Lectern

A quiet room for words.

The Software

Built for writers who finish.

A distraction-free writing app for serious storytellers.

Lectern

A quiet room for words.

Long-form writing, the way books are made.

Lectern is a long-form writing environment shaped around the way books actually get made — paragraph by paragraph, scene by scene, without ribbons of toolbars or tabs of distraction.

  • Book Mode — your manuscript laid out as printed pages
  • Markdown-clean, exports straight to Word
  • Built-in Compendium for characters, places, and lore
  • Optional AI assistance (bring your own API key)
  • Tranquility mode — full-screen, no chrome
  • Your files stay yours. No cloud lock-in. Ever.
Pre-order opening soon

See pricing — a free tier plus a one-time Pro license. Public release and a preview build are on the way.

Who We Are

About Necropolis

Necropolis Publishing is a small, independent software studio with a simple mandate: build the tools we wished we had as writers.

Lectern is our flagship — a long-form writing app shaped by years of trying to write inside word processors that were never built for it. Careful craft, no apology, no compromise.

Quiet rooms, sharp tools, honest work.

Get In Touch

Contact

Questions, beta access, support, or press —

necropolispublishing@gmail.com