White text of a short story excerpt on a background photo of a dark forest on a mountainside reads: But the forest thickened as true night fell. The slope eased and then CLIMBed, shunted him this way and that; and deadfall locked arms against him every way he turned. Exhaustion bent him like a willow. What had been his plan? The wandering star he pretended to follow guttered like a spent torch.
How did—what—where do I go from here?
When all your efforts lead nowhere.
From a short story seeking a home
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