The bright light slips away, dark pooling, thoughts scattering. Then suddenly quiet arrives. You notice your pulse doesn’t match your heartbeat. The mind loiters, carrying you sideways. The next screen shows time morphing into geological action. The whisper returns with dissonant notes. Only the rhythmic knocking makes some sense.
Johannes Springenseiss is a world citizen and raconteur. He mostly writes speculative fiction and creative essays.
This morning I find a bunch of Tico kids fishing, probably for trucha [trout], next to the bench I’m sipping my Cafe Britt.
One of them asks me why I’m not fishing.
I tell him, “I’m thinking.”
He says, “Senor, you’d be better off fishing.”
The kid might be right.
Johannes Springenseiss is a world citizen and raconteur. He mostly writes speculative fiction and creative essays that he has published in literary magazines worldwide.
Looking back, not a single one of us would dare question his leadership. However the word “disconcerting” would enter our conversation every so often. What raised the alarm was his constant gibberish about listening to the “inner growl.” It’s too late now that we’ve all been busted by animal control.
Johannes Springenseiss is a world citizen and raconteur. He mostly writes speculative fiction and creative essays, which he has published in various literary magazines.
I warned him not to go through the door; it was mayhem outside. He said he must because he had to live his life.
We met again, in Bogota, twenty years later. He was awfully skinny but seemed content. Looking back, he only said no door could ever stop him.
Johannes Springenseiss is a world citizen and raconteur. He mostly writes speculative fiction and creative essays, which he has published in various literary magazines.
“Heart murmur. It could be indicative of first-stage heart failure.”
“Doctor, I’m about to run my first marathon!”
“I strongly advise against it.”
Tomorrow is the race and I am running it. It’s win-win: If I die, he is a good doctor. If I make it, I’ll find somebody better.
Johannes Springenseiss is a world-citizen raconteur. He mostly writes speculative fiction and creative essays.
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.