magisternihil's 100-word story for February 12, 2026

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on February 12, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The problem wasn’t that the artist had painted his murals in popular graffiti spots. People respected art, especially street artists. No, it was that every night at midnight the creatures he painted came to life and roamed the streets. Imagine the havoc a giant red buffalo can cause, even late at night. The police were nonplussed, attempting to cage it, and even shoot it, to no avail. It was finally another artist who discovered wet wads of paper hurled at the wall at the right time stopped it coming out. So to answer your question, yes, I have a job.

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