On a snowy evening's commute home, Rainer Mason discovers that his life has been limited to a set of subway tracks. His fellow passengers reveal the limits that they have also accepted.

First published in Volume 5, Number 1, Fall, 1996 of Eureka Literary Magazine, and later, nominated for an Illinois Arts Council Award.

Richard F Crawley III grew up in Putnam, Illinois as the oldest of nine children. Sports, books and siblings filled his life then. Today, his life is filled with family and long distance running. When he is not working for Illinois Central College, he is often found running in the countryside on the roads that he has run for much of his life. Occasionally, he finds a story within the miles.

This is the first of those stories.