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

Bit

In the council mainframe, a single bit held each vote: stay = 1, go = 0. Due to cuts, testing was outsourced. You know the rest. @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) June 24, 2016

Vote

A portacabin? *Our* polling station is built of Hauptbahnhof glass, St Pancras iron and Grand Central granite. It gets my vote. @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) June 22, 2016

Peep

Given a whistle by the local Palindromic Society, the mayoress was perplexed:
"What should I do with this?"
"Peep, ma'am, peep!"@130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) June 20, 2016

More to follow.