Fantastic Trains
An Anthology of Phantasmagorical Engines and Rail Riders
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Publisher Description
Book your ticket now for a trip to the future, the past, and the timeslips in between.
Through the eloquent prose and imaginings of eighteen tellers of tales, we are pleased to present to you a collection of stories-on-a-train that will transport you to tantalizing worlds that you simply cannot imagine.
Perhaps no other anthology in-living-memory encapsulates such wholehearted, ill fated, poignant, and even hallucinogenic stories with such grace and balance as those contained in this volume.
These stories span the genres of literary fiction, steampunk, space opera, futurism, tragedy, magical realism, slipstream, horror, comedy, urban fantasy and more.
In all, a sizzling collection, curated by Neil Enock (who is a train aficionado, podcaster, screenwriter and filmmaker), presenting high-voltage, off-the-rail entertainments that are feature rich with characters who are: schemers, dreamers, adventurers, lovers, detectives, rogues, and more; and whose human weaknesses always seem to get the better of them.
Showcased in this single collection are eighteen trail blazers tasked to escort you on your inimitable journey:
Jason Lane, David Worsick, Liam Hogan, Christine Hanolsy, Gavin Bradley, Michael Johnstone, Dwain Campbell, Laura VanArendonk Baugh, Peter Hargraves, Melodie Leclerc, Rachel Leidenfrost , Nick Svolos, Maurice Forrester, Kendall Eifler, Samuel Marzioli, Neil Enock, Laurie Stewart, Kim Solem.
The stories offered will delight you with such surprising humor and stinging tragedy, you will be compelled to read them all in one sitting.
DO NOT DELAY. DO NOT BE LEFT BEHIND. THIS TRAIN LEAVES PROMPTLY ON TIME.
*Note: These stories are also suitable to read while waiting for a train.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With genres ranging from steampunk to slipstream to horror, and a diverse assortment of narrative voices, this anthology of paranormal train rides runs the gamut of speculative fiction styles. Gavin Bradley's standout opening tale, "Soul Train," brings the reader along for a ride through hell that is by turns wrenchingly emotional and startlingly funny. Christine Hanolsy's surreal "The Siren and the Switch" conjures a stunningly strange landscape and explores the potential destinies of those who travel through it. In Rachel Leidenfrost's "Destination 1945," a train serves as a time machine, carrying passengers on journeys through history. While most entires are strong, some, like the overstuffed "Pluck Versus the Giant Rat of Sumatra," are too short for the amount of worldbuilding they attempt to contain. The wide variety of settings, destinations, and passengers across these 20 stories will keep readers' attention.
