The Whale's Keeper

In the sweaty, foul-smelling dark, you hear a beat.

It is the slow drum of an enormous heart, the distinctive shush-shush built into every mammal's DNA.

The floor is the texture of warm cantaloupe.


Story and Programming by Ben Parzybok.
Artwork by Jodi Darby, Sylvie Parzybok, & Ben Parzybok.

This is a production of Plotopolis, a journal publishing interactive fiction to Slack, Telegram and more.
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The Whale's Keeper cover design by Sylvie Parzybok