QUESTION MARK, Ohio
Episode one
A cat goes missing and Violet Bookman begins to discover that not everything, or everyone, in Question Mark, Ohio, is what it appears.
Episode two
Everything Begins at the End. Violet makes friends in her search, and begins to discover mysterious codes left around town.
Episode three
Tragedy in Question Mark as Officer Ron Dublowski finds Mr. Business's cat collar in the woods.
Episode four
Violet sets out to learn what she can about the strange music in the woods. It leads her to make another ally in her search.
Episode five
With Ms. Twombley’s help, Violet follows a clue about a deceased British soldier who also heard the strange music in the woods.
Episode six
Beware the endless circle. After a possibly ghostly encounter, Violet searches for answers regarding the source of the otherworldly music.
Episode seven
Violet looks for clues at Foreverland Pet Refrigeration and finds evidence that may link the mayor and her deceased husband to the town’s many disappearances.
Episode eight
Everything becomes even more complicated and dangerous after Violet meets a professor who warns her of a cult that believes a powerful creature is hiding in the woods.
Episode nine
Another tragedy occurs, leaving Violet and one of her closest allies heartbroken and looking for answers regarding the cult’s suspicious activities.
Episode ten
Violet learns that the scientists at the Experimental Crop Station might have several terrible secrets of their own.
Episode eleven
Violet finally finds Mr. Business only to lose him in the glare of a strange purple light.
Episode twelve
The strange purple light appears in town just before six-year-old Quentin Quinn goes missing.
Episode thirteen
While searching for Quentin Quinn, Violet befriends an unlikely ally and receives a strange new clue.
Episode fourteen
As new clues and riddles accumulate, Violet searches for the answer to the town's many disappearances.
Episode fifteen
Things in Question Mark reach a crescendo as everything invisible becomes visible.
Episode sixteen
Violet returns to Question Mark to discover the truth about the secret of the town’s disappearances.
Episode seventeen
New mysteries sharpen Violet’s investigation of the glowing white circle in the woods.
Episode eighteen
The history of the circular light comes into focus.
Episode nineteen
Violet uncovers the mystery of the French colony, which leads to more questions.
Episode twenty
The uncanny mystery of the void is finally revealed.
Episode twenty one
The Void quickly becomes a part of town life and source of incredible danger.
Episode twenty two
Violet unravels the cult’s plans to open The Void in order to bring about a new age of darkness.
Episode twenty three
A mysterious death moves the town closer to catastrophe.
Episode twenty four
The past and future collide in Question Mark with startling consequences.
Episode twenty five
A difficult past is laid to rest.
Episode twenty six
The town faces a critical decision in the contest between the past and future.
Episode twenty seven
The town falls into a strange slumber after another startling incident.
Episode twenty eight
An eerie calm falls over the town as mysterious forces quietly gather.
Episode twenty nine
Violet carefully uncovers answers to the disappearance of Quentin Quinn.
Episode thirty
Violet faces her greatest challenge yet as the Order prepares to open The Void.
Episode thirty one
Everything ends at the beginning.
Episode thirty two
Violet seeks the source of the hidden music and learns a powerful secret about her parents.
Episode thirty three
Ninety years of secrets are revealed.
Episode thirty four
Violet embarks on a treacherous search for the Town key.
Episode thirty five
Violet helps get the mayor reinstated and discovers a strange musical clue.
Episode thirty six
Violet discovers a wondrous machine which may save the town once and for all.
Episode thirty seven
The fate of the town depends on the discovery of a final song.
Episode thirty eight
Violet and Officer Ron face an experiment gone horribly wrong.
Episode thirty nine
Violet and Officer Ron come face-to-face with the town’s complicated past.
Episode forty
Violet and Officer Ron find a way to save Question Mark.
In a quiet, unremarkable town in Ohio, everything has begun to disappear: first shoes, then street signs, then pets. After her neighbor’s beloved cat goes missing, an undaunted young woman named Violet Bookman sets out to uncover the strange secrets of the world around her and to find the truth of what’s been lost.
Welcome to Question Mark, Ohio, a new type of novel that unfolds across the Internet and allows readers to engage directly with the story by helping to solve each new mystery.
Follow Violet as she rides her bike from the unsettling forest to the abandoned bowling alley to the 2nd largest garbage dump in the state, meeting a cast of fascinatingly complicated characters: a broken-hearted police officer who dreams of being a music producer, an elementary school teacher who is looking for her brother’s ghost, a librarian with a collection of the saddest books in the world, a gigantic sanitation worker who only sweeps at night.
Each new location, each new character offers readers another puzzle to solve, another new story to explore, all in real time. Inspired by 20th century and 21st century serial stories, Question Mark, Ohio is a narrative experience like no other, a novel that depends on interaction between the reader and an ever-expanding world of wonder and strangeness. Only you can help Violet find the truth.
You are the key…