Episode 1: "Part of the Furniture"
Your one-hundred word story for the day is:
Part of the Furniture
by Elizabeth Guilt
The sofa was the softest leather I'd ever touched, and I relaxed into its warm embrace. I had never sat anywhere so comfortable.
"Curl up, get cosy," encouraged the sales assistant. "You'll find it needs very little care."
"Uh-huh." I wasn't really listening.
"You won't see any behavioural problems with this model."
"Really?" I was struggling not to doze off.
"The central nervous system is completely minimal."
I sat up hurriedly. "What?"
"The brainstem has been..."
"This thing is alive?"
I leapt to my feet…
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