Back in Bristol after several years away, you join a mixed adult football team for a Sunday friendly. The pitch booking is short, the borrowed shirts do not quite match, and a new player keeps apologising before anyone has passed them the ball. You remember how to play. You are less certain how to belong again.
People you’ll meet
Priya Shah
The volunteer captain, competitive but tired of making every decision alone.
Ben Mercer
An experienced player whose jokes can sound sharper than he intends.
Ellis Cole
A new adult teammate, a good passer who is nervous about playing in front of people.
A historic lighthouse is reopening, but its prized lens has vanished. Follow a trail through a Maine harbour town, where a missing object may be easier to explain than a mistake nobody wants to admit.
Your first shift on an enchanted night train begins with a village that cannot wake. Return its missing dawn bell, sort a few impossible parcels, and discover why “found” is not the same as “yours”.