The Trestle

The world's highest railroad bridge. Two teen boys. Terror.

Tom craves danger--to forget. He persuades his cousin Will to walk across High Bridge, a single track railroad bridge with no railings. Danger follows them onto the track, and Tom has to make a deadly choice. 

A YA short story with a dark side.


A short story written for reluctant tween and teen readers, especially boys, that will also grab adult readers with its nonstop action and descriptive writing. Reviewers have used words such as tightly-wound, riveting, suspenseful, and thrilling to describe the story. It’s based on an actual place in rural Kentucky.