diff --git a/app/routes/public.py b/app/routes/public.py
index 51a0e2a..6aca31a 100644
--- a/app/routes/public.py
+++ b/app/routes/public.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, Response
 from fastapi.templating import Jinja2Templates
 
 from app.config import Settings, get_settings
-from app.models.entities import Page
+from app.models.entities import Page, Post
 from app.models.posts import PostSummary
 from app.services.contact import ContactService
 from app.services.hcaptcha import HCaptchaService
@@ -117,6 +117,33 @@ def home(
     )
 
 
+@router.get(
+    "/posts/{slug}",
+    response_class=HTMLResponse,
+    summary="Single blog post",
+)
+def post_detail(
+    slug: str,
+    request: Request,
+    templates: Jinja2Templates = Depends(get_templates),
+    posts: PostService = Depends(get_post_service),
+) -> HTMLResponse:
+    """Render a single published post by slug.
+
+    Drafts and unknown slugs return 404 (same response so a mistyped
+    URL cannot be used to enumerate unpublished titles).
+    """
+    post: Post | None = posts.get_published_by_slug(slug)
+    if post is None:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Post not found")
+
+    return templates.TemplateResponse(
+        request,
+        "public/post.html",
+        {"active_nav": "home", "post": post},
+    )
+
+
 @router.get("/about", response_class=HTMLResponse, summary="About the farm")
 def about(
     request: Request,
diff --git a/app/services/posts.py b/app/services/posts.py
index 9f3e4b9..5817850 100644
--- a/app/services/posts.py
+++ b/app/services/posts.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ from typing import Optional
 from fastapi import Request
 from sqlalchemy import Engine, text
 
-from app.models.entities import PostStatus
+from app.models.entities import Post, PostStatus
 from app.models.posts import PostSummary
-from app.models.mappers import _parse_datetime
+from app.models.mappers import _parse_datetime, row_to_post
 from app.services.cache import TTLCache
 
 
@@ -155,6 +155,36 @@ class PostService:
         self._cache.set(safe_limit, summaries)
         return summaries
 
+    def get_published_by_slug(self, slug: str) -> Optional[Post]:
+        """Return the published :class:`Post` for ``slug`` or ``None``.
+
+        Drafts are invisible on the public path: the status filter
+        belongs in SQL so a mistyped slug and a draft slug are
+        indistinguishable to the caller (same 404 upstream).
+
+        SQL safety: ``slug`` and ``status`` are bound parameters; no
+        string interpolation.
+        """
+        with self._engine.connect() as conn:
+            row = (
+                conn.execute(
+                    text(
+                        "SELECT id, slug, title, body_md, body_html_cached,"
+                        " status, published_at, updated_at, author_user_id"
+                        " FROM posts"
+                        " WHERE slug = :slug AND status = :status"
+                        " LIMIT 1"
+                    ),
+                    {
+                        "slug": slug,
+                        "status": PostStatus.PUBLISHED.value,
+                    },
+                )
+                .mappings()
+                .first()
+            )
+        return row_to_post(row) if row is not None else None
+
     def invalidate_all(self) -> None:
         """Drop every cached post-list entry.
 
diff --git a/app/static/css/site.css b/app/static/css/site.css
index 58af2dd..e1982c4 100644
--- a/app/static/css/site.css
+++ b/app/static/css/site.css
@@ -348,6 +348,17 @@ a:focus-visible {
   margin-bottom: var(--space-2);
 }
 
+.page-article__date {
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
+  color: var(--c-sky-deep);
+  font-family: var(--font-sans);
+}
+
+.page-article__back {
+  margin-top: var(--space-4);
+  max-width: 48rem;
+}
+
 /* Post list + card. */
 .post-list {
   display: grid;
diff --git a/app/templates/public/post.html b/app/templates/public/post.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99d3674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/public/post.html
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{#
+  Single blog post detail page.
+
+  Receives:
+    - post        : app.models.entities.Post
+    - active_nav  : str   "home"
+
+  ``post.body_html_cached`` is the bleach-sanitized output of the
+  Markdown pipeline (allowlisted tags/attrs/protocols only), so
+  rendering with ``| safe`` does not reintroduce XSS risk. Same
+  rationale as ``public/about.html``.
+#}
+{% extends "public/base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}{{ post.title }} — Chicken Babies R Us{% endblock %}
+{% block meta_description %}{{ post.title }} — a post from Chicken Babies R Us.{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  <article class="page-article">
+    <header class="page-article__header">
+      <h1 class="page-article__title">{{ post.title }}</h1>
+      {% if post.published_at %}
+        <time class="page-article__date"
+              datetime="{{ post.published_at.isoformat() }}">
+          {{ post.published_at.strftime("%B %-d, %Y") }}
+        </time>
+      {% endif %}
+    </header>
+
+    {{ post.body_html_cached | safe }}
+  </article>
+
+  <p class="page-article__back">
+    <a href="/">&larr; Back to all posts</a>
+  </p>
+{% endblock %}