unreliable narrator book ideas

The Woman Who Passed My Test

A psychologist designs a test that detects fabricated memories. Every person passes except the woman who invented it.

The House That Kept the Tape

A sound archivist moves into a house whose old answering machine receives tomorrow's apologies. One message uses her own voice.

The Witness I Invented Is Suing Me

An insurance investigator invents a witness to close a harmless claim. The witness arrives with a lawyer and proof that someone has died under her invented name.

The Smile in the Spare Tooth

A dental technician makes a replacement tooth from an unidentified donor. Every night her client smiles in a language the rest of his face does not understand.

Your Childhood Requires a Password

A memory archivist loses access to her childhood when her subscription expires. Her estranged brother offers his memories of her, but he remembers a different sister.

A Portrait for the Unburied

In 1896, a portrait painter is hired to paint a living man's funeral portrait. Every sitter she chooses as a reference disappears from the household records.

My Husband Is an Alibi

A jury consultant discovers her husband has been hired to appear in strangers' family photographs. One picture proves he was home during a murder he remembers committing.