Erik's 100-word story for July 22, 2025

Erik wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 22, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

They were tired of the same old cycle, so they fought back. Brenda went into her laundry room last week to find that her appliances have disappeared. What? Is there a Maytag menace on the loose? A Whirlpool whisker? Samsung swiper perhaps? No. The real answer is far worse. Brenda turned on the news to find that city hall had been enveloped by a wall of sentient washers & dryers. Anyone who came close would be clotheslined by a swinging appliance door. SWAT teams were deployed, but the metallic mass of machines was immense. The stench crisis lasted for decades after.

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