Hide's 100-word story for May 20, 2025

Hide wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 20, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Two human people exist in a world with lots of sand. One is skinny and Tim Burton-esque. The other one is the most beautiful creature on our planet. They trade spices and fight evil worms. This spice is different than both the spices we use and also the kind that’s a synthetic drug. It’s three hours long and a lot of landscape shots. The movie Dune, not spice. -What I think Dune is about, by someone who has never seen it before. Zendaya was only in it for a couple minutes so I didn’t bother, and it just seems long.

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