About Pagehush

Pagehush is a free home for stories. Read or listen to classics, folk tales and new writing, with no ads and no paywalls. Every story can be read aloud, so you can listen on the way to work or at bedtime.

Our vision

To build the number one community for writers: a place where every writer is read, heard and encouraged, and where readers find their next favourite story. Pagehush is still young, and the writers who join now are shaping what it becomes.

What you'll find here

• New writers. Members publish their own stories and poems. Their work always stays theirs.
• Pagehush Classics. Stories, poems and fables old enough to be in the public domain, credited to their original authors.
• Pagehush Retellings. Traditional tales, like Akbar and Birbal or Tenali Raman, retold in our own words.

How it works

Stories are reviewed before they go public, following our content rules. 18+ stories are kept away from guests and under-18s. Stories are read aloud by computer-generated voices, and some tools, like "Find me a story", use AI. We don't show adverts or sell anyone's data; the privacy policy explains what we keep.

Pagehush grows with the people who read and write here. If there's something you'd change, tell us: what members ask for is what gets built next.

Who runs Pagehush

Pagehush is run by Raziq, a developer, reader and writer from Bengaluru who loves travelling. Raziq looks after the site, its writers and its readers day to day, and reads every message sent through the contact form.