Body

As the government began burning the bodies, they promised we wouldn’t lose a quarter of Earths population, like last time. They cannot repeat the mistakes they made in 2020.

(#BraveWrite, Prompt: Body, 174 characters)

Liberating

“Imagine how liberating it would be to have a clone,” sighed Sparra.

“It’d be just like you,” chuckled Crow.

(#BraveWrite, Prompt: Liberating, 107 characters)

Lunged

“It’s rare to see a 300-year-old spirit exercising so energetically,” remarked Sparra.

“A girl’s gotta start somewhere,” replied Crow. “I’m on lunges next.”

“That’s a big step,” replied Sparra.

(#BraveWrite & #MicroPrompt, Prompts: Rare & Girl, 195 characters)

Deathly Earnings

She unrolled the ransom note. “£300,000 or we sacrifice your husband to Ix Chel.”

She patted the deathly creature on the head and gave it a pig’s ear. She’d earned it, she thought, as she fed the note into the paper shredder.

(#VSS365 & #BraveWrite, Prompts: #Earn #Deathly, 224 characters)

Runes of Xanadu

Runes found
On Xanadu Island
Feathered Kaiju summoned
Not the Turkey we were looking for

(#BraveWrite, #MicroPrompt, Prompts: #Rune, #Xanadu, 85 characters)

Moxie

“You got moxie,” he growled as she pushed her knife between her stalkers ribs, killing him for the sixth time.

(#BraveWrite, Prompt: #Moxie, 111 characters)

Rubicon

Their rubicon moment, glasses in hand. “3.. 2.. 1..” The Grand Master took a group selfie as the tainted wine tickled their throats. “Things have changed since ’78,” grumbled Jones.

(#BraveWrite, Prompt: #Rubicon, 182 characters)

Solve

“Do you honestly believe juggling watches will solve your problems?” asked Ben.

“Not at all,” replied Alfie. “I’ve just got too much time on my hands.”

(#BraveWrite, Prompt: #Solve, 150 characters)

Tremendous

“Jim let out a tremendous scream, and begged me to take the spider out,” laughed Becca. “So I did. We had a few drinks. She’s a lovely lass. Wants to be a web designer.”

(#BraveWrite, Prompt: Tremendous, 169 characters)