Fiction.
Winner of the 41st International 3-Day Novel Writing Contest.
Alan is unsure if he is dead or dreaming, he only knows that he is stuck in a loop.
He finds himself being forced to walk along a straight path through an unending pine forest where any deviation from the path causes him to black out and begin again.
Dipping in and out of an endless purgatorial walk, Alan relives key moments in his life where he missed the opportunity to learn, escape, and change: The death of his mother,.