A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "not another crusade" ... ... He can tell by the way she marches up the path that Mrs Penible is on another one of

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "loading bay" ... ... I crawl into the box in the loading bay and wait. Something isn't right. I shouldn't have been

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters @daily.prompt, "do not accept" ... ... She looks him in his bloodshot eyes and shakes her head. "You do not accept my proposal?"

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "flexitarian" ... ... He says he's a flexitarian. His beard topiary bristles with indignation when I call him an omnivore.

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "brain interface" ... ... As the MindMeld Interface activates he instantly feels powerful, like some kind of superhero.

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "embark" ... ... I'm ready, I say. You smile. You've got this. I'm an adventurer, I reply. My hero, you say. I check

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "dragon's egg" ... ... The throne room fell silent as six burly soldiers dragged the monstrous thing inside. Those

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "included in the box" ... ... There are so many mangled body parts it's hard to believe they belonged to just one

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "in custody" ... ... The stench of piss, sweat and disinfectant assault his nostrils as the cell door clangs shut.

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters @daily.prompt "for exposure" ... ... "It'll be great exposure." His beady eyes peek from the fat sweaty red face. He wants me to

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters @daily.prompt, "important information" ... ... He knows she's happy by the crunch of the gravel as she skips up the path, how the key dances

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "bronze door knocker" ... ... She'd always hated her grandmother's bronze door knocker, an ugly goblin with a nasty

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "Let's visit" ... ... "Let's visit Earth!" They shimmer with excitement. Glerk hates that grim planet. It's

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters @daily.prompt, "frighten the children" ... ... Arnold, a Night Worm, farms terror in sleeping children. Squirming through ears or noses,

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "chew the fat". ... ... They used to meet once a month to chew the fat and exchange recipe ideas. It's only when Brian,

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters @daily.prompt "at the end of the lane". ... ... The Old Pond at the end of Ducking Stool Lane is supposed to be haunted with ghosts of drowned

... My familiar, a rather impish demon called Derek, hitched himself to me after his previous mistress met with a rather unfortunate culinary accident. She tried to cook me, and I stabbed her through the

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "long sentence" ... ... She spends her whole life trying to escape, but whenever she thinks she's in the clear, another

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story, inspired by the Freewriters @daily.prompt,"no time for that" ... ... From the window she sees the creatures surround the building. She took too long setting the explosives:

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters @daily.prompt, "not obese" ... ... I barely recognise you when you arrive. You'd always been slightly overweight, or as you'd insist: