Nocturnal News | May 6th

Void gift shop, After Dark series, and more!

May 06, 2025

Welcome back, Voidlings.

Your Narrator has been… very, very busy.

Between Confessions of a Voyeur, Project X, Epoch of Erasure, the new After Dark series, and launching a full-blown gift shop in the middle of a literal trade war—it’s been a lot. If you catch me wandering the Void muttering to myself and missing my head, just know it’s a narrative choice.

Anyway, here’s what you missed while I was arguing with shipping providers and uploading cursed merchandise:

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The Void Has a Gift Shop Now

Shop Now!

Yes, that’s real. The Narrator opened a shop. Somehow. Fueled entirely by spite, caffeine, and an alarming tolerance for janky dashboards.

If you’ve already placed an order—good news! It’s been submitted. If something goes wrong, please DM me directly so I can be sure that it’s handled well.

This entire operation is held together by Devoratus Animarum webs and duct tape. There are 2–5 fulfillment providers involved depending on what you order, and this is all very new. We’re winging it—Void style.

Highlights from the Launch:

“Time is Soup / I Am a Fork” mugs
Writer support sweatshirts
Notebook featuring Jeffrey’s passive-aggressive pep talk
More disaster in physical form coming soon

images of a mug from Nocturnal Narrator's website. The mug is white and the text is black, curled around the mug. There is a doodle of a bowl of soup and a fork — Time is soup, I am a fork

A photo from Nocturnal Narrators website. A sweatshirt front says "Support a writer" with a stack of books. The back says "Immortalize your enemy in fiction, watch them die creatively" — Support a Writer | Immortalize your enemy in fiction, watch them die creatively

Jeffrey Themed Notebook…yes, he’s very excited about it.

After Dark Series Has Begun

Think of these as secrets that crawl out of the Narrator’s subconscious at 3AM. There is no marketing plan. No countdowns. No tags (okay, maybe a tag).

After Dark [1] is live now: a quiet ghost story, a memory wrapped in grief, and a voice that might not be what it seems.

If you read it alone, don’t answer when something calls your name.

After Dark [1]

Nocturnal Narrator

May 5

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Selective Silence: Remastered

Project X is back with a fresh coat of psychological erosion. This remaster revisits the ways we surrender to the algorithm—how we scroll, smile, and self-surveil for platforms that were never even built for us.

I’ll be remastering the entire series, but that isn’t even the best part.

Your Project X audio companions—narrated by, well, your Narrator—are officially in production.

Yes, yes, you may applaud—

—and read the first rerelease below.

Selective Silence: Remastered

Nocturnal Narrator

May 4

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Writing Challenge Update

Deadline: May 14th at midnight.

I’ll be selecting 1–3 reader-submitted stories and stitching them into a new canonical piece—something twisted, obsessive, and just cohesive enough to pass as lore.

Read the full challenge details [HERE].

Theme: Obsession
Genre: Psychological thriller
Setting: A deceptively serene forest
Length: Under 2,500 words
Perspective: Any, as long as it’s not the Narrator
Type: Any fiction…or non-fiction. But it will be fiction by the time that I’m done. 😌

If you're tempted to submit, you should. If you're scared to submit... you definitely should.

You might just get absorbed into the Void. Artistically.

Probably.

Check out this featured submission by

Ariadne Pautina

! If you’re looking for where the bar has been placed, this is it. No pressure or anything.