A Collection of Stories
A collection of stories set against the backdrop of trains, TrainSecs weaves many characters into vignettes of comedy, loyalty, love, betrayal, reflection, and satire.
They include but are not limited to families of all ages, sad-looking individuals, retirees, children with their magical depth of curiosity, the bohemian traveler, workers, and folks who look like serial killers. Many stories elicit personal memories derived from world travel and are woven into fantasy. Notably, the magic of trains brings all these stories together.
CREDITS
From the top of Pike’s Peak to delightful Welsh villages, the stories in TrainSecs take the reader on funny, poignant, and sometimes quirky journeys. Williams’ deep understanding of the full range of the human experience makes this collection well worth the ride! - Heather G. Marshall, author of When the Ocean Flies.
SYPNOSIS
A collection of fictional stories set against the backdrop of trains, TrainSecs weaves a myriad of characters into stories of comedy, loyalty, love, betrayal, reflection, and satire.
Celebrating sister Joan’s birthday, Jocelyne persuades her to travel by train to Penmaenmawr, North Wales, to see an acupuncturist. The special of the day is a treatment to assist with smoking cessation, diet control, and sex drive.
While on patrol for the Bureau of Land Management in Utah, USA, Trooper Brad Jenkins discovers two young lovers illegally camping on salt flats.
Sam, a Native American and World War Two hero, travels by train with his daughter through France. He plans to visit, for the first time, the grave sites of his lost wartime comrades who died when their bomber plane crashed. He was the lone survivor.
Lakeesha, a student nurse from Atlanta, GA, commutes daily on the Atlanta MARTA trains to school and work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fellow travelers Anne and Subee bring along unlikely companion Lizzie to visit the Berlin Wall. Their return train journey via Hamburg proves disastrous when they encounter hooligans.
Pastor Gordon and his wife Bertha find a days-old infant abandoned on the steps of their chapel car in a pocket siding. Their resultant lives together journey through the Great Depression, the restoration of a Railroad Chapel Car, and cultural challenges from the Dakotas to Japan.
A routine railway commute home in Australia proves not so routine.
Conservationists, ferroequinologists, opportunists, and families connect on the Pikes Peak Railroad in Colorado.
Culturally diverse cousins experience high anxiety in the mountains of North Carolina above a funicular railroad.
An arresting retirement at the railway station.
Orphan Anne is rescued from Stockholm syndrome by a station cleaner.
Winifred's father is fired for watering down the beer at a working men's club in Connahs Quay, Flintshire. Will fate and Winifred find a way to rescue the day with Locomotor 92033?
Betrayal and revenge while avoiding the cops.
Eadie’s plans to travel with miserly Gary ends in death and rebirth.
Rescued by a luxury tourist train in Canada, a bagpipe band creates challenging encounters for all aboard.
Unlikely characters unite when they encounter thugs and police.
Young boys see diverse lifestyles and encounter a dangerous criminal on the Southern Crescent bound for Alabama.
In a search for a new home, Derek, Jessica, their two children, and a sick dog travel the rails of Lancashire.
The story of a railway tragedy leaves a couple deeply disturbed while celebrating their wedding anniversary in North Carolina.
The last steam train in Britain was not only the end of an era but of life itself.
A young immigrant's journey to America to better understand herself becomes complicated by culture shock and mixed impressions.