Joey Button didn't know how long he'd been peddling his bike when he saw it, but whenever he'd recall the moment, he'd remember that his legs were tired, so it'd probably been a while. It didn't ... [+]
Jenny Moore writes funny children’s books (published by Maverick) and is a previous winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Competition. "Man on a Mission" is in Short Circuit #09, Short Édition's quarterly review.
"I may be some time," he said, easing on his fleece-lined boots. We laughed and clinked our empty glasses. "To more beer," we cheered, "to wine," as he hauled himself into his puffed winter coat; my Michelin man on a mission, hat strapped tight beneath his chin, harpoon at the ready. He kissed me goodbye on the doorstep, ice already clinging to the tips of his powdered moustache. Shivering, I watched him go, waving him into the whiteness, watching as the blank landscape swallowed him, slowly. Later, I found the second crate of wine, forgotten by the kitchen door and the waiting bottles of b