Disappointed by a failed mortgage, Daniel treks to the jungles of Peru for an encounter with the legendary ayahuasca. He's been warned that his medications are a deadly mix with the juice of the sacred vine, but he's up for the challenge anyway.
Best American Short Stories nominee and Pushcart nominee, Russell Helms, holds a lectureship in English at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the author of two novels Fade (2019), The Ground Catches Everything (2015), and a novella, Sympathy (2022).
