"Wren stood still. Even so the numbers kept dwindling. The readout declined through 20 years of common watermarks. Post-baby, pre-baby, wedding. Wren closed her eyes and imagined weightlessness. When she opened them again she was floating two inches off the ground. She grabbed the edge of the sink and started screaming."

"Raptura Largo", written by David Drury and narrated by Erin Lillis, 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.