He made the wrong choice.
The low road was supposed to lead to dancing, drinking, a real good time.
Instead it wound down deep into the bowels of the earth, dragging him
to an unexpected inferno.
Standing over a pit of flowing lava with no other direction scalable, his companion said, “It all works out in the end.”
He didn’t even make a splash.
The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, a host with the most.
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