We didn't know the miners had dug so far into town until one of their tunnels collapsed, taking a double decker bus down with it. The council is trying to find a safe way down there whilst trying to shut the mines down for good and we all know that neither are likely to happen any time soon.
Officially they haven't gone anywhere near the town, only a few miles around the quarry that started it all but I couldn't name one person who hasn't woken up to the sounds of digging coming from under their homes or in their back gardens.
What goes into the mines better be a miner or else it'll be a goner, that's what we used to jump rope to at school. Now we're all old enough to question it and old enough to not say it out loud. We all know a miner, maybe even have a few in the family but they're never quite right... never comfortable above ground.
I've been wondering if the passengers and driver of the bus will emerge as miners too or if they'll become a part of the permanent night crew, which we've all been assured is just a rumour even though everyone knows someone who's joined it.
They say that the night crew stop being people after a while, that their eyes get all bulbous and their hair falls out and their skin turns translucent from the lack of sunlight. It's probably nonsense but on particularly dark nights there have been sightings.
Officially they haven't gone anywhere near the town, only a few miles around the quarry that started it all but I couldn't name one person who hasn't woken up to the sounds of digging coming from under their homes or in their back gardens.
What goes into the mines better be a miner or else it'll be a goner, that's what we used to jump rope to at school. Now we're all old enough to question it and old enough to not say it out loud. We all know a miner, maybe even have a few in the family but they're never quite right... never comfortable above ground.
I've been wondering if the passengers and driver of the bus will emerge as miners too or if they'll become a part of the permanent night crew, which we've all been assured is just a rumour even though everyone knows someone who's joined it.
They say that the night crew stop being people after a while, that their eyes get all bulbous and their hair falls out and their skin turns translucent from the lack of sunlight. It's probably nonsense but on particularly dark nights there have been sightings.
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