Gift the Archive

Give someone a mystery a month. On paper, by mail, sealed until it reaches their mailbox.

A real Midnight Archive case file

A real case file from an earlier month.

Choose a gift, from $11

Every Archive is a sealed case file on a real unsolved legend: a researched newspaper that tells the whole story, a Field Kit cipher they crack by hand with a pencil, a postcard from the scene, a collector card, and stickers. Every mailed case also opens in their online Vault, so they can read and play on their phone too.

Order by November 30 and their first file is Archive 005: Krampus, the old world's answer to the naughty list. It mails December 15, in time for the holidays.
Last minute? Send it by email.
The Instant Gift arrives in their inbox at the exact minute you choose, Christmas morning included. They pick the plan and add their own address.
Send an Instant Gift

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How gifting works

  1. Pick a gift above and check out.
  2. At checkout, enter their name and mailing address as the shipping address. (Instant Gift: they add it themselves.)
  3. Every file mails straight to them on the 15th, sealed. Nothing is charged after a prepaid plan ends.

US postage is included. Sending outside the US? Choose the International membership ($16/month).