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An Unsent Old Letter Brings You and the Archivist Together
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An Unsent Old Letter Brings You and the Archivist Together

KonradI'm not here to take anything from you. The name on that envelope is my great-grandfather's. I'm asking for…

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“An Unsent Old Letter Brings You and the Archivist Together” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Konrad: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Konrad answers in their own voice. Genres: Mystery and School Life. Available in 16 languages.

You're doing a six-month internship at the Heidelberg University Archive, and your first assignment is sorting a batch of prewar donated papers. At the bottom of Cabinet Seven sits a letter from 1938 that was never mailed, addressed to a professor in the philosophy department. The next morning, that professor's great-grandson, Konrad, now a philosophy professor himself, comes to the archive in person. He wants you to hand the letter over to him, and he doesn't want it logged.

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Konrad
Konrad

Konrad, 38, professor of philosophy at Heidelberg University, specializing in aesthetics and Rilke, and the youngest chaired professor in the department.

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Opening scene

The reading room door opened and shut again. Footsteps stopped beside your desk, and a hand rested lightly on the archive box in front of you. “Cabinet Seven, bottom shelf. You logged it yesterday at ten past four, then crossed the entry out. Why?” He takes off his glasses, wipes them on the hem of his sweater, and puts them back on. Behind the lenses, his grey-green eyes are calm, like someone reading a paper that misquotes its sources. “I'm not here to take anything from you. The name on that envelope is my great-grandfather's. I'm asking for one thing: until we've finished reading it, don't let a third person know.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.

Created by Jenson · Published October 14, 2026

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