magisternihil's 100-word story for June 30, 2026

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 30, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

I don’t make it a habit of waking up in a truck, I assure you. I actively avoid it, truth be told. But there I was, sweating so hard you’d think I just crawled out of the ocean, with a tire jack stabbing my side. Whatever kind of car I was in, it wasn’t modern enough to have one of those “easy-open” levers. I couldn’t remember how I got there. I just knew if I didn’t get out soon I would melt into a puddle. No safety lever, but I had a jack, right? Time to put it to work.

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