The Lookout

Letters from someone who's still looking.

A year of letters from Ada, who has lost a cat in Sydney and a dog in Seattle. Real lost-pet search tips in every envelope.

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No spam. One email when letters open.

Test readers

The first 20 people on the list get letter one by post, free, in January 2027. More details to come.

From letter one

Thursday. 19 degrees, wind off the water, rain forecast that never came.

To whoever took my notice off the board at Balmain East,

You've got my handwriting now, so I'm sorry about that. Twelve years setting other people's words in type and I never once had to make my own letters join up.

Ada

Sorry PS. I bought a second bag of biscuits today. Hope or habit. I used to know the difference.

margin sketch: the window that doesn't latch.

Inside every envelope

Nothing in it is stock. Every page, stamp and envelope is designed for the story, as if it came off Ada's kitchen table.

  • The envelope

    Custom-designed for each month, with its own stamp, postmark and a detail from the letter. You'll know it before you open it.

  • A letter from Ada

    Printed in her handwriting on paper that feels found, not bought. One a month, a year-long story across Sydney and Seattle.

  • A postcard or sketch

    Drawn as Ada would draw it: the wharf, the window, the dog from memory. Yours to keep or pin up.

  • Dev's notes

    A few times a year, a half-page from the ferry master. Gruff, short, worth keeping.

  • Stickers and badges

    Characters, places, and a badge for every search skill you pick up along the way.

  • The search card

    Real advice for finding a lost pet, on its own card, clearly marked. The part that might matter one day.

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How it works

  1. 01A letter arrives by post each month.
  2. 02The story is fiction; the search card inside is real advice.
  3. 03Waitlist open now. Test readers January 2027; paid letters from November 2027.