Rooting Powder

Josh had always had a taste for the spicy life: No food too hot, no woman too adventurous, no destination too untamed. But lately he found he enjoyed the stability that Dani called "a rut." He felt settled, like an adult, rooted.

So when Dani's eyes sparkle again with a sense of excitement, of some uncharted territory about to be discovered, Josh suddenly has a taste for a different kind of life.

Rooting Powder was first published in Zetetic: A Record of Unusual Inquiry