joeislove's 100-word story for February 24, 2026

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on February 24, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

If you overlay a map of persons who are missing without a trace over a map of cave systems in the United States, you immediately notice the similarities. Most people will assume this is due to spelunkers getting lost and disappearing. This is only a piece of the puzzle. No one ever seems to bring up the C.H.U.D. problem. In fact, aside from the documentary series in the 1980s, everyone seems to want to act like they don't even exist. They look at you like you're crazy when you even bring it up. I'll show them crazy....

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