Commuter Chronicles

Pest Control

The Badgers were gathering. It was time. The weasels had been terrorising all the ground nesting birds that the Badgers had taken to rely on as their daytime guardians. Looking out for them and alerting them of any goings on that they thought would be useful. Often reporting foxes making use of the…

Perfectly Impractical

The shoes just didn’t match, they never matched. They continued to be problematic despite having been deliberated over in several stages.

On first walking past the shoe shop and taking a cursory glance at the window display it had been love at first sight. Love…

Crisp refreshment

“It wouldn’t’ve’d happened if I’d been more careful!” Exclaimed Marvin to his herd. They collectively took a step back at the outburst. Wide eyed staring back at him one continued to chew. Its tail flicking at the flies on the hot summer’s day.

Preparing for trial

It had been a while since Edward had reached the age of trial. Tradition had it that he should traverse the needle range of mountains before his 20th year on earth. Many a man had been through it before. Most finish. But those who didn’t were never seen or heard from again.

A burning question

The family had been sat by the fireside that evening, dinner had been a hearty stew served with a good portion of mashed potato. Especially filling, and in keeping with the weather at the time. The fire was roaring merrily, letting out a warm glow filling the room. This was just the holiday…

A striped guest

Tilly was trying her best to be brave but Mummi and Daddi weren’t aware of what was wrong. There had been a bit of a tiff outside with dem bloomin’ cats again. But this time there was an extra big winner. She’d never seeeen a cat as big as this one, and stripy too. And in HER garden!

Love

The water splashing on her feet jolted Poppy out of her daydream. She had been mesmerised by the rain drop rivers flowing their way down the window pane. She hurriedly turned off the taps and removed the saucepan that had managed to block the sink overflow, before mopping at the spilled water with the closest tea…

Fran’s Secret

Travelling around had become much more interesting since Ian had discovered that he could cycle on water. He hadn’t intended to do it in the first place, why would he risk that with a brand new bike?!

The Willing

The group of strangers huddled close to one another in the darkened room. They had willingly entered despite a hint of apprehension hanging in the atmosphere, guided by a faint red glow from an unidentified source. There wasn’t enough light to give form to anything in the room, or even the walls defining…