9 min read
Night Shift at the Observatory
Four hours of cloud, one thermos, and a colleague who has been dead for six years and still leaves notes in the log.
Moods: Cozy Dark
Cozy short stories
7 stories tagged cozy, each with its reading time so you can pick one that fits.
6 min read
Grandmother’s Recipe, Version Fourteen
Fourteen index cards, fifty years apart, one dish. What changes between them is not the recipe.
Moods: Cozy Heartfelt
7 min read
The Complaints Department
Desk 4 handles complaints about things the council does not administer. It is the busiest desk in the building.
Moods: Cozy Funny
7 min read
The Bus That Waits
The 6:14 leaves at 6:14. Except on Thursdays, and except for one passenger, and nobody has ever asked why.
Moods: Cozy Heartfelt
12 min read
Nine Lives of a Municipal Cat
The cat has no owner, four names, and an official parking bay. The council has stopped fighting it.
Moods: Cozy Funny
14 min read
Low Tide
Every August, for eleven years, they met on the same stretch of sand. Neither of them ever suggested it.
Moods: Cozy Heartfelt
6 min read
The Bread Man of Alder Street
Nobody on Alder Street orders bread. It simply arrives, and it is always exactly what you needed.
Moods: Cozy