Bookshop Evenings
Leave the rainy street behind. Settle into reading-themed word searches, beginning at a bookshop door.
Your free sampleThe Door on a Rainy Street
Find the Bookshop sampleWord searches, puzzles & mysteries
Make a little room
for curiosity.
A quiet bookshop. A little windowlight. A real-life mystery. Find a thoughtful puzzle break that feels like your kind of escape.
Free to try. No account required for the samples.
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Follow your curiosity
Choose your kind of escape.
Start with a mood, then try a real puzzle from the collection.
Windowlight & Tea
Small comforts, familiar details and a gentler pace. A word-search collection for a quiet moment.
Your free sampleMorning Light
Find the Windowlight sampleCase Files
Follow source-based historical cases, then look closer with story-connected word-search puzzles.
A different kind of breakRead the case. Find the clues.
Explore Case FilesSelected samples are free to play. They are a taste of the collections, not complete books.
Try an actual puzzle
Let the rest of the day wait a moment.
Start with Morning Light, the free Windowlight & Tea sample. Find 18 words in an 18 × 18 grid, with adjustable letter sizes and hints when you want them.
Choose “Play the windowlight sample” on the next page. No timer, payment or sign-up.
A simple beginning
From curious to happily absorbed.
Find a collection
Choose a cozy escape, an everyday comfort or a factual mystery.
Try a free sample
Open the player and take your time. See what feels right before considering anything more.
Explore what’s next
Compare the planned ways to play below. Paid access is still being prepared.
Planned ways to keep playing
One favorite, or a wider world.
We’re preparing individual titles and a subscription option. Neither is open for purchase yet, and prices are not final.
Own an individual title
For the collection you want to keep and return to.
- A PDF of your selected title
- Online play for that owned title
- A title purchase, not a subscription
Explore with a subscription
For more variety across a broader online puzzle catalog.
- Online catalog access while subscribed
- Printing of individual puzzles
- Not a bundle of full-book PDFs
These describe planned options, not active entitlements. Paid offers are being prepared; no purchase is available here yet.
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A few useful answers
Before you begin.
Do I need an account to play a free sample?
No. The selected sample puzzles can be played without signing up or paying. They are individual samples, not complete books.
Does creating an account start a subscription?
No. Your account is free to create. Signing in does not buy a title, create a subscription or grant paid collection access. You do not need a ChatGPT account to use Smirkback’s account page.
What’s the difference between a title and a subscription?
The planned individual-title option combines a title PDF with online play for that owned title. The planned subscription is broader online catalog access with individual-puzzle printing, not a full-book PDF bundle. Neither option is open for purchase yet; prices are not final.
Are the Case Files stories fictional?
Case Files focuses on source-based historical cases. It is separate from the cozy themes in Bookshop Evenings and Windowlight & Tea. Start at the Case Files collection to choose a case.