Afterlife Story Lab

The Catalogue

Eight original stories across podcast, page, stage, and screen.

Don't Date Murderers

In Production

Audio Podcast Series Dark Comedy / True Crime

A true crime comedy. JoJo Putty vets the new partners of people who suspect the worst, one podcast episode at a time. She is very good at spotting red flags. She is much worse at her own life.

For Fans Of Baby Reindeer meets Barry

Audience Fans of prestige dark comedy and morally ambiguous protagonists, plus true crime podcast listeners who read red flags for fun.

It's All Coming Back

In Development

Stage Play Dark Comedy / Psychological Thriller

Five years after the attack that nearly killed her, Constance hosts her annual liberation party at her isolated cottage. Her sister arrives with a new fiance, and Constance slowly realises she has met him before.

For Fans Of Saltburn meets Knives Out

Audience Adult theatre-goers, fans of dark comedy with a thriller edge

Arcadian Kids

Writing

YA Novel Adventure / Thriller

After forming a deep bond with a boy inside a strange, self-contained school, a teenage girl discovers that she and her classmates are victims of a school shooting trapped in a constructed limbo, and that the boy she loves is the one who killed her.

For Fans Of The Breakfast Club meets The Lovely Bones meets Wayward Pines

Audience Young adults 14 to 25, literary YA readers, fans of supernatural fiction with emotional intelligence

Before We Knew

In Development

Series Teen Ensemble Drama

During one last summer at a hidden beach, six British teens confront love, class, secrecy, and the fear of growing up. Loving boldly may matter more than how the story ends.

For Fans Of The Summer I Turned Pretty meets Euphoria meets Normal People

Audience Gen Z and young millennials (16 to 28), mobile-first viewers, fans of emotionally complex teen drama

The Ledger

In Development

Podcast Series Tech Thriller / Financial Conspiracy

After her husband is murdered, a fugitive widow discovers he built a quantum device capable of quietly redistributing wealth. She becomes the only person who can decide whether to finish what he started.

For Fans Of Black Mirror meets Limetown

Audience Adults 25-55, podcast thriller fans, audiences drawn to ordinary-person antiheroes and stories of institutional corruption

Liver Dancing

In Development

Feature Film Adventure Drama / Dark Comedy

When a struggling actress learns her estranged father has a terminal brain tumour, she reluctantly joins him on one last road trip through California. The reckless dreamer she could never understand may be the only one who can teach her how to be brave.

For Fans Of Little Miss Sunshine meets Captain Fantastic meets Nomadland

Audience Fans of emotionally resonant indie films such as Little Miss Sunshine, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Captain Fantastic, Nomadland, and The Farewell

Jupiter's Wake

In Development

Podcast Series Absurdist Whodunnit Thriller

After losing her best friend and the only life she has ever known, a habit-bound London bookseller sets out to find the wild childhood friend she abandoned decades earlier. What she finds reveals more about herself than the mystery she's trying to solve.

For Fans Of The Thursday Murder Club meets Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Audience Readers who love eccentric protagonists, literary mysteries, and stories where the real investigation is internal. Fans of darkly comic fiction that balances absurdity with genuine emotional depth.

Baskethead: Diary of a Dead Woman

In Development

Feature Film Dark Comedy / Southern Gothic

A lonely small-town funeral director who talks to dead animals discovers she might actually be dead herself, and the only way to find out is to stop hiding from the living.

For Fans Of Bernie meets Swiss Army Man meets The Florida Project

Audience Fans of offbeat indie films with big hearts, dark humor, and unforgettable characters. Audiences who loved Bernie, Swiss Army Man, The Florida Project, and Welcome to the Dollhouse.