joeislove's 100-word story for October 27, 2025

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on October 27, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The whole world feels like it's being torn apart. Peeled layer from layer, fragments shifting, pieces drifting together, slumping into sedimentary strata laid over a foundation of shit. I'm on top of the world, and the world is on top of me. Everything all at once, and nothing left. I need to get away, but where can I go? I have been running for a lifetime, and all paths lead back to this same twisted timeline. In the end, I know I'll have to confront it. The secret. But for now, it feels better to run. Safer to turn away.

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