"It seemed a shame to burn it. It was beautifully constructed, a fragile shell of coloured paper pulled taut over a wire frame. Hideous too, but beautiful in its way."
"Lit Up", written by Owen Archlimb and narrated by Duncan Stripp, was inspired by the keywords "Halloween", "common" and "missile".
Can you take three randomly assigned words and craft them into a story of 500 words or fewer? Take the Mash Challenge at http://mashstories.com.
