magisternihil's 100-word story for May 5, 2026

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

“What is in all of these?” the customer asked. “Treasure,” answered the shopkeeper. That was all Lucky needed to hear. He scoped out the security as he browsed, spent a good fifteen minutes chatting with the shopkeeper to not look suspicious, and left. And now he was back, in the dark of night, and smiled in expectation. What sort of treasures could they hold? He opened his bag, picked up the first, removed the lid and found— “Marbles?” The second held a child’s drawing. The third, bottle caps. Each held worthless items. “One man’s treasure is my trash,” he groaned.

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