diff --git a/src/components/Card.jsx b/src/components/Card.jsx
index ee269d5..7829616 100644
--- a/src/components/Card.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Card.jsx
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
-import copy from '../js/data/copy.json';
+import copy from '../js/data/copy.json'
 import {
   isNotNullNorUndefined,
   parseDate,
   formatterWithYear
-} from '../js/utilities';
-import React from 'react';
+} from '../js/utilities'
+import React from 'react'
 
-import Spinner from './presentational/Spinner';
-import CardTimestamp from './presentational/CardTimestamp';
-import CardLocation from './presentational/CardLocation';
-import CardCaret from './presentational/CardCaret';
-import CardTags from './presentational/CardTags';
-import CardSummary from './presentational/CardSummary';
-import CardSource from './presentational/CardSource';
-import CardCategory from './presentational/CardCategory';
-import CardNarrative from './presentational/CardNarrative';
+import Spinner from './presentational/Spinner'
+import CardTimestamp from './presentational/CardTimestamp'
+import CardLocation from './presentational/CardLocation'
+import CardCaret from './presentational/CardCaret'
+import CardTags from './presentational/CardTags'
+import CardSummary from './presentational/CardSummary'
+import CardSource from './presentational/CardSource'
+import CardCategory from './presentational/CardCategory'
+import CardNarrative from './presentational/CardNarrative'
 
 class Card extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props) {
-    super(props);
+    super(props)
     this.state = {
       isHighlighted: false
-    };
+    }
   }
 
   toggle() {
@@ -30,24 +30,24 @@ class Card extends React.Component {
       isHighlighted: !this.state.isHighlighted
     }, () => {
       if (!this.state.isHighlighted) {
-        this.props.onHighlight(this.props.event);
+        this.props.onHighlight(this.props.event)
       } else {
-        this.props.onHighlight(null);
+        this.props.onHighlight(null)
       }
-    });
+    })
   }
 
   makeTimelabel(timestamp) {
-    if (timestamp === null) return null;
-    const parsedTimestamp = parseDate(timestamp);
-    const timelabel = formatterWithYear(parsedTimestamp);
-    return timelabel;
+    if (timestamp === null) return null
+    const parsedTimestamp = parseDate(timestamp)
+    const timelabel = formatterWithYear(parsedTimestamp)
+    return timelabel
   }
 
   renderCategory() {
-    const categoryTitle = copy[this.props.language].cardstack.category;
-    const categoryLabel = this.props.event.category;
-    const color = this.props.getCategoryColor(this.props.event.category);
+    const categoryTitle = copy[this.props.language].cardstack.category
+    const categoryLabel = this.props.event.category
+    const color = this.props.getCategoryColor(this.props.event.category)
 
     return (
       <CardCategory
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Card extends React.Component {
         categoryLabel={categoryLabel}
         color={color}
       />
-    );
+    )
   }
 
   renderSummary() {
@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ class Card extends React.Component {
         language={this.props.language}
         timestamp={this.props.event.timestamp}
       />
-    );
+    )
   }
 
   renderNarrative() {
-    const links = this.props.getNarrativeLinks(this.props.event);
+    const links = this.props.getNarrativeLinks(this.props.event)
 
     if (links !== null) {
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class Card extends React.Component {
         <br/>
         {this.renderSummary()}
       </div>
-    );
+    )
   }
 
   renderContent() {
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ class Card extends React.Component {
         {this.renderContent()}
         {this.renderCaret()}
       </li>
-    );
+    )
   }
 }
 
-export default Card;
+export default Card
diff --git a/src/components/CardStack.jsx b/src/components/CardStack.jsx
index 6c04976..f25e68a 100644
--- a/src/components/CardStack.jsx
+++ b/src/components/CardStack.jsx
@@ -1,44 +1,47 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React from 'react'
 import { connect } from 'react-redux'
 import * as selectors from '../selectors'
 
-import Card from './Card.jsx';
-import copy from '../js/data/copy.json';
+import Card from './Card.jsx'
+import copy from '../js/data/copy.json'
 import {
   isNotNullNorUndefined
-} from '../js/utilities.js';
+} from '../js/utilities.js'
 
 class CardStack extends React.Component {
-
-  constructor(props) {
-    super(props);
+  renderCards(events) {
+    return events.map(event => (
+      <Card
+        event={event}
+        sourceError={this.props.sourceError}
+        language={this.props.language}
+        isLoading={this.props.isLoading}
+        getNarrativeLinks={this.props.getNarrativeLinks}
+        getCategoryGroup={this.props.getCategoryGroup}
+        getCategoryColor={this.props.getCategoryColor}
+        getCategoryLabel={this.props.getCategoryLabel}
+        onViewSource={this.props.onViewSource}
+        onHighlight={this.props.onHighlight}
+        onSelect={this.props.onSelect}
+      />
+    ))
   }
 
-  renderCards() {
-    if (this.props.selected.length > 0) {
-      return this.props.selected.map((event) => {
-        return (
-          <Card
-            event={event}
-            sourceError={this.props.sourceError}
-            language={this.props.language}
-            isLoading={this.props.isLoading}
-            getNarrativeLinks={this.props.getNarrativeLinks}
-            getCategoryGroup={this.props.getCategoryGroup}
-            getCategoryColor={this.props.getCategoryColor}
-            getCategoryLabel={this.props.getCategoryLabel}
-            onViewSource={this.props.onViewSource}
-            onHighlight={this.props.onHighlight}
-            onSelect={this.props.onSelect}
-          />
-        );
-      });
+  renderSelectedCards() {
+    const { selected } = this.props
+    if (selected.length > 0) {
+      return this.renderCards(selected)
     }
-    return '';
+    return null
+  }
+
+  renderNarrativeCards() {
+    const { narrative } = this.props
+    return this.renderCards(narrative.steps)
   }
 
   renderCardStackHeader() {
-    const header_lang = copy[this.props.language].cardstack.header;
+    const header_lang = copy[this.props.language].cardstack.header
 
     return (
       <div
@@ -58,34 +61,59 @@ class CardStack extends React.Component {
     return (
       <div id="card-stack-content" className="card-stack-content">
         <ul>
-          {this.renderCards()}
+          {this.renderSelectedCards()}
         </ul>
       </div>
-    );
+    )
+  }
+
+  renderNarrativeContent() {
+    return (
+      <div id="card-stack-content" className="card-stack-content">
+        <ul>
+          {this.renderNarrativeCards()}
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+    )
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { isCardstack, isNarrative, selected } = this.props
+    const { isCardstack, selected, narrative } = this.props
+
     if (selected.length > 0) {
-      return (
-        <div
-          id="card-stack"
-          className={`card-stack
-            ${isNarrative ? 'narrative-mode' : ''}
+      if (!narrative) {
+        return (
+          <div
+            id="card-stack"
+            className={`card-stack
             ${isCardstack ? '' : ' folded'}`
-          }
-        >
-          {this.renderCardStackHeader()}
-          {this.renderCardStackContent()}
-        </div>
-      );
+            }
+          >
+            {this.renderCardStackHeader()}
+            {this.renderCardStackContent()}
+          </div>
+        )
+      } else {
+        return (
+          <div
+            id="card-stack"
+            className={`card-stack narrative-mode
+            ${isCardstack ? '' : ' folded'}`
+            }
+          >
+            {this.renderNarrativeContent()}
+          </div>
+        )
+      }
     }
-    return <div/>;
+
+    return <div/>
   }
 }
 
 function mapStateToProps(state) {
   return {
+    narrative: selectors.selectActiveNarrative(state),
     selected: selectors.selectSelected(state),
     sourceError: state.app.errors.source,
     language: state.app.language,
diff --git a/src/components/Dashboard.jsx b/src/components/Dashboard.jsx
index 370de79..abc68c2 100644
--- a/src/components/Dashboard.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Dashboard.jsx
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ class Dashboard extends React.Component {
           }}
         />
         <CardStack
-          isNarrative={!!app.narrative}
           onViewSource={this.handleViewSource}
           onSelect={this.handleSelect}
           onHighlight={this.handleHighlight}
diff --git a/src/scss/cardstack.scss b/src/scss/cardstack.scss
index 90f3e77..da6ca92 100644
--- a/src/scss/cardstack.scss
+++ b/src/scss/cardstack.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @import 'card';
 
 $card-width: 370px;
-$narrative-info-max-height: 250px;
+$narrative-info-max-height: 170px;
 $timeline-height: 170px;
 
 .card-stack {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $timeline-height: 170px;
   &.narrative-mode {
     right: auto;
     left: 10px;
-    top: $narrative-info-max-height;
+    top: $narrative-info-max-height + 12px;
     height: calc(100% - #{$narrative-info-max-height} - #{$timeline-height});
   }
 
diff --git a/src/scss/narrativecard.scss b/src/scss/narrativecard.scss
index 863b070..36ebc63 100644
--- a/src/scss/narrativecard.scss
+++ b/src/scss/narrativecard.scss
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ NARRATIVE INFO
   top: 10px;
   left: 10px;
   // height: auto;
-  height: auto;
-  max-height: 500px;
+  height: 170px;
   width: $narrative-info-width;
   box-sizing: border-box;
   padding: 15px;