard: Tab to a choice, Enter to choose. U to undo. N for night mode. ? for this panel. Escape closes it. Contains themes of death, grief and crime, and some strong language.

The original story, choices and code are by Liza Daly, from the MIT-licensed source. Story credit: CC BY 4.0. This edition adds six GPT-painted visions, six playable GPT tarot cards, a reading-room cover, responsive typography and keyboard controls. It is an independent adaptation.

Begin again?

This clears your saved story choices on this device. Your reading theme is kept.