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)
Tag: micro fiction
Atlantic
“I swear,” grumbled Sparra, “if they elect him, I’m gonna cut the Atlantic in two!”
“I guess for that,” remarked Crow, “you’ll need a sea-saw.”
(#VSS365, Prompt: Atlantic, 142 characters)
Tag
She finished tagging her name on the wall and stepped back to admire her work. “Good job,” said the Banksy on the next wall along.
(#MicroPrompt, Prompt: Tag, 130 characters)
Bridging
“We’re bridging a gap in the industry,” announced Sparra, “by weighing tiny objects most scales won’t register.”
“I see,” pondered Crow. “So it’s a small scale operation?”
(#VSS365, Prompt: Bridging, 170 characters)
Purge
Crow slid a small glass of warm water to Sparra. “No coffee for you while you purge the toxins from your body.”
“I know,” cried Sparra, “But what’s this? A depresso?”
(#VSS365, Prompt: Purge, 166 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)
Destination
“And when we arrived at our destination,” grumbled Fi, “we were mugged by six dwarves.”
“Not happy,” sighed Sparra.
(#VSS365, Prompt: #Destination, 114 characters)
Blank Stare
“The EMP worked, ” cried Sam, “the robots are…”
Her mothers’ blank stare and limp body told her no victories in war are clean cut.
(#HorrorPompt, Prompt: Blank Stare, 132 characters)
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