Title: Thistle Sting a Little
Word: swallowtail
Challenger: elfie_elfie
Length: 200 words exactly As if a light had been switched on, I was suddenly, shockingly, conscious. And moving.

As my wings stretched out, I noticed that... hold it - wings?

What the hell was I doing with wingsI tried to look down but my head wouldn't move, familiar muscles and ( Read more... )

Title: Deadlier Than The Male
Word: supernacular
Challenger: mondoagogo
Length: 200 words exactly As the final breath left his body, she relaxed, and sipped at the supernacular wine ( Read more... )

Title: Your Philosophy Offends Me
Word: lumbricus
Challenger: gumprich
Length: 200 words exactly As I tortured the carnivorous earthworm, I paid little heed to the annoyance at my shoulder, despite every attempt he made to interrupt ( Read more... )

Title: Barbecued Babies
Word: bulbous
Challenger: sarahx
Length: 200 words exactly The rain ran rivulets down the wet washed windows, leaving long smears and streaks. She never noticed it, as she anxiously approached the bluff brick building ( Read more... )

Title: Doctor Silence's Last Romance
Word: rectal
Challenger: warren_ellis
Length: 200 words exactly The surgeon looked at what was left of the patient and winced. There wasn't much, but he was jealous of the dead man's enormous tongue, having lost his in circumstances beyond discussion in polite company ( Read more... )

Title: Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Word: iatrogenic
Challenger: malkavs_child
Length: 200 words exactly She died at a few minutes before three in the afternoon. It wasn't exactly a surprise to the doctors and nurses as she'd been fading away for the past two days and the only puzzling thing was that no one could understand precisely why she'd died ( Read more... )

Title: Suicide Smile
Word: dancing
Challenger: yoshithedragon
Length: 200 words exactly The Colt .45 jumped and bullets slammed into the ground where my feet had been moments earlier ( Read more... )

Title: Scuppered By The Koala
Word: regimented
Challenger: cathuk
Length: 200 words exactly No one really liked the koala.

It wasn't a secret nor a visceral dislike. but vicious when he'd been on the eucalyptus, however, he just preferred to keep himself to himself ( Read more... )

Title: Emergency Poetry
Word: olympian
Challenger: apiphile
Length: 200 words exactly The call came at six-twenty-seven. I noted down the time precisely. I figured I might need it later. Besides, seven rhymed with so many words that I could use later in a doggerel if I needed to ( Read more... )

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Title: Fresh Daisies In November
Word: wonder
Challenger: elfie_elfie
Length: 200 words exactly I looked out of my window at the fading auburn colours of the leaves and pondered. My eyes caught a movement above and I saw the first of the snowflakes that would shortly cover half the town, leaving, curiously, the local schools entirely ( Read more... )