joeislove's 100-word story for October 3, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on October 3, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Where have all the cowboys gone? I can only tell you where they're not. They're not here, in my tiny little yard. They're not riding my tiny little horse. They're not swaggering through the swinging doors into my tiny little saloon. Was this a mistake? Am I the one who's wrong here? "If you build it, they will come." That only works in a world that is still alive, but this world is dying every day. Authenticity is being replaced by increasing layers of fake shit and ninety percent of the conversations are bots arguing with other bots. Yippee Ki-yi-yay.

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