About the series

An ongoing record of disturbances

Letters from Nightshade blends archival fiction, investigative horror, and tactile storytelling. Each installment arrives as a personal dispatch — recovered letters marked by time, scattered with artifacts, and addressed only to those willing to see what was never meant to surface.

Epistolary storytelling

Stories amplified through immersive artifacts: letters layered with photographs, maps, and handwritten notes — addressed to you.

Cosmic horror

Quiet, atmospheric dread rooted in disorientation, unseen forces, and the limits of human understanding.

Compact fiction

Tight narratives that land fast, hit hard, and leave a lasting impression — crafted for single-sitting immersion.

Cosmic horror's finest hour, since 1937
Elias Nightshade at his desk by candlelight, surrounded by books and papers

Scholar. Archivist. Witness.

Elias Nightshade

Elias Nightshade is a private researcher of forgotten histories, strange patterns, and secrets buried on purpose. His letters are part field report, part confession — assembled from what was left behind and entrusted to those capable of seeing what others don’t.

“You’ve been chosen for a reason. Now it’s up to you to follow what’s been left behind.”

The record grows

Together, the dispatches form a growing record of disturbances — quietly threaded across place and time.