PERCY PULLS THE MAIL ON TIME!

Must admit, almost forgot to submit this and there's less than an hour of Percy Day left in my timezone, but I made it! Here it is. The drawing to celebrate 6/6, also known as PERCY DAY!

When it came to Percy Day, I couldn't think of anything better for him than a mail run. It's his favourite job, after all. And his Engine Rollcall line is literally about how well he does it! It gave me an excuse to draw a night scene too, and I'll always take that.

Anyway, I sent another friend my entire travel plan for the day, and told her if I didn't contact her by a certain time to say I was home or at least back across the border by a certain time I've encountered trouble.

There isn't much she could actually do. But at least she knew to look for me.

The cool thing was I got home 45 minutes before the deadline. I checked in like I said, and she was really glad I did.

I mean I got medication too, but meds are boring, puzzles are cool.

Sorting Things Out – a short story in lit mag Fictive Dream

Photograph by Mathyas Kurmann

‘Sorting Things Out’ is a short story set in a small country town in New South Wales. It contains two kinds of truth. Firstly, I did sort mail at a country post office. I also used to do a mail run. I’ve never heard of Snake Road though, and all the characters are fictitious.

The second truth concerns the alienation that hits someone when they return to a place after…