TRAIL END!

Unexpected; isn’t the path supposed to go on for another mile? I look at the map, check my compass and turn back.

Soon I come across another sign.

DANGER ZONE: QUICKSAND!

Perplexed; didn’t I just hike up this way?

I sit down on a log.

This is home.

Johannes Springenseiss is a world citizen and a raconteur. He mostly writes speculative fiction and creative essays.