Long Story Short

News in sixty words.
A word game on the side.

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The first card, with its tip

These are today's. Scroll the middle one.

Every story is sixty words. The outlet is on the card.

A word game on the side. Easy to play. You learn a bit.

A streak, if you want one. Miss a day and you can fix it.

Eighty-five stickers. Reading gets you some. Playing gets you more.

No ads. Nothing about you goes anywhere.

The news page.

A story card
a photo, the whole width
who reported it
sixty words, counted
swipe up, next story

One sentence a day.
Today's, here.

Tap the five words that carry the story. Blue is the right word in the right place, orange the right word in the wrong one. Five goes.

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5 goes

Streaks. Stickers.

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your name, days read
the three closest
six levels
85 in all

Your local paper, too.

Search
the day's outlets
your town comes first
every story, listed
tap an outlet, read theirs

And.

Six levels.

Days with a story read. Three gets Fresh Ink. A year gets The Masthead.

Fresh Ink
Morning Regular
Front Porch
Desk Editor
Columnist
The Masthead

Dark mode.

Follows the phone. Or not.

The game in dark mode

Only you see what you read.

No ads, no trackers. Sign in only if you want your streak on a second phone. Delete the account from inside the app, done within a day.

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iPhone and Android.

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Android
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Free, and Hard.

Hard is $2.99 a month or $29.99 a year. The first Hard one is free.

Long Story Hard$2.99/mo.Long Story ShortAlways free
A second, harder sentence every day
Its own streak and its own stickers
Streak repair for Hard
Every story, every day, sixty words each
No ads

Contact us.

Email akash@sheets.works

Every story names the outlets that reported it, on the card and in the link. A correction, a takedown or a question about a source goes to the same address and is answered within a day.

Questions.

Is it free?

Yes. The stories and the daily sentence are free and there are no ads. Hard costs money. So do a day off, a streak repair and the archive. The free app does not nag you about any of them.

Where do the stories come from?

From the outlets on the card. We read their reporting and write sixty words. The card links to the original. Photos come from press rooms, Wikimedia Commons and public archives, and get a credit when the licence wants one.

Do I need an account?

No. It all works on one phone without one. Sign in with email, Google or Apple if you want your streak and your saved stories on a second phone.

How do I cancel Hard?

In your phone's subscription settings, App Store or Google Play. It runs to the end of what you paid for and then stops.

How do I delete my account?

Account, then Delete account. That sends us one email, and it is done within a day. Everything on it goes, streak included. Or write to akash@sheets.works yourself.