The Toast Maker – Episode 21: The Wooden Star

The Toast Maker — Episode 21 By Eliza Hartley Tonight's reading is free. Over 500 more — and every new one first — are on Sleepbound Premium. Free for 7 days, cancel any time.→ Supercast: sleepboundstudios.supercast.com→ Patreon: patreon.com/c/SleepBound The world had been muffled overnight. Tonight, Little Darlow is buried under December snow, and Emily's cephalopod presentation is still on. It would take a meteor to cancel it, and Emily knows this. Last time: Tom came home through the first snow with a Norwegian spruce, and Iris finally told him about Mary's second card. This morning, the tree is still undecorated in its corner, and there is somewhere to be. There are pipe-cleaner tentacles, hand-drawn suckers, a tin of ginger biscuits, and Mr Pritchard in a hat he has owned since 1974. Eight people will undulate on command before the morning is over. In Rose's kitchen afterwards, something quieter — a button finally pressed, and what it costs to say it out loud. Thanks for keeping this open for all of us. Sweet dreams.— Ian & Alex Includes mentions of: Snow, Animals, Food, Beverages, Romance.