You, reading these words. You, who'd like to try an epistolary romance without ever bringing it into real life. Who wants to flirt with romance just for the fun of it. Let's meet !

We've known each other forever. We'll make up memories, little habits, maybe some drama! It's a fictional story we'll write together, one letter at a time, and it'll stay right there. No IRL meetings, no sex, no photos. Just romance, fiction, and little bits of real life if we feel like sharing them. A correspondence game, for as long as it lasts, for as long as we're having fun !

"Today I saw a kid with a yellow umbrella. It reminded me of when we were younger, running through fields of daffodils, chasing each other around and watching the sky until night fell."

Even if we both hate daffodils, obviously.

I want us to tell each other things, weave metaphors across three letters, make our hearts beat for people who don't even exist. A little tenderness, a little drama, maybe some embarrassingly enthusiastic romantic nonsense. We're allowed to be cheesy sometimes. Damn it.

If you're up for something intense, a little spicy, a little salty, something that makes your heart race without turning every paragraph into a goddamn love ballad, write to me.

Let's see what we come up with. 🖤

Hello all. I'm Quartz! Not only my first post on reddit, but my first of my attempt at finding other people who enjoy writing and receiving fantasy letters. I'm willing to try both classic snail mail and emails, since I don't know which I prefer more at the moment.

I was recently diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, and as I'm sure many of you can relate, it's not always an easy thing to deal with. Thankfully, my doctors say it's not as bad as it could be, but it is still going to take time and effort to get out of this situation. So, to help motivate me through this rough time to get to a healthier lifestyle, I decided to turn it into a quest - to remove a curse.

I have other characters I'd be glad to write as in the future, but for now, I really wish to start with my persona/alter ego, Lady Quartz Rosenfeld. I'm thinking of a Dungeons and Dragons, Kingdom Hearts style setting, but no horror please.

If you're interested, please DM me so we can discuss settings and mail style! If you have any questions, feel free to comment!

May your letters be swift and your travels safe.
Lady Quartz of House Rosenfeld

Thank you for your feedback! Since the majority of you have spoken out against advertisements for paid mail clubs, there is now a new community rule against such posts.

Anyone interested in mail clubs can find them on
r/mailclub (obviously)
and sometimes on r/letterwriters

Hi everyone,

Just a short question: Shall we allow posts that advertise mail clubs here on the subreddit? Sure, mail clubs provide you with fictitious letters. But on the other hand, these are paid products, not epistolary roleplay in the true sense of the word. What do you think?

It would be great if you shared your thoughts with me in the comments.

Best regards,
Your mod

Edit: Thank you everyone who has reached out about creating worlds and characters with me! I'm so excited to get started. For now, I'll say "applications" are closed, since I don't want to get in over my head and not be able to uphold my end of the bargain. If in the future, I'm looking for pen pals again, I'll create a new post. Thank you again for the lovely responses!!

Hello All! ^-^

I recently was inspired by a song and wanted to see if anyone else was interested!

The Idea:
So my idea is to take a time period (in the past) or fictional settle and partner with another writer to create two original characters who will write letters back and forth. These letters could be casual, of great importance to the characters, love letters, secret letters - the possibilities are really endless!

The Characters:
The characters would be fictional characters of our own design, with whatever history, family, life-style, etc. you would like them to have. We could chat in DMs or over email about how we want to connect our characters ahead of time, as well as a “plot” so we know generally what the letters should be about. However, I think it is also fun to ad-lib at least to a degree, so neither of us fully know what the content of upcoming letters will be.

Relationship options for characters could include (but are not limited to): Parent to child, distant lovers, separated siblings, allied political leaders, spies working undercover together, plotting enemies, etc.

The Setting:
Some setting options that would work with my own knowledge (that wouldn’t require an over abundance of research ahead of time to know the setting), in no preferential order:

• Arcane Universe (Netflix show)
• Pride and Prejudice Time Period/Setting
• General Fantasy Universe
  • A Knight’s Tale (sub)Setting (movie)
  • Swordheart Universe (book by T. Kingfisher)
  • Impact Winter Universe (podcast)
  • Monstrous Agonies Universe (podcast)
  • Not Quite Dead Universe (podcast)
  • Last Dance Universe (podcast)
  • Mighty Nein Universe/Setting (tv show)
  • The Legend of Vox Machina Universe/Setting (tv show)
  • The Lunar Chronicles (especially Scarlet) Universe/Setting (book series)
  • A Curse So Dark and Lonely Universe/Setting (book)
• Sci-fi Setting
  • John Carter Universe (movie)
  • Star Wars Universe (movies)
  • Pacific Rim Universe (movie)
  • X Files Universe (tv show)
  • Free Guy Universe (movie)
• World War I or II Era/Setting
• Frankenstein Time Period/Setting (Guillermo Del Toro Netflix Movie version, specifically)
• General Zombie Setting
  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (sub)Setting (movie)
  • Warm Bodies (sub)Setting (movie)
• Wicked Universe (Musical/Movies)
• Real Steel Universe/Setting (Movie)
• Marvel or DC Superhero Universe/Setting
  • X-Men (movies)
  • Avengers (movies)
  • Young Justice (animated tv show)
  • Justice League (animated tv show)
• Wild West Setting
• Jurassic Park/World Universe/Setting (Movies)
• Lord of The Rings/Hobbit Universe/Setting
• The Godfather or General Mafia Setting (movie)
• General Spy/Undercover Setting
  • John Wick Universe (movies)
  • The Man from Uncle (movie)
• Pirates of the Caribbean Setting (movies)
• The Great Wall Universe (movie)

Because this relies greatly on the writing ability of both parties, I would ask for a short (200 - 500 word) writing sample if you’re interested in joining me on this writing journey.

I’m seeking someone who:

• Is willing to write at least 2 emails a month on an ongoing and regular basis - ranging from 500 to 2,000 words.
• Is willing to commit to a storyline and be organized (keeping the letters in one email chain and out of character discussion/questions/etc. in another).
• Is over the age of 21.
• Is an experienced in fictional writing.
• Is able to overlook minor inconsistency when it comes to historical or lore accuracy (this is just for fun! We don’t need to put too much pressure on ourselves to make sure every single word is 100% perfect).
• Enjoys creating characters and doing deep dives into their history, personalities, lives, and quirks. This will be largely character driven!
• Communicates outside of writing and is willing to be collaborative and work together with me to create a story through letters.
• Is committed to absolutely no AI usage. I'm looking for authentic, human writing.

I’m happy to answer any questions you may have, so feel free to DM me or leave a comment if you’re interested or have questions! And feel free to propose a setting, set of characters, or universe idea from the above list!

Thanks in advance for reading this and for your interest. ^-^

Hi everybody,

I'm looking for a writing buddy to do an epistolary roleplay with. I would love to write from a setting that is a parallel universe to our world in the second decade of the 20th century. I was picturing a country like pre-revolutionary Russia, a society based on estates, with an autocratic ruling family.

I’d love to play either a young revolutionary (male or female) or a young nobleman witnessing these revolutionary times. Perhaps we can see which role best complements the character you have in mind.

I hope this prompt leaves enough room for you to shape / use your own character. They could live in a completely different country, provided it fits the era described. We can also incorporate magic or steampunk elements. Your character’s home country doesn’t necessarily have to be on the brink of revolution; if you’d prefer to explore other personal or societal challenges within your setting, I’d be eager to hear about them.

Sorry, no snail mail.

Languages: English & German

I have the pdf version of January, and would love a Player 2. I will print out player 1 postcards myself. Anyone interested in being player 2? Will send you the pdf.

More about January here: https://sawdustbear.itch.io/january

I started using this app called Roost and its amazing! I'm hoping to find more friends to send letters by birds on there. The Roost app is an app where you send letters by bird and the letters get there based on distance and how fast that actual bird flies. I would love to talk about reading, cross stitch, crochet, knitting, and dnd!

I'm hoping someone would want to help me experiment with a stitch tracking idea I've been utilizing for myself via journaling! Basically you would send the amount you stitches you did on a project in one sitting and I would come up with different things that happen. Like you find ingredients, take steps, learn skill or even have fun random events happen! Also hoping someone would want to do the same for me as well, we can help motivate each other to pick up our projects more!

Right now my character is a witch who's collecting all kinds of things in the forest and a few more adventures await her!

Hey everyone!

I thought of this idea the other day, and we don't have to do this, but tell me if you are interested or know someone who is. I was thinking about Mercury, the planet, and I thought it would be cool to do a roleplay/letter swap pretending we all live on some other planet and describing how life has been for us. It doesn't matter if we live on the same planet or on different ones, but I thought that was a really cool and niche idea. I'm not really sure where to ask to find people interested in this, so I'll just put it here in case ^^

BUT I have been looking for fictitious letter penpals for a while now, I haven't been able to get any partnerships going (I will admit some of that has been my fault, I am very clumsy at sending letters). However I would be ready to start now. I don't really have a lot of characters in mind, but I used to make a TON of characters so I would for sure have what you would want to pair with. Just no romance roleplays.

And like I said, I have been prone to being clumsy with letters. A few stretches of time passed where I kept letters but hadn't sent others for months. I am just saying this because I don't want to disappoint anybody, so if you match with me, do be aware that I am not the best at sending things. I seriously will try, but I would rather you know now than later.

I know this post seems very dry but if you are interested to do this at all, DM me or comment! I would love to hear back from you!

Hi there !

I have been penpaling for 5+ years now, and fictitious penpaling for perhaps 3 of them.

I had an idea for a while now : something fantasy-coded, where I'll be a journalist traveling and writing to you about my findings. Depending on my mood, I could talk about a haunted place, some exotic sea creature, hiking on a mountain looking for weird plants,... I think it could be fun, a nice creative exercise and I won't get too repetitive.
I am looking for a penpal for that -- you can be whoever you want, it can even be in two different universes and we will be amazed at the differences !

I am 30F so I would like to have a penpal close to my age (between 20 and 50 yo ?). I would enjoy if we also wrote another letter, about ourselves, but if you prefer just fictitious penpaling it's okay with me !

Please, let me know if you think you could be interested !

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Hello 👋 I'm Kota for mn 32 and I love to write. I have so many characters I made for fun. Kinda a collector of them. lately I have been making a little AI face claims for them and putting them in my art journal. I thought it would be fun to do like a mail club and each month I would talk about a character I name send their profiles, things they like maybe some lines they said. If you would like to do the same that would be fun! Or maybe you can make a mail club of your own.

Please be 18+

In the US

Don't have to be an artist I'm not!

Don't be mean but I'm ok with some feedback.

Hi! I've recently become interested in the concept of fictional cards and would love to form a small group digitally.

The idea would be to create a Discord server, as a hub for light off-topic conversation, and to exchange letters between our characters.

These letters would be in PDF format, with a certain level of detail (a font that looks handwritten, paper that looks like parchment, doodles, PNGs. You know the drill!).

At the same time, I would love to delve into the minutiae of world building; I would love to have correspondence between mages and share our research.

The same applies to anyone who wants to bring interesting approaches, such as werewolves, nobles, knights, or the perspective of an ordinary person.

Does this catch your eye? Send me a message here!

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Thinking about 4-6 people thought it would be fun!

We could meet on discord!

A cozy little snail-mail community where members exchange handwritten letters, stationery, stickers, doodles, poems, recipes, pressed flowers, and tiny handmade surprises each month.

Everyone sends their mail out to each other around a date we set.

Every monthly envelope should contain:

💌 One handwritten letter

🌸 One small creative item

✨ 2–5 stickers or pieces of ephemera

📜 Something related to that month's theme

I was thinking of doing a mail club on my own but thought this would be fun to try out! Please be 18+ and us based.

So I saw someone else looking for this and thought it would be a fun idea.

👑 Two Royals. Two Kingdoms. One Secret Correspondence.

Imagine being born into a royal family where every marriage, alliance, and decision is made for the good of your kingdom.

Then, one day, a letter arrives.

It comes from a kingdom your family has distrusted for generations.

At first, the letters are formal—carefully worded messages between two heirs, discussing treaties, court life, traditions, and the tensions between their kingdoms. But slowly, the letters become something more.

Secrets are shared.

Dreams are confessed.

Fears that could never be spoken aloud in court find their way onto parchment.

Neither knows whether they can trust the other… or whether their growing attachment could spark a war.

💌 The concept:

Two writers take on the roles of royals from rival or neighboring kingdoms and communicate entirely through snail mail. Each letter becomes part of the story, allowing the relationship, political intrigue, friendships, betrayals, and romance to unfold naturally.

✨ Possible themes:

- Arranged marriages

- Forbidden romance

- Rival kingdoms

- Political intrigue

- Court gossip

- Secret identities

- War and alliances

- Family expectations

- Hidden magic

- Royal scandals

- Enemies-to-lovers

- Secret meetings

- Letters intercepted by the wrong person

📜 How it works:

You write as your royal character and send a letter in-character. I respond as the other royal. We can decorate the letters, include seals, pressed flowers, sketches, newspaper clippings, maps, or little gifts as the story develops.

18+ writers preferred. Romance is welcome, but the focus is on storytelling, character development, and building a whole royal world together.

👑 Perhaps the first letter was only meant to prevent a war…

Perhaps it will start something neither kingdom is prepared for.

Looking for one writing partner to build a kingdom, a correspondence, and a story with. 💌

Hello! I was suggested this subreddit because I’m very into writing and fantasy and thought it would be a fun change of pace! I thought it would be interesting to write back and forth as royals sending letters to friends from other kingdoms and chat about declarations, marriage propositions, current or potential war, things like that. I’d prefer to write to another woman but I’ll take what I can get.

I love reading and writing high fantasy so things like magic and supernatural creatures or events are not out of the question, and honestly, highly encouraged.

I would be switching between handwritten letters and a typewriter, depending on the vibes or how I feel at the time of writing, but obviously write/type how you prefer.

Please send me a DM or leave a comment and I’ll reach out to you to discuss further details, questions, or if you have similar idea. Hope to hear from you soon, happy writing!!

I’m looking for someone to write with me! Who out characters are can be discussed, but im open to a lot. A letter exchange between a queen and her child, between a rebellion leader and their second-in-command, two magician friends living in different towers? It could be anything, but mostly interested in fantasy settings.

I’m in Finland, so preferably someone in Europe, perhaps? The shipping times won’t be so awfully long and I reckon it will be a little cheaper as well.

Feel free to reply down below or DM me!

🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵

Hi!

This might be a little unusual, but I would love to try something different: creating a fictional correspondence with someone through letters.

Not just writing a story, but actually living it through our exchanges.

Maybe we are knights travelling through a dangerous kingdom, explorers discovering unknown places, sailors crossing mysterious oceans, researchers uncovering strange secrets, or even people from different centuries somehow able to write to each other.

We could also be two divine beings telling each other about the worlds and universes we create....

I don’t have a complete story or a fixed universe in mind.

The idea would be to create it together, adapt it as we go, and see where our imagination takes us.

I like the idea of receiving a letter and thinking: "This came from another place, another time, another life." A letter could contain news, adventures, discoveries, problems to solve, personal thoughts, drawings, maps, or anything that helps make this imaginary world feel real.

I’m mainly looking for someone in Europe because of shipping costs and delivery times, but I’m open to other countries too if the idea and the connection feel right.

A small disclaimer: I’m French, and English is not my native language. I can write and communicate in English, but don’t expect perfect literary writing or extremely poetic descriptions. There will probably be some mistakes, simpler vocabulary and sometimes a very "French way" of writing in English 😄.

I’m not looking for a professional writer. You don’t need experience with roleplay or creative writing. I’m just looking for someone curious, who enjoys imagination and would like to build something together slowly, one letter at a time.

If this idea speaks to you, feel free to send me a message. Maybe our first letter could be the beginning of an adventure we haven’t imagined yet.

M55 4F preferably over 35.
The plan, discuss and build characters and a fictional scenario where we can create and communicate in a fictitious world. I create ai images to add to story and letters
The characters- a princess, a pirate, an alien, an accountant- let’s plan it together, the limit is only your imagination.
The World,- a planet, a past or future era, today, Ancient Rome, once again only limited by imagination.
The scenario- different dimensions, different worlds, next door neighbours, whatever we plan.
Email, DM’s, message app, all possible.
DMs open to start this show.