Title: The Basement of Doom
Word: moron
Challenger: josepheenie
Length: 200 words exactly The door opened with a creak, and a widening shaft of light illuminated the dank room ( Read more... )

Title: Military Two-Step
Word: syndication
Challenger: zemo
Length: 200 words exactly No-one ever discovered who fired the shot, despite the inquiries. Given the seriousness of the consequences, it was completely understandable why so many inquiries were called for, set up, and of course, forgotten long before they actually reported ( Read more... )

Title: Feel Euphoria
Word: beard
Challenger: colinmurtagh
Length: 200 words exactly I clip on the monitor as I leave the house, waving at my next door neighbour who’s weeding her garden ( Read more... )

Title: Maybe Yesterday not Today
Word: supposititious
Challenger: hylandsdeath
Length: 200 words exactly The four of them... and me ( Read more... )

Title: A Wild Ima-djinn-ation
Word: discontent
Challenger: arcana_j
Length: 200 words exactly It had been dozens of decades since I’d last been summoned, but then, a few months back, she’d found it: the glass bottle with the stopper ( Read more... )

Title: I Wanted It More
Word: brevity
Challenger: elfie_elfie
Length: 200 words exactly I knew I was spending more time in the pub. But like most addictions, it had snuck up on me bit by bit ( Read more... )

Title: Two Steps Backwards
Word: ovine
Challenger: 1phish2phish
Length: 200 words exactly The nights were the worst, when he had to check on the electric fences ( Read more... )

Title: Return of the Screw
Word: organism
Challenger: Mike Carey
Length: 200 words exactly The smell never changed, Austin realised, as he walked into the large hall, followed by his colleagues ( Read more... )

Title: The Albatrosses of Ealing
Word: contango
Challenger: Alan Dunsmuir
Length: 200 words exactly Charles Dunlop lifted the almost empty mug to his mouth and drained what was left of the coffee, enjoying the taste: strong and sweet ( Read more... )

Title: The Swallows of Autumn
Word: rash
Challenger: Alan Woollcombe
Length: 200 words exactly The mood was sombre as the three men entered the room. The pre-funereal air permeated the place they removed their hats. Each of them noticed the table and single chair in the room ( Read more... )