Humpbuckle-on-sea is a town for the old and dying.
It's not easy to be young here.
Even the sea limps up the beach without effort or enthusiasm.
Hooper wants to run away, join the global struggle against climate change.
Or something.
He needs to direct his anger somewhere.
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This is the 134th fifty-word story in the Humpbuckle Tales series. You can find all the tales reblogged on the 
Humpbuckle Tales are 50-word stories that can be read independently, but when read as a whole a bigger story begins to emerge.
There are author readings available of the first 22 Humpbuckle Tales on the Humpbuckle Tales YouTube Channel or you can listen to the Humpbuckle Tales podcast.
On Hive, you can find the first 10 tales read here, and Humpbuckle Tales 11-22 are read here
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