thaopixelpoet's 100-word story for August 9, 2025

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

The Great Old Witch Owl Khesah must have nested here for a while before flying for an escape. Penn walked into an abandoned, half-torn traditional style kitchen with a huge fire pit, like Howl’s. Dirty dishes with some burnt scramble eggs were still there, piling up a tall stash on the dead stove. Besides it, two slimming wooden chairs stood, barely. A strong force of wind must’ve broke their backrests and one was without a seat. Penn searched through the rubble. No signs of the kidnapped fairies. Khesah might have eaten them all! He shook his head and kept walking.

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