joeislove's 100-word story for July 9, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 9, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

It gets me every time. It's already creepy being alone in this section. No one comes over here; it's so quiet I can hear the blood in my ears. Then I turn down this aisle and there she is: Good old Hildegard of Bingen, ready to scare the pants off me. Not really. I usually wear a skirt to work, but you get the idea. At least it's not that damn owl next to her. I had to swap them. I almost died the first time I turned the corner and thought a raptor had invaded the medieval history wing.

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