365 Days of Eerie Indiana: Day 8: Drabble: Stolen Time

[froodle]

The people who lived their lives in one long linear stretch, going from birth to death and hitting some or most or even all of the usual miletones along the way referred to it as "borrowed time". In the Milkman's view, that was a misnomer of such scale that it bordered on fraudulent.

This was stolen time. It was stolen from drive-in theatre owners watching their margins dwindle to nothing, from confused cows giving out confused milk, and from everyone who spent November to March just a little out of sync with their surroundings.

He glared up at the clocktower.

Ongoing Verse: Milkman



Preparations by froodle. Winston Chisel, the morning he became Mayor.

Populace, in which it is just another unremarkable day in Eerie

Milk by froodle, in which Marshall develops a completely cromulent fear of milk trucks

Castle, in which there is unexpected architecture in Eerie

Janet, in which Janet runs

The Listener, in which Eerie dreams, Devon watches, and Melanie makes a decision

Underwhelming, in which a cursed book fails to deliver

Reanimator by froodle, in which the Milkman returns

Timeloop, in which Simon and Marshall repeat an unpleasant incident

LTI, in which the Eerie Dairy's health and safety record is tarnished, and blood must be shed

Timekeeping, in which the Milkmen and the Garbage Men ramp up the hostility

Multiplicity by froodle, in which Marshall must once again confront parallel realities, diverging timelines and public speaking

Hound by froodle, in which Simon makes a friend

Spoiled, in which the Tellers are menaced

Slyboots by froodle, in which a certain corporal of the infernal regions comes to Eerie. Crossover with Johannes Cabal the Necromancer.

Festival, in which Eerie celebrates the summer

Strawberry by froodle, in which there is unauthorised hubbub in Eerie

Clockface, in which there is defacement of public property, and also a character death

Lillian by froodle, in which Marilyn's mother has concerns

Underwater, in which Lillian has a conversation with her son-in-law, who isn't quite her son-in-law

Agenda, in which the Mayor has a meeting

Homecoming, in which Janet and Marshall return to the Teller house

Nap by froodle, in which Marshall has a quiet moment in the Secret Spot

Cygnet, in which Lillian and Harley visit the lake

Pressure Tactics, in which the Mayor takes on Eerie's ravens

Remembrances of the Dead, in which the citizens of Eerie gather for All Souls

Waterlogged, in which there is a kelpie in the water main

Workaday, in which Simon goes to the office and encounters one of Harley's old foes