Included In The Box, a Humpbuckle Tale

in Freewriters11 months ago

A 50-word #ZapFic50 story inspired by the Freewriters writing @daily.prompt, "included in the box"
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There are so many mangled body parts it's hard to believe they belonged to just one person. The container's inscription - barely legible through the blood - reads, "Romance: included in the box". "Another Love Bot's gone rogue," Inspector Holbert barks into the radio. "We're going to need backup." Upstairs, something moves.
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banner for hive.jpgThanks so much @victoradebiyiart for this brilliant image (I have full rights to use it). Please check out his other artwork at his page. And if you want to see how he created this image, check out this post

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All my stories are my own, coming from my imagination. I do not (nor have I ever, nor will I ever) used any AI program to write my stories. I am personally against the use of AI to write (for me the whole point of writing is to use my own brain: that is the joy of writing for me). The screenshot is of a word counter app that I use when writing my stories to check that my Humpbuckle Tales are precisely 50 words long. I am human, #NOTaRobot