magisternihil's 100-word story for June 1, 2025

magisternihil wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 1, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

It’s tricky, living here at the edge. When the Unreality Bomb had exploded in the middle of the town people had worried that it would disrupt things, but honestly, once you got used to it there was no problem. Sure, you could be halfway cooking dinner and find that your spaghetti bolagnase was now a dancing ferret in a top hat, but at the same time those screaming spiders turned into a pile of gold coins so it’s a win over all. This is what we get for so much reality television, I suppose. There was bound to be backlash.

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