magisternihil's 100-word story for March 9, 2026

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on March 9, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

They it a “blast barrier,” said when the bombs fell it would protect the glass windows and the occupants inside. Later we found out a deal was made for a cousin of a cousin of one of the contractors to help find him of excess concrete stock. Everyone was outraged, murderous, but then the bombs started to fall. Ours was the only building that didn’t suffer massive damages. Ours was the only one with a full list of survivors. Funny how that man went from nearly being stoned to death to being heralded as a hero after one bomb fell.

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