The Morning Table
Filed Before Supper
Begin where the paper is still warm, the ink behaves itself, and the smaller creatures have not yet been asked to explain the world.
Read before darkA Department of the House
Moth & Paper
Small stories, unsuitable lessons, and illustrated misfortunes.
The Lower Drawer
The Register of Small Misfortunes
Some entries were placed here for safekeeping. Others appear to have arrived by burrow, wing, or administrative appetite.
Open the drawerSelected from the Morning Table
Filed Before Supper
Moth & Paper
A Very Fine Morning for It Indeed
The vole ventures timidly outside its little door into a morning that smells of rain and new grass. It finds a beetle, carries it to a patch of sun, and
Moth & Paper
Granny Smith
Beyond the bloomin' onions, past the cherry paste trees, lies Granny Smith's orchard. Best leave them apples be. Granny's from the outback, and out back
The Lower Drawer
The Register of Small Misfortunes
Recent papers from this department, filed in the order they consented to appear.
Should the candle fail
Return to the Main House
The Department recommends returning by the lit corridor, avoiding loose papers and any drawer that answers back.
Back to DPPNeighbouring Department
Curiosities & Marginalia
For annotations, small oddities, and the sort of evidence best kept near a lamp.
Proceed elsewhere