In fact, it’s not actually any kind of ending, because it was written for Ficlets, the now-defunct collaborative-storytelling website. (For some reason, it doesn’t seem to have been included in the Ficlets Memorial.) It got a good reader rating over there, but no-one ever wrote a sequel or prequel to it. In an exciting development, a desultory trawl of the site has turned up a companion piece by my writing group buddy Denni! Although I think her story is more of a parallel than an extension of mine.

Anyway, if you would like to write your own ending (or beginning, for that matter) please do. I’d love to see what you come up with.