There is no grand master plan behind all of this.

I simply love writing.

For years, stories, poems, characters, conversations, and ideas have lived rent-free in my head. Writing has always been my way of giving them a place to exist outside of it. That is how The Dusty Bookshelf was born. It started with blogs, observations, memories, and small incidents from everyday life—nothing more complicated than a writer wanting to write.

But somewhere in the background, there was always a larger dream.

I have always loved fiction. Creating worlds, building mysteries, following characters down roads even they did not know they would travel. And while writing those stories, a question occurred to me.

We have episodes for television. We have seasons for OTT platforms. We have short-form serial content on social media. But what about book readers?

Why should stories in books always arrive all at once?

What if readers could experience a story the way viewers experience a series—waiting for the next episode, discussing theories, anticipating what happens next, and returning week after week for another chapter of the journey?

That simple question became Epistories.

The idea was to tell stories in episodes—released periodically, allowing readers to experience them as they unfold. Stories that can be followed week by week, season by season, much like a television series, but with the imagination and intimacy that only books can offer.

And that is where the name comes from: Epistories—episodes told through stories.

The first series under this concept will be published soon, and I could not be more excited to share it with you.

So welcome to the world of Epistories, where stories arrive in seasons, chapters become episodes, and readers get to enjoy the anticipation of what comes next.

I hope you enjoy reading these episodes as much as I enjoyed writing them.

— Ashwati Menon