JKWriter's 100-word story for March 5, 2026

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on March 5, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

It was what she'd always dreamed of...maybe she was dreaming. There were...books as far as the eyes could see. Wall to wall and across the floor...all things that one could read. When Vella showed up that morning to meet the people at her new temp job, she has no idea it would be clearing out the downstairs storage room of an old vacant bookstore. The budding writer in her could scarcely contain the growing squeal that was brewing inside her. She'd be sad when this job was over, but for now...Vella would just savor the moments.

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