Back from Paradise

The very first short story I ever wrote, it had to go through some heavy editing (and even I couldn't stop involuntary facepalms at some of the mistakes of my early writing).
The story is set in a world, where a number of chosen humans find a way to travel between worlds and dimensions through the use of special map devices; this particular one is called to deal with the idea of returning home for all those travelers and explorers of humanity.
On a side note, I also would like to point out, that it tries to explain where most of the people reported as missing go. Having myself lost an uncle that way many years ago, I would like to think, that he is one of humanity's explorers on this new frontier, rather than long dead somewhere.