The rules of 130Story are simple: given a random seed word, write a story in 130 characters.

Popularity

Despite her best efforts, Sophie won the year 11 popularity contest. She's now through to the regionals. We won't see her again. #130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) April 14, 2017

Worthy

Doc vanished overnight. Then came the emails with photos of Doc by Stonehenge, Big Ben, etc. This was a prank worthy of the gnome. #130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) April 13, 2017

Propaganda

Claimed we were unproductive. Said we were unprofitable. Pure propaganda. They shut our steelworks. No more Manufacturing Consett. #130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) April 12, 2017

Terrific

Earlier, Jon uttered a killer phrase. That, I said, would make a terrific short story title. Now I can't remember one lousy word. #130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) April 11, 2017

Thrown

A piano. When you told me, I became that broken piano, tethered to a giant trebuchet. And like that battered piano, I was thrown. #130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) April 10, 2017

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