Late Fees: Interactive Stories

Every tape begins somewhere ordinary. Then something changes. Late Fees is a shelf of illustrated interactive stories: mysteries, unsettling journeys, family histories, and an island of science puzzles. Explore places, talk with people, notice clues, and choose what to do. Atmospheric music and occasional animation bring the scenes to life. CHANNEL 13 A missing boy appears in a television broadcast that should not exist. Follow the signal through a 1986 suburban neighborhood. HOMEROOM: LAST BELL A school opens again at night. Find out who is still waiting there, and what it means to help someone leave. SILT: THE LAST WALTZ A falling Decatur lake uncovers a road. Follow it toward a lost home, an unfinished tune, and a choice about what can be brought back. MARIGOLD: WHAT WE CARRY In a Chicago neighborhood under pressure, decide what a family carries forward and whom it trusts with its history. THINK TANK Explore an inventor's Lake Superior island through eight chapters of illustrated science puzzles. Tap the labs, use clues and hints, and discover the story behind your unusual guide. LOW PLACES Winter fog settles over a Midwestern floodplain. Familiar animals and paths stop being quite familiar. DRIFTLESS: THE NIGHT ROAD A drive home with your brother becomes a journey through worsening roads and something that should have stayed behind you. PORCHLIGHT The children fear the strange man who walks their neighborhood. Everyone has seen the family next door. Nobody has met them. BELLWETHER: THE OTHER BELL Follow the sound beyond the village, and decide what it takes to bring someone home. KERMIS: KEEP A LIGHT A community's traditions become a way through a darker night. Decide who and what you can keep close. Ten tapes. 53 chapters. Follow each story to its ending, keep discoveries in your notebook, and return to try another path.