50-Word-Story: Damnit #weblit

The fountain was broken.

It was the final insult for Derek Tanner, as he flopped, parched and exhausted, on the cracked tile.

He had crossed the trackless dessert to find the lost city and ransack it for its treasures, and he would die here, for want of a crescent wrench.

0 thoughts on “50-Word-Story: Damnit #weblit

  1. Oh dear. This is where you need better planning or better improvising skills… Also why my adventuring characters tend to be over their “encumbered” limit on gear!

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