joeislove's 100-word story for July 1, 2026

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 1, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Clark was having a terrible vacation. For one thing, Lex Luthor had also chosen this small coastal town to take a break, so that automatically turned it into a working vacation. This was already bad enough, and Lois was pretty steamed at the way he kept wandering away and getting lost for an hour at a time. But to make matters worse, the phone booths here all have windows all the way around. The ones in Metropolis offer considerably more privacy for stripping down in a public place. But evil masterminds must be stopped. He sighed. Clark Kent, sex offender?

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