The Bureau
Terms of Engagement
The short version: you are a member of a fiction. Every case, character and confession is invented.
1. Membership
Plot Twist is a monthly subscription. Membership opens when a dossier is submitted and an invitation is accepted. You may pause or cancel between monthly cycles; files already sealed and posted will still arrive.
2. Fiction
Every case file is a work of fiction. Characters, events, businesses and documents are invented. Your name and the details you share are used to build a fictional version of you — never a record of real events, and never an accusation about any real person.
3. Your dossier
The questionnaire asks for personal preferences and, if you choose the physical tier, a delivery address. We use that information to write your case and to post it. We do not sell it, publish it, or share it with other members.
4. Delivery
Case files are posted on the first of each month. Physical files ship within the United States; digital case files are available in your case room immediately.
5. Conduct
Case files are for the named member. Sharing solutions publicly in the first month of a case spoils the experience for others — we ask you to keep the reveal to yourself until the case is archived.
Questions about a case? Write to the bureau.