Introducing Poppy Munday! (short story)

Introducing Poppy Munday was a short prelude to Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective that Paul Magrs wrote and released on his blog on 1 February 2013.

Plot
Poppy Munday says farewell to her parents in South Shields, as she is heading down to London to share a flat. On the journey, she threw up just once, inadvertently covering some of her belongings. The coach she is in stops at a transport services, and she sobs in the toilet.

As she leaves the services, she stops by the shop where she buys a bag of sweets and, without hesitation, a copy of The Vincent Cosmos Holiday Special. Back on the coach, Poppy is engrossed in the magazine, and she daydreams about Vince Cosmos.

Characters

 * Poppy Munday
 * Poppy Munday's mam
 * Poppy Munday's father
 * Trish
 * Driver
 * Vince Cosmos

Worldbuilding

 * Poppy thinks that the drive from the South Shields to London must be the same distance to Australia (probably).
 * Poppy's mam works in Woolworths.
 * Poppy's mam packed a quarter pound of pick-n-mix in Poppy's packed lunch.
 * Poppy threw up on her copy of Jackie, Valley of the Dolls, and her partially knitted flame-red scarf.
 * Poppy envisions being involved with The Smoke.
 * Poppy buys a big bag of Opal Fruits.
 * Poppy, in the past, had even purchased Vince Cosmos toothpaste.
 * Vince Cosmos sang about coming from Venus.
 * Vince recently performed at the Astoria.
 * Poppy imagines that she's a jukebox devoted to Vince.

Continuity
to be added