Storieshaven creates interactive Realms where guests, hosts, readers, and explorers can enter a story instead of only reading one.
Create a character.
Make choices.
Discover hidden clues.
Visit places where the story continues.
Every choice matters.
The Choice is Yours.
Guests
Craft Your Character and Explore!
Hosts
Create Stories for Your Guests!
What is Storieshaven?
Storieshaven is a home for interactive story experiences.
Some Realms begin online.
Some begin inside a book.
Some begin when you scan a QR code at a cabin, farm, venue, or themed stay.
A Realm may invite you to solve a mystery, follow a path, uncover lore, earn achievements, or simply see the place around you through a more magical lens.
You are not just visiting.
You are entering the story.
When you stay at a Realm, you’ll receive a Story Kit with quests, puzzles, and choices that shape your path.
Your actions earn Character Levels and Karma Points that follow you across every Realm you visit.
I’m a Guest…
Create your character, enter the Realm, and begin your journey. Your choices, discoveries, and achievements can become part of your continuing adventure.
Choose. Explore. Evolve.
- Stay in Realms inspired by Adventure, Fairytale, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance, Mystery, and Horror.
- Unlock different paths each time you visit… a true choose-your-path story stay.
- Earn Character Levels and Karma Points that carry across Realms.
- Share your stories and become part of a growing legend.
“Every choice you make changes your story’s possibilities.”
I’m a Host…
Turn Your Space Into a Story.
Join the Storieshaven Guild of Realms, a creative partnership program that helps Airbnb, short-term rentals, campgrounds, and RV Parks owners transform their properties into immersive storytelling destinations.
As a Realm-Host, you’ll receive:
- Custom Story Kits written by professional storytellers.
- Branding, lore integration, and listing support.
- Connection to the Storieshaven multiverse… and guests seeking experiences, not just stays.
Hosts become storytellers. Guests become characters. Together, you create living stories.
Our Mission
Storieshaven was created by J.J. Hartly, author of the Akasha Realm Universe, and his wife Jenn, to bring stories beyond the page and into real life.
What began as interactive fiction evolved into a global vision… a network of Realms powered by creativity, collaboration, and connection.
“It’s not about escaping reality… it’s about enriching it through story.”
Join The Storieshaven Journal
Follow the latest entries from Storieshaven: new Realms, beta invitations, host updates, interactive story news, behind-the-scenes worldbuilding, and future app and book updates.
Join The Storieshaven Journal with your email and name, then click ‘Subscribe’.