Spare Chairs
Family fiction, told slowly, paid in full

Ten stories where nobody takes the high road.

One sister ran up $18,240 on a phone plan. Then the bill came due.

First 200 buyers pay $7. Then it's $12.

No dignified exits. No sudden fortunes. They stop paying, stop explaining and leave the paperwork in order. Then you get the bill: a one-page ledger, in dollars, after every story.

Plus local tax. Instant 39 page PDF. Secure Stripe checkout. All sales are final.

Noreen's sister took $18,240 on her phone plan. All ten stories are fiction.

The families in this book took $259,465.60. The whole book is $7.

Story 1: The family planStory 2: Whose truck is itStory 3: Due on the firstStory 4: Cash barStory 5: Forty chairsStory 6: Treasurer's reportStory 7: Twelve boxesStory 8: The roof fundStory 9: ContentsStory 10: Eleven percent

You keep waiting for the nasty ending

The story builds for forty minutes. Then the narrator forgives everyone, or walks away with their head high, or a lawyer calls about a hidden fortune. Viewers keep saying what's wrong:

"Why would you give access to your money to adults who are perfectly capable of paying their own way?"
"These stories always seem to have a Vanessa a Marcus and an Evelyn"

No Vanessa. No Marcus. No Evelyn. Ten families you haven't met before.

So we made the book for people asking those questions. Every narrator has a reason you'd believe, written under the title. Nobody gets rescued. What they have is a receipt, a signature and a date.

Not for you if you want the narrator to forgive everyone in the last chapter.

The trick that makes petty feel earned

A good spiteful ending needs three things, and most stories skip the first and last. Here's the difference, from the kind of story we didn't write.

The usual ending"I walked away with my dignity."

No reason she stayed. No cost to anyone. A number that changes halfway through.

Our ruleReason. Paperwork. Sum.

Say why they put up with it. Use only what they already had the right to do. Then total it, in dollars, so you can check.

Every story ends with a ledger like this one. The numbers stay in the book.

A one-page story ledger, softly blurred

What's inside

39 pages. 10 stories, 5,923 words of story, 10 one-page ledgers, all ten side by side and a blank ledger of your own. Every story closes on "And that settles the ledger" and one last detail.

  1. Stop paying
  2. The family planSix phones, one bill, 74 months5
  3. Whose truck is itOne title, one name on it8
  4. Due on the firstA grandmother, a lease and a date11
  5. Left out
  6. Cash barWhose name is on the contract15
  7. Forty chairsFourteen Christmases, all on loan18
  8. Treasurer's reportEleven years of reunion dues21
  9. Twelve boxesWhat a free tax return costs24
  10. The house and the phone call
  11. The roof fundHalf a house, all of the bills28
  12. ContentsA will, a house and one word31
  13. Eleven percentThe loan that came back around34
  14. At the back
  15. All ten ledgers on one page37
  16. Your own ledger, blank38
  17. Who made this39

Flip through some pages

Contents
Page 3
Part one opening
Page 4
The first page of The family plan
Page 5
The first page of Whose truck is it
Page 8
The first page of Forty chairs
Page 18
The blank ledger
Page 38

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Who made this

Spare Chairs believes the best revenge is a boundary kept in plain sight. We set three rules and held all ten stories to them: a reason you'd believe, a payoff made of paperwork and not luck, and a ledger that adds up.

Every ledger total is calculated, then checked against the story. We don't use Reddit posts, real families or another channel's plots. If a number doesn't add up, tell us and we'll correct it in the next edition.

Questions

Are these true stories?

No. All ten are original fiction.

Why pay when the videos are free?

The channel tells these stories, and the ledgers exist only here: every dollar taken and what came back. You read at your own pace, in clean text, with nobody rushing you.

Not sure yet?

Read a whole story first, free, with its own ledger. Leave your address and we'll send it.

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How do I get it?

You land on the download right after paying. It's a PDF that opens on any phone, tablet or computer.

Can I get a refund?

All sales are final. This is a digital download you get right away, so we don't offer refunds. This doesn't affect any rights you have by law. That's why the contents and sample pages are all here.

Stop waiting for someone to get what they deserve.

The families in this book took $259,465.60. The whole book is $7.

First 200 buyers pay $7. Then it's $12.

Plus local tax. Instant 39 page PDF. Secure Stripe checkout. All sales are final.

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