joeislove's 100-word story for July 8, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 8, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

"That's a weird looking pumpkin." I sighed. Not this shit again. "You and I both know it's not a pumpkin. It's a hybrid of a pumpkin and the DNA we scraped out of that alien egg that we discovered in that crashed ship last year. I sent a sample to be analyzed and that... whatever it is... actually has more in common with a blue whale than a pumpkin." Hannah turned and glared at me. "Then WHAT is it doing in my GODDAMN PUMPKIN PATCH!?!?" Yep. This shit again. "Look, it's still growing. We need to wait until it's ripe."

Want to write flash fiction like this? Join the daily challenge at Hectalex.com and discover how powerful 100 words can be.