Bigfoot awakes one morning to discover he's burned out by living in one of the most beautiful environments in the world. He walks a hundred miles to his travel agent and sets up a world tour of three of the most horrendous places on earth. This short story follows him on his adventures in visiting those hell-holes and documents the wonderfully healthful effects of vacationing in squalor. He comes home refreshed and revived, and has a special gift for his travel agent.

Carl Reader trained as a journalist at Temple University and has worked as a reporter, photographer and editor in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Montana. He's published short stories in literary magazines and on the Internet and has self-published a children's Christmas story called THE TWELFTH ELF OF KINDNESS.That book was partially published in Russia under the Sister Cities program. He's also self-published a novella called THE PERSECUTION OF WILLIAM PENN, which has been well-received in several college libraries. He works as a professional photographer and freelance writer.