Runner's High (Fiction)

Bailey has a criminal record, a dead end job as a barista, and a cruel husband, when her former lover walks into her cafe. Read Lauren Lytle's short story, exclusively on Esoterica.

By Lauren Lytle

Stepping over the barricade on the mountain trail, I start my nightly run. I already start sliding on the melted snow left over on the dirt trail. Once I finally get my footing and fall into the rhythm of my run. I take in the cold Colorado air that burns my lungs and the trees above, shadows flickering like old film. I play back in my he…