Postcards from Kronk - the second collection of daily stories. (2025)

Look at the state of that, you're not seriously going out with her tonight are you? Charlotte thought it but said nothing, her brother was old enough to know his own mind and this was his house, not hers. " See you later sis" The operation had been a success and he was determined to make the most of his days, just don't over do it, that was what they'd said to him, just try not to over exert yourself.

" It's time Manning" He said nothing but looked down at the picture of Princess Anne astride the red BSA B 44 Shooting Star, she wore no helmet and was caught at the precise moment zipping her leathers that kept her modesty intact yet hinted at her womanly treasures. " I'll be here when you get back" Manning straightened up, buttoned his shirt and left the house for the first time in 5 days, the circus would have left by now along with the travelling tattooist, they had a fighting chance of keeping his secret under wraps.

They grabbed what they could to fight, hoes, spades, Leo's mum armed herself with a bucket of tulip bulbs. " Right, when I open the door we make a run for the school, ok? " Thomas's dad had taken control, he'd played a lot of World of Warcraft and it seemed the right thing to do, " Marnie, take a look through that window, what do you see? " Marnie peeled back the corner of the cloth covering the shed window and leaned forwards gingerly. " Two of them, floating there, I think they're looking for us, can't see the others ..." she broke off as tears burst through. She tried to stop the noise with her hand, " I can see Mrs Singleton on the ground, just lying there, I..." Declan put his arm round her and they all stood for a moment in silence. Ok, this is going to be a Thursday unlike any other.

Daniel dialled the number in the advert which was answered promptly by what sounded like a young scottish girl. " Hello, what would you like? " " I'm calling about the advert..." he began but didn't have time to finish before being interrupted. " Ok, you get two for fifteen but if you want more then that'll be an extra twenty "  She delivered her lines as if they were plates of cold sausages, lumpen and apologetically. " Could I have less than two ? " " You want one? " " Yes, I want one " " I can't do them singly, they come in pairs minimum, would you like to order two ? " The girl sounded slightly ruffled as if the sausages she'd offered were being sniffed first for freshness. Daniel was neither the kind of man that gave in easily nor the sort that worried about money, " I'll pay 15 but I only need one ". The sound on the end of the phone went muffled, he assumed the girl w...

Tony the twister smiled at himself and thanked the man upstairs for another glorious day. The sunshine that had woke him could only grow stronger as it made its celestial way towards heaven and that sunshine shining down would make people happy naturally, which in turn would make his job all the easier: all he needed to do was pick them up, take them from A to B and back again and they would be full of love and the joys of the world. Tony was the official taxi guide to the soon to be beatified Caladine Sheen and his gorgeous partner Patty, visitors came from all over, beyond the mountains even, to bathe in the warmth of their love and Tony felt once again, like the luckiest guy alive.

Emil and Zoe lay on their stomachs behind the fence, it was late June and the ground was still warm. The trails from the aeroplanes divided the sky into temporary sections, their outside edges growing less precise and solid as they watched. ' Let's try and go in'. Emil turned, his face alight towards Zoe, ' there's no one about, it'll be easy'. They smiled at each other knowing how the conversation played out, a touchstone for them to seal their friendship, identify his bravery and her protective nature. ' If we do, and we get caught, you'll be the one they will take to the police, I will be the one they wrap in their coat and offer me a handkerchief to dry my eyes'. She rolled onto her back and pointed towards a full Airbus coming into land. ' Where do you think that has been ?' The question hung in the air for a moment before dissolving like the clouds above. Emil was on his haunches now, tossing a small white stone from one hand to the...

I remember the last time we saw Yasin. We were all quiet as usual as he swept the room for bugs, first with the portable RF detection meter but then more ritually, by hand. This was at the height of the mistrust between our countries, before the settlement. Once complete instead of motioning us to sit he produced a small box with a thumb prick kit and tester, much like diabetics use, ' Now you must all allow me to take your blood' I can't remember exactly what we said but it all came out at once, a blur of protestations and accusations, I'm sure our faces managed to express our surprise more succinctly. Clearly our reaction was hardly unexpected, he smiled and raised his hands in a surrender gesture or perhaps to silence us. ' I am doing this for all of us and I will go first, we have to be sure our words stay within this room, some of us may be spying yet unaware of our actions'. With this he pressed the device against his thumb and captured a neat ball of bloo...