NIghtCafeStudio AI Image — Prompt by Steve

JUNE 2026 HUNDO | 100 WORD CHALLENGE | MULTIPLE PROMPTS

Going Back for the Memories

One never knows how they might feel

The old homestead. Just like I remember. I grew up here long ago. It seemed creepy now, though. Arriving at dusk, without electricity, I had to light a candle to ward off the darkness. Tides of memories came flooding back.

I walked to the house through the overgrown garden, where, as a child, I received many a bruise, roughhousing with my siblings.

Opening the old creaky door, I jumped at the mounted head of a wolf on the wall. I didn’t remember that. Brushing away cobwebs and dead moths from just about everywhere, I found that the old comfy chair was still in the same place; incredibly dusty, of course.

I was here for the night, so I sat down to rest with a still chilled bottle of champagne. Unfortunately, I had neglected to bring a wine glass and spent quite a while searching for anything that might suffice.

Fortuitously, I found an old marble goblet that my mom used to use as a display piece. It would have to do.

And it did.

NightCafeStudio AI Image — Prompt by Steve

Since many prompt words were used, this story ran a little long. Oh well.

Hundo words used:

June 1 — marble June 2 — dusk June 3 — moth June 4 — candle June 5 — tide June 6 — wolf June 7 — champagne June 8 — bruise June 9 — garden

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