JKWriter's 100-word story for August 18, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 18, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The house spun this way and that as the twister carried it through the sky. Lucy sat in the middle of the in living room waiting for it to finally fall from the sky. Would she live? Would she die? She didn't know. "Maybe," she mused to herself, "the Munchkins will be waiting for me at the yellow brick road." Suddenly the house stopped spinning and the wind stopped blowing. Without warning the house dropped. Her scream was cut short as they landed with a sharp, loud thud. She checked herself over; thankfully she was okay. Then she looked outside...

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