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Letters from a Cat
A dignified cat. An empty house. Three cat burglars. There will be hissing. A dignified cat. An empty house. Three cat burglars. Hissing. Lots of hissing. Helen Jackson's classic, modernized. A cat unlike you have ever...read.
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How does it work?
Next Message Club delivers a story to your phone, one chapter at a time, sent throughout the day. Installments are readable in a day, told in real time, each message as riveting as the next.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay once per story.
How do I read these?
With a single tap, whenever the mood strikes! You’ll get a few texts a day from your storyteller ~ tap the link and follow along in real-time in your reader. Days work like chapters — flip back to any of them as you like. You’ll always pick up where you left off, on any device.
The dot rating of each title tells you how much to expect per day ~ one dot is a quick read, two is a chapter over coffee, three is a proper sitting.
Need a break? Text PAUSE and delivery stops. Text GO or RESUME when you’re ready and it picks right back up.
What if I get lost?
You won’t. But if you need a refresher, text RECAP to your story’s number and we’ll send a quick “previously on…” And your reader always remembers your spot, so you can flip back to any day and keep going. Full tips at nextmessage.club/tips.
What do the lengths mean?
Every story has a dot rating so you know what you’re signing up for — how much you’ll read each day.
Can I binge it?
Each chapter arrives by day’s end. The story unfolds over any number of days by design. A late-night scare lands at night, a morning discovery in the morning. The timing is the magic. But every prior unlocked chapter remains in your reader, so you can always flip back and read a run in one sitting.
Can I gift a story?
Absolutely. On any story’s page, choose Gift it instead of “For myself” at checkout, then enter your number and your friend’s. We’ll text them to reply START whenever they’re ready. Gifts never expire, so there’s no rush.
And when they start, you earn 10% off your next story as a thank-you.
What happens after the story ends?
Pick your next one. We're working on so many more. Different genres, different formats from different corners of the world…
What if I miss a part?
Nothing to miss. Each section you’ve unlocked lives in your reader — open the link anytime. Pick up right where you left off.
Can I restart or replay the story?
You bet, as long as we're sending to the same phone number. Drop us a line and we'll sort you out.
Does this work on iPhone and Android?
Absolutely. It arrives as a regular text message on any phone. Tap the link and read in the same beautiful reader.