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

Play

Possum dead, boy, back away / Hard to get, boy, for today / Misty ground, the field, the fool / Away with fire, mate, play it cool @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) February 22, 2014

Free

Dominic, Lancelot, William & Mason blew the whistle. Got banged up. Free Dom! Free Lance! Free Will! Nobody much cared for Mason. @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) February 21, 2014

Crave

'Scuse me, spare a quid for a bag of Princess? Lost it all thanks to this marshmallow craving. Pinks. Whites. Got 10p for a Flump? @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) February 19, 2014

Work

A junior clerk had to work like a Gurkha / Uncynical cyborg, besotted berserker / No more a young Turk I shun work, I'm a shirker @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) February 18, 2014

Bowl

Latest Ladies XI line-up? Lynn bowls at 80mph, Camilla bowls haughtily and Sally bowls with a zing. Not to mention Gracie at slip. @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) February 18, 2014

More to follow.