magisternihil's 100-word story for July 13, 2025

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

It was that crispness in the air that got him out of the house. Every year the day would come when he would walk out to get the mail and he would feel it. Like someone had finally iced the cake. The flutter in his chest when he sensed the change canceled all of his plans to remain indoors with a book or watching old tv shows on his tiny set. No, now was the time to be outside, leaves crunching underfoot, heat fleeing as Winter whispered its arrival. But not yet! Now was the time to dance with Autumn.

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