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Letters from a Cat
a novella in your pocket; for the bibliomaniacs!
A dignified cat. An empty house. Three cat burglars. There will be hissing. Lots of 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 It Works
Step 01
Pick a story
Browse our growing catalog of serialized fiction.
Step 02
Enter your number
Just your phone number. No account, no password, no app to download. Pay once and you're in.
Step 03
Drama incoming
Starting tomorrow, each new part lands as a text — a cliffhanger and a link. Tap it and read the chapter in your reader.
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How does it work?
Next Message Club delivers a story to your phone, one brief chapter at a time. Readable in one day, told in real time, each message as riveting as the next.
How do I read these?
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?
Within a day, yes — each day’s part arrives whole, so you read that chapter start to finish. Across the whole story, it unfolds over any number of days by design ~ a late-night scare lands at night, a morning discovery in the morning. That timing is the magic. But every day you’ve unlocked stays in your reader, so you can always flip back and read a run of chapters 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?
The story ends. Pick your next one. We're working on so many more — different genres, different corners of the world…
What if I miss a part?
Nothing to miss. Every part you’ve unlocked lives in your reader — open the link anytime, flip between days like chapters, and 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 Android?
Absolutely. iPhone readers get it over iMessage (all blue); Android readers over SMS. Either way, you tap the link and read in the same beautiful reader.