thaopixelpoet's 100-word story for July 29, 2025

thaopixelpoet wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 29, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Heinz was dressed up like a real gentleman, waiting for Isabella at the school hall, when he noticed an entrance he had never seen before. "Maybe Isabella's still doing her makeup." He whispered to himself, letting curiosity get the better of him. A wide place opened up, with old checkerboard tile floors, yellowed Greek-styled pillars, and a damped cement ceiling threatening to fall down at any sudden movement. Heinz's view was most drawn, however, to the end of the hall where a rhythm of dark and yellow light led to a familiar figure. "Isabella?" Heinz gasped. Her face was rotten.

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