Gray's 100-word story for June 13, 2025

Gray wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 13, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Before the wig shop closed and the lights went out, she could see her own face, distorted in the glass. She wanted to change her makeup. She wanted longer lashes, deeper lipstick, a more apricot blush. She wanted a better wig. Lydia wondered whether the other heads were awake. Whether they grumbled to themselves when the woman put another poorly-dyed mop on them. Whether they envied the women across the street with their arms and legs and dates at the wrought-iron tables outside the cafe, sipping lattes and americanos. She even envied the tired, abused baristas -- but only a little.

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