Welcome to the ballad room

Every feeling has a story.

Illustrated AI ballads and lyrical story cards for late nights, long journeys and everything you never quite said. Find the mood. Keep the words.

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30 original lyric cardsAI-assisted fiction
Made for a little escape

The collection / 30

The ballad room

Choose a mood. Find a story.

30 stories to discover

Notes in the Margin — cover artwork01
City lightsQuiet hours

Notes in the Margin

The refrain: Two strangers annotate the same secondhand book, slowly realising that the conversation in its margins has become the best part of their week.

$1.58
The Last Rose — cover artwork02
ReplayRoad songs

The Last Rose

The refrain: A florist recognises the person ordering flowers for an old love's wedding and must decide whether one final rose says goodbye or start again.

$2.03
The Garden Gate — cover artwork03
Quiet hoursOld souls

The Garden Gate

The refrain: A broken gate between neighbouring gardens becomes an unlikely meeting place when two households finally put an old disagreement to rest.

$2.48
The Quiet Signal — cover artwork04
Road songsComing home

The Quiet Signal

The refrain: A remote night-shift operator finds comfort in the same light across the valley, until one evening it flashes back an unmistakable answer.

$2.93
Stay Awhile — cover artwork05
Old soulsCity lights

Stay Awhile

The refrain: A visitor keeps extending a stay in a small-town guesthouse, while its owner invents one more reason the room should remain available.

$3.38
Melody for Two — cover artwork06
Coming homeReplay

Melody for Two

The refrain: An unfinished tune travels between two open windows, gathering a second melody and a friendship neither musician expected to find.

$3.83
One More Page — cover artwork07
City lightsQuiet hours

One More Page

The refrain: An overnight proofreader and an anonymous writer exchange corrections that slowly become the most honest conversation either has ever had.

$4.28
The Last Waltz — cover artwork08
ReplayRoad songs

The Last Waltz

The refrain: On the final night of an old ballroom, two estranged dancers share a last waltz and discover that not every ending has to be permanent.

$1.58
After the Rain — cover artwork09
Quiet hoursOld souls

After the Rain

The refrain: A shared umbrella turns a chance meeting into a standing Tuesday appointment, giving two solitary people a gentle reason to begin again.

$2.03
Chance at Platform Nine — cover artwork10
Road songsComing home

Chance at Platform Nine

The refrain: After a year of passing nods, two commuters finally speak during a delayed train and find that forty-five minutes can change a familiar journey.

$2.48
First Light Forever — cover artwork11
Old soulsCity lights

First Light Forever

The refrain: Two early risers share the empty seats of a dawn cafe, learning each other's lives in the quiet hour before the rest of the city wakes.

$2.93
Promises on Paper — cover artwork12
Coming homeReplay

Promises on Paper

The refrain: Former childhood pen pals sit at the same table without recognising each other, until one familiar line of handwriting brings the years back.

$3.38
Between the Lines — cover artwork13
City lightsQuiet hours

Between the Lines

The refrain: Two rival columnists are assigned one shared article and realise their carefully argued disagreements have begun to sound like affection.

$3.83
A Little Forever — cover artwork14
ReplayRoad songs

A Little Forever

The refrain: A goodnight on the veranda stretches past midnight as two friends keep discovering one more thing they meant to say.

$4.28
Cup of Maybe — cover artwork15
Quiet hoursOld souls

Cup of Maybe

The refrain: A customer and a barista conduct an entire courtship in tiny messages on takeaway cups, until one morning the message is an invitation.

$1.58
The Orchard Secret — cover artwork16
Road songsComing home

The Orchard Secret

The refrain: An inherited orchard brings two estranged relatives back to their hometown, where one harvest offers their family a chance to reconcile.

$2.03
The Open Door — cover artwork17
Old soulsCity lights

The Open Door

The refrain: A shuttered neighbourhood shop reopens with the help of friends, strangers and the last person its owner expected to see at the door.

$2.48
The Golden Promise — cover artwork18
Coming homeReplay

The Golden Promise

The refrain: A ring kept through years of separation becomes a question again when the person it was meant for finally returns to the same table.

$2.93
The Soft Return — cover artwork19
City lightsQuiet hours

The Soft Return

The refrain: Settling an old estate brings a traveller home to the neighbour who never stopped leaving a porch light on.

$3.38
Where Paths Meet — cover artwork20
ReplayRoad songs

Where Paths Meet

The refrain: Two hikers seeking solitude keep reaching the same evening campfire, until a shared journey begins to feel better than an empty trail.

$3.83
Checkmate — cover artwork21
Quiet hoursOld souls

Checkmate

The refrain: At a corner cafe, two chess rivals who communicate only through moves risk changing the game with one honest sentence on a napkin.

$4.28
Pressed in Time — cover artwork22
Road songsComing home

Pressed in Time

The refrain: A pressed flower falls from an inherited book, sending its new owner in search of the person who once left it between the pages.

$1.58
The Blue Hour — cover artwork23
Old soulsCity lights

The Blue Hour

The refrain: A photographer repeatedly catches the same street musician in the blue-hour light, unaware that he has remembered every evening too.

$2.03
Tides Between Us — cover artwork24
Coming homeReplay

Tides Between Us

The refrain: A lighthouse keeper and a visiting scientist share seven days by the harbour each year, until one of them asks what it would mean to stay.

$2.48
Midnight Letters — cover artwork25
City lightsQuiet hours

Midnight Letters

The refrain: A year of letters sent after midnight ends with a reply that contains no words, only a train ticket and a date.

$2.93
Hearts in Bloom — cover artwork26
ReplayRoad songs

Hearts in Bloom

The refrain: A visiting gardener comes to restore a neglected community plot and discovers that the people growing alongside it make leaving less simple.

$3.38
A Fine Thread — cover artwork27
Quiet hoursOld souls

A Fine Thread

The refrain: A seamstress and a reluctant wedding guest spend six hours fixing a suit, then find themselves in no hurry to leave the dressing room.

$3.83
Under the Same Sky — cover artwork28
Road songsComing home

Under the Same Sky

The refrain: Two friends on opposite sides of the world compare notes about the night sky and make a plan to watch the same sunrise together.

$4.28
The Summer Note — cover artwork29
Old soulsCity lights

The Summer Note

The refrain: A letter misplaced for twenty summers arrives just as its sender and intended reader both return to the town they left behind.

$1.58
A Story for Two — cover artwork30
Coming homeReplay

A Story for Two

The refrain: Two writers share a desk and argue over every line, gradually discovering that their best story only works when they write it together.

$2.03

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