The Night Library is a standalone fantasy horror IF and work-in-progress. It is intended for mature audiences.

Available: prologue and chapter 1
Updated: 12/11/25 (hotfix)

Ohio, 1995: It's been six months since your parent died by suicide and three months since you were contacted about a job you never applied for.

Now you work as a Page at a library nestled in the heart of downtown - except this isn't the one you remember from your childhood. This library occupies a non-descript building on a side street ... and only opens its doors after the sun sets.

Out of your depth in this strange, shadowed world, you must navigate new rules, old tensions, and what - if any - relationships you foster with colleagues struggling against their own inner battles.

One thing you know for certain is that the dusty shelves and worn carpets of this place hold secrets both numerous and inscrutable, and they will do anything to escape.

Content Warnings:

Violence, psychosis, brief descriptions of suicide, intersexism, death, depression, body horror, religious themes, fantasy racism, disordered eating

Mentions of: child abuse, sexual assault, homophobia, loss of autonomy, racism

(more to be added as necessary)

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