diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard.jsx
index abc68c2..18a77f6 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard.jsx
@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@ import LoadingOverlay from './presentational/LoadingOverlay'
 import Map from './Map.jsx'
 import Toolbar from './Toolbar.jsx'
 import CardStack from './CardStack.jsx'
-import NarrativeCard from './NarrativeCard.js'
+import NarrativeControls from './presentational/NarrativeControls.js'
 import InfoPopUp from './InfoPopup.jsx'
 import Timeline from './Timeline.jsx'
 import Notification from './Notification.jsx'
 
 import { parseDate } from '../js/utilities'
 
-import { injectNarrative } from '../js/utilities'
-
 class Dashboard extends React.Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
@@ -119,13 +117,6 @@ class Dashboard extends React.Component {
             getCategoryColor: category => this.getCategoryColor(category)
           }}
         />
-        <NarrativeCard
-          methods={{
-            onNext: () => this.moveInNarrative(1),
-            onPrev: () => this.moveInNarrative(-1),
-            onSelectNarrative: this.setNarrative
-          }}
-        />
         <CardStack
           onViewSource={this.handleViewSource}
           onSelect={this.handleSelect}
@@ -134,6 +125,17 @@ class Dashboard extends React.Component {
           getNarrativeLinks={event => this.getNarrativeLinks(event)}
           getCategoryColor={category => this.getCategoryColor(category)}
         />
+        <NarrativeControls
+          narrative={!!app.narrative ? {
+            ...app.narrative,
+            current: app.narrativeState.current
+          } : null}
+          methods={{
+            onNext: () => this.moveInNarrative(1),
+            onPrev: () => this.moveInNarrative(-1),
+            onSelectNarrative: this.setNarrative
+          }}
+        />
         <InfoPopUp
           ui={ui}
           app={app}
@@ -167,16 +169,6 @@ function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
   }
 }
 
-function injectSource(id) {
-  return state => ({
-    ...state,
-    app: {
-      ...state.app,
-      source: state.domain.sources[id]
-    }
-  })
-}
-
 export default connect(
   state => state,
   mapDispatchToProps,
diff --git a/src/components/NarrativeCard.js b/src/components/NarrativeCard.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 721f727..0000000
--- a/src/components/NarrativeCard.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react'
-import { connect } from 'react-redux'
-import { selectActiveNarrative } from '../selectors'
-
-function NarrativeCard ({ narrative, methods }) {
-  const { onSelectNarrative, onNext, onPrev  } = methods
-  function renderClose() {
-    return (
-      <button
-        className='side-menu-burg is-active'
-        onClick={() => { onSelectNarrative(null) }}
-      >
-        <span></span>
-      </button>
-    )
-  }
-
-  function _renderActions(current, steps) {
-    const prevExists = current !== 0
-    const nextExists = current < steps.length - 1
-    return (
-      <div className='actions'>
-        <div
-          className={`${prevExists ? '' : 'disabled'} action`}
-          onClick={prevExists ? onPrev : null}>&larr;
-        </div>
-        <div
-          className={`${nextExists ? '' : 'disabled'} action`}
-          onClick={nextExists ? onNext : null}>&rarr;
-        </div>
-      </div>
-    )
-  }
-
-  // no display if no narrative
-  if (!narrative) return null
-
-  const { steps, current } = narrative
-
-  if (steps[current]) {
-    const step = steps[current]
-
-    return (
-      <div className='narrative-info'>
-        {renderClose()}
-        <h3>{narrative.label}</h3>
-        <p>{narrative.description}</p>
-        <h6>
-          <i className='material-icons left'>location_on</i>
-          {current + 1}/{steps.length}. {step.location}
-        </h6>
-        {_renderActions(current, steps)}
-      </div>
-    )
-  } else {
-    return null
-  }
-}
-
-function mapStateToProps(state) {
-  return {
-    narrative: selectActiveNarrative(state)
-  }
-}
-export default connect(mapStateToProps)(NarrativeCard)
diff --git a/src/components/Timeline.jsx b/src/components/Timeline.jsx
index e68db1d..a833272 100644
--- a/src/components/Timeline.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Timeline.jsx
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Timeline extends React.Component {
         height_controls: 115,
         margin_left: 120,
         margin_top: 20,
-        trackHeight: 80      
+        trackHeight: 80
       },
       scaleX: null,
       scaleY: null,
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class Timeline extends React.Component {
           transitionDuration={this.state.transitionDuration}
           scaleX={this.state.scaleX}
         />
-        <TimelineCategories 
+        <TimelineCategories
           dims={dims}
           onDragStart={() => { this.onDragStart() }}
           onDrag={() => { this.onDrag() }}
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class Timeline extends React.Component {
           onSelect={this.props.methods.onSelect}
         />
       </svg>
-    ); 
+    )
   }
 
   render() {
diff --git a/src/components/presentational/NarrativeAdjust.js b/src/components/presentational/NarrativeAdjust.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7b4be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/presentational/NarrativeAdjust.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import React from 'react'
+
+export default ({ isDisabled, direction, onClickHandler }) => {
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={`narrative-adjust ${direction}`}
+      onClick={!isDisabled ? onClickHandler : null}
+    >
+      <i
+        className={`material-icons ${isDisabled ? 'disabled' : ''}`}
+      >
+        {`chevron_${direction}`}
+      </i>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/presentational/NarrativeCard.js b/src/components/presentational/NarrativeCard.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..874578c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/presentational/NarrativeCard.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { connect } from 'react-redux'
+import { selectActiveNarrative } from '../../selectors'
+
+function NarrativeCard ({ narrative }) {
+    // no display if no narrative
+  const { steps, current } = narrative
+
+  if (steps[current]) {
+    const step = steps[current]
+
+    return (
+      <div className='narrative-info'>
+        <div className='narrative-info-header'>
+          <div className='count-container'>
+            <div className='count'>
+              {current + 1}/{steps.length}
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          <div>
+            <h3>{narrative.label}</h3>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        {/* <i className='material-icons left'>location_on</i> */}
+        {/* {_renderActions(current, steps)} */}
+        <p className='narrative-info-desc'>{narrative.description}</p>
+              </div>
+    )
+  } else {
+    return null
+  }
+}
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    narrative: selectActiveNarrative(state)
+  }
+}
+export default connect(mapStateToProps)(NarrativeCard)
diff --git a/src/components/presentational/NarrativeClose.js b/src/components/presentational/NarrativeClose.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c514479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/presentational/NarrativeClose.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import React from 'react'
+
+export default ({ onClickHandler, closeMsg }) => {
+  return (
+    <div
+      className='narrative-close'
+      onClick={onClickHandler}
+    >
+      <button
+        className='side-menu-burg is-active'
+      >
+        <span></span>
+      </button>
+      <div className='close-text'>{closeMsg}</div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/presentational/NarrativeControls.js b/src/components/presentational/NarrativeControls.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a120dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/presentational/NarrativeControls.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import NarrativeCard from './NarrativeCard'
+import NarrativeAdjust from './NarrativeAdjust'
+import NarrativeClose from './NarrativeClose'
+
+export default ({ narrative, methods }) => {
+  if (!narrative) return null
+
+  const { current, steps } = narrative
+  const prevExists = current !== 0
+  const nextExists = current < steps.length - 1
+
+  return (
+    <React.Fragment>
+      <NarrativeCard narrative={narrative} />
+      <NarrativeAdjust
+        isDisabled={!prevExists}
+        direction='left'
+        onClickHandler={methods.onPrev}
+      />
+      <NarrativeAdjust
+        isDisabled={!nextExists}
+        direction='right'
+        onClickHandler={methods.onNext}
+      />
+      <NarrativeClose
+        onClickHandler={() => methods.onSelectNarrative(null)}
+        closeMsg='-- exit from narrative --'
+      />
+    </React.Fragment>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/scss/card.scss b/src/scss/card.scss
index a801f0e..a1b03de 100644
--- a/src/scss/card.scss
+++ b/src/scss/card.scss
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@
     margin: 5px 0 10px 0;
     padding-bottom: 10px;
 
-    &.details {
-      border-bottom: 1px solid $lightwhite;
-    }
-
     .card-cell {
       flex: 1;
    }
diff --git a/src/scss/cardstack.scss b/src/scss/cardstack.scss
index 0b83da3..a79a44e 100644
--- a/src/scss/cardstack.scss
+++ b/src/scss/cardstack.scss
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ $timeline-height: 170px;
   color: white;
 
   &.narrative-mode {
-    right: auto;
-    left: 10px;
-    top: $narrative-info-max-height + 12px;
-    height: calc(100% - #{$narrative-info-max-height} - #{$timeline-height} - 12px);
+    right: 10px;
+    left: auto;
+    top: $narrative-info-max-height + 12px + 20px;
+    height: calc(100% - #{$narrative-info-max-height} - #{$timeline-height} - 12px - 20px);
   }
 
   &.full-height {
diff --git a/src/scss/narrativecard.scss b/src/scss/narrativecard.scss
index 36ebc63..9bf86a4 100644
--- a/src/scss/narrativecard.scss
+++ b/src/scss/narrativecard.scss
@@ -1,25 +1,51 @@
 $narrative-info-width: 370px;
+$timeline-height: 170px;
 
 /*
 NARRATIVE INFO
 */
 .narrative-info {
   position: fixed;
-  top: 10px;
-  left: 10px;
-  // height: auto;
+  top: 30px;
+  left: auto;
+  right: 10px;
   height: 170px;
   width: $narrative-info-width;
   box-sizing: border-box;
-  padding: 15px;
   max-height: calc(100% - 250px);
-  overflow: auto;
   box-shadow: 0 19px 38px rgba($black, 0.3), 0 15px 12px rgba($black, 0.22);
   background: $black;
   border: 1px solid $midgrey;
   color: $offwhite;
   font-family: 'Merriweather', 'Georgia', serif;
 
+  .narrative-info-header {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    align-items: stretch;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid $darkwhite;
+    padding: 0 15px;
+
+    .count-container {
+      display: flex;
+      justify-content: center;
+      align-items: center;
+      border-right: 1px solid $darkwhite;
+    }
+    .count {
+      position: relative;
+      padding-right: 15px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .narrative-info-desc {
+    overflow: auto;
+  }
+
+  p {
+    padding: 0 15px;
+  }
+
   h3, h6 {
     text-align: center;
   }
@@ -75,3 +101,84 @@ NARRATIVE INFO
     }
   }
 }
+
+.narrative-adjust {
+  position: fixed;
+  // top: calc(50vh - 100pt);
+  bottom: $timeline-height;
+  // top: 0;
+  right: auto;
+  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
+  z-index: 15; // z-index of card-stack is 10
+
+  &.left {
+    right: calc(#{$narrative-info-width} - 70px);
+  }
+
+  &.right {
+    // right: calc(#{$narrative-info-width} + 10px);
+    right: 10px;
+  }
+
+  .material-icons {
+    font-size: 60pt;
+    color: $offwhite;
+    transition: color 0.2s ease;
+
+    &.disabled {
+      color: $darkgrey;
+    }
+
+    &:hover {
+      cursor: pointer;
+      color: $darkgrey;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+.narrative-close {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: flex-start;
+  position: fixed;
+  padding: 2px 5px 0 5px;
+  // right: $narrative-info-width - 15px - 10px;
+  right: 10px;
+  top: 5px;
+  width: $narrative-info-width - 10px - 2px;
+  // width: 15px;
+  background-color: black;
+  height: 20px;
+  transition: background-color 0.2s ease;
+  border: 1px solid black;
+
+  button {
+    height: 15px;
+    width: 15px;
+  }
+
+  .close-text {
+    display: none;
+    color: $midgrey;
+    flex: 1;
+    width: 100%;
+    justify-content: center;
+    font-size: 10pt;
+  }
+
+  // disable whitening of crosshair on hover
+  button {
+    span, span:before, span:after {
+      background: $midwhite !important;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  &:hover {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    background-color: $offwhite;
+    color: black;
+    .close-text {
+      display: flex;
+    }
+  }
+}