It's good to have a goal to keep you motivated, to keep you grounded, but letting that goal become an obsession is never healthy.

Today's story concerns a longtime sailor whose dissatisfaction with his work life is manifested in his obsession with a small Pacific island. His desire to return there after a brief shore leave intensifies until it seems only violence, possibly even mutiny, will allow him to return to his own, personal heaven.

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Artwork by Yui Breedlove

This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: "The Terror" by Dan Simmons

Random horror recommendation: AMC's "The Terror," developed by David Kajganich.