NORTHBENCH

The stories - new every week

Free fiction, seriously kept

Three series, a new chapter every single week, free where marked. The Club gets new story chapters early, as they are released.

UNSENT

A novel told entirely in emails that were never sent. Aunt Ada's 1989 drafts, read forty years late.

Letters 1-6 freeRead →

THE FREQUENCY

A radio station that only broadcasts at 3:07 AM, never repeats a song, and takes requests for things people miss.

Chapters 1-3 freeRead →

THE STORY CLUB

A new short story every week: lighthouse ledgers, second-hand shops, night shifts at the lost and found.

Weeks 1-3 freeRead →

THE CLUB

Early access to new story chapters as they are released. Audio versions and new series are not included yet.

$19/monthJoin →

The tools

For the work

Back offices, pipelines and paperwork for freelancers and small studios. Everything is a file - open it, own it, keep it.

Freelance OS

Eight Claude Code command files for freelance admin, with editable Markdown ledgers and templates. They can also be pasted into another AI assistant; emails are drafted, not sent automatically.

$29Buy →

ClientOS

Freelancer workbook for clients, projects, time, invoices and unpaid balances; includes an HTML invoice template and Notion-import CSV.

$19Buy →

Proposal System

Fixed-price quote workbook plus proposal, SOW, change-order, payment-term and follow-up templates. Drafting tools only—not legal advice and no guarantee a client signs.

$49Buy →

Outreach Kit

Six short cold-email sequences, a prospect-tracking workbook and a follow-up-cadence PDF. No lead list or email-sending service is included; inbox placement and replies are not guaranteed.

$16Buy →

Launch Kit

Guide, pricing workbook and checklists for planning a small digital-product launch. It offers a process, not a guarantee of demand, results or one-day completion.

$24Buy →

Listing Lab

168 fill-in listing lines in Excel and CSV, a keyword-scoring grid and a usage guide. Adapt the examples; SEO rankings and sales are not guaranteed.

$11Buy →

Content Engine

90-day content-planning workbook with six pillars, 30 post skeletons, a repurposing plan and a Notion-import CSV. Planning only; it does not publish posts.

$17Buy →

Store Eye

Local Python tool that checks selected public pages and writes a change report when run. Schedule it yourself for daily checks; Python and internet access are needed for page checks.

$29Buy →

The money

For the money

Know your numbers before your numbers become a problem.

Money OS

Eight Claude Code command files for money admin, including bank-CSV import prompts and plain-text ledgers. No direct bank connection; an AI assistant is not included.

$34Buy →

Money Map

Household budget workbook with fixed costs, a weekly spending log, debt calculations, category shares and a monthly net-worth tracker; includes a printable PDF.

$14Buy →

Excel Calculators

Eight freelance and small-business calculators in one downloadable Excel workbook (nine sheets including START and example checks); tabs link to online calculators for comparison.

$12Buy →

Teaching & everyday

For teaching & everyday

Classrooms, career moves, and the small daily things.

Tutor OS

Tutor workbook for student, session, payment and outstanding-balance tracking; compatible with Excel and Google Sheets, with a printable session form. No calendar sync or payment processing.

$19Buy →

Event Plan

Event workbook for guest RSVPs, seating capacity and quotes-versus-budget, plus a 12-month checklist and day-of run sheet. No guest portal or live collaboration service.

$14Buy →

Job Hunt Command

Job-application tracker workbook plus interview-prep PDF, offer-comparison CSV and negotiation scripts. It organizes a search; it does not provide job placement.

$15Buy →

Habit Ledger

Undated printable habit planner with weekly grids, a 30-day marking block and monthly review; includes A4, US Letter and ink-saving PDFs.

$9Buy →

Prompt Vault

79 AI prompt templates for seven small-business task groups, delivered as Markdown, PDF and Notion CSV. Add your context and review outputs; results depend on your inputs and AI service.

$12Buy →

Prompt Sampler

14 working AI prompts. The free sample - take it, no strings.

FREEGet it →

The free shelf

Free, and no email wall

Everything below is free with no signup. It is the honest half of the shop - use it forever, or use it to decide whether the working files are for you.

The guides

Plain-words guides, free

Short, honest systems for the jobs people actually have - pricing, proposals, cold email, habits, budgets, launches. Each one links to the working files if you want them; none of them requires one.

The series - in production

ORBITAL - a thriller told in silence

Low orbit is a workplace. A four-person salvage crew catches a decommissioned satellite that has been dead for thirty years - except its transmitter is warm, and it is spelling one name in old commercial morse: the name of the newest member of their crew.

Season One: ten episodes of precision line art, one electric blue, no sound in vacuum. Episode One is finished and in review; the season follows.

Coming - Episode One will be free

Why Northbench

What we promise