Pick a premise
Every premise is a painting and a cast with one seat for you. Or write your own: give the narrator a seed and a cast, and it does the rest.
The Specimen
A botanist comes home with a flower worth killing for and three people who know it.
The First Election on the Long Voyage
For two hundred years the ship's captain has never been challenged. This year someone is running.
The Widow's Claim
The railroad wants the Hollis ranch. The new owner wants to keep it. Everyone in Dry Fork is about to pick a side.
Seven Days at the Sanatorium
Snow has closed the only road down the mountain, and someone at the Haus Edelweiss is not as sick as they claim.
The Long Walk Home
Eleven hundred miles of broken country between four strangers and the only town that still has its lights on.
The Queen's Taster
Three tasters have died this year. The fourth has decided to find out why before the next banquet.
The Inheritance
The will leaves everything to whoever can finish the jigsaw puzzle on the dining-room table.
Ghost Light
The oldest touring company in the country has one last season, one last play, and one critic who can save it.