JKWriter's 100-word story for September 26, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on September 26, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

After wandering lost in the desert for hours, a group of young men came upon six eerily placed typewriters on desks amidst the tumbleweeds and sand. Each began to wonder if their eyes were playing tricks on them. However, after some hoarsely exchanged words, to their minimal relief, at least it wasn't a delusion. Had they not been so parched and sunburnt they probably would have wondered about the "why," but no one cares about those kinds of things when they have a real chance at dying. Instead, they just kept moving forward with hopes of surviving this strange nightmare.

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