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

Boot

Destroyer closing, bearing 044! Dive, dive! Darling, what are you doing in there? I need to brush my teeth. Er...playing Das Boot? @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) April 4, 2014

Crisp

Golden hair. Wonderful eyes. Really good English. Leave that club. Let's skip town. She toyed with her salad. Her reply was crisp. @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) April 3, 2014

Nature

Crispy gave me the idea. Ditch the Dyson. You won't notice after a month. A sneeze, maybe. Me, I'm like nature: we abhor a vacuum. @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) April 2, 2014

Taken

Six of us trainees in room 402. Circling the chairs. The boss hit stop. We scrambled for seats. All taken. Sorry to lose you, Tim. @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) April 1, 2014

Bone

Not broken, said doctor, but go to A&E. Not broken, said nurse, but we should take an X-ray. In plaster for six weeks. Was broken. @130story

— Ed Broom (@edbroom) April 1, 2014

More to follow.