calwinters's 100-word story for June 20, 2025
calwinters wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 20, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.
Deep down within each of us hidden away in the darkest depths protected from the outside world until the day is needed lies a feral beast bloodthirsty and violent ready to tear and rend and destroy pacing hungrily awaiting release a vile vicious creature kept alive by the promise of eventual freedom kept hungry by a constant state of denial kept angry by its host's weakness salivating slurping moaning growling Do I need a hug? No, I need to sink my teeth into your neck pull back and spit flesh and blood at the heavens as endless laughter overcomes me.
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