Ollie the Octopus Bedtime Mysteries

Things that don't normally talk: they're taking.

It's not that kind of mushrooms, despite the surreal plot

Ollie meets another neighbor

Look sometimes you get an absurdist pitch too odd to NOT try and make it work

Ollie meets some Ents while on an errand

Ollie doesn't solve it, but that's not actually his role this time

Ollie’s household changes a bit

A feline oddity takes Ollie down and up town

Ollie helps out a birthday party and, shocking I know, things get odd.

Ollie has a confusing conversation with a park bench

In which the storyteller tries very hard to hold the plot together despite actively losing consciousness

Ollie can be a useful person to have around

Ollie foils a robbery but it’s not super satisfying from a narrative standpoint

Deja vue means they changed something

Doncha just hate those?

See this, this is why Ollie doesn’t like early morning events.

Green is good and all, but it was still basically winter

Just out of the corner of his eye

Apologies to Bette Midler

Apologies to Arthur Conan Doyle

Found this in the drafts, something about an Ent?

Well, that escalated quickly.

Ollie does some fetching for Wally

Not nefarious for a change

Ollie's toast is forestalled.

Lunch at the new noodle bar gets weird

Ollie's relaxing afternoon gets abruptly exciting

What does a fan say?

Ollie solves a mystery while riding a scooter.

With apologies to Bette Midler

As in it makes spaghetti.

The bear's intentions remain unclear.

A widow needs some help with haunted window blinds.

Is it haunted? An evil drone? Kind of you to assume I remember, this one was from several days ago.

Double your pleasure, double your ... danger?

Destruction, heavy feet, intrigue, double-cross and reconciliation. This one came out a bit long.

I'm sure it was a statement about true education versus headline-seeking or some such thing

This town ain't big enough for the two of... well ok it probably is

As in animals getting turned into food magically, not via the conventional routes.

Not an downpour, mind you

Not gonna lie, I was tired for this one and exactly what it's about is fuzzy now

With apologies to CS Lewis

We try not to smash this storytelling button too often, but it is good for a short tale on a late night.

They're a little out of place

An army of Chia Pets!

All the sudden, a monster

A short one for a late night

Ollie's day gets weird fast

Ollie encounters an unusual feline.

TBH I found this one in my files just now and I don't totally remember what it's about