Daily writing prompt
What’s the longest trip you’ve ever taken?

In Bat Country, travel plans have to be precise.

There are places where you do not miss the last transport, roads you do not take after dark, and stretches of desert where being five miles off course can mean being very far from help.

A long trip in New Texas is measured less by distance than by how many borders, gangs, checkpoints, dead zones, and bad decisions stand between you and where you’re going.

Sometimes the safest route is the longest one.

Sometimes the longest one is the only route left.

What’s the longest trip you’ve ever taken?

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