December 2011
8 posts
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“On one night in particular I woke up after the subway went above ground and...”
– Sarah Flynn, “Goodbye To All That”
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Situations for Young Ladies
by Sarah Malone
On the twenty-eighth floor of a building now long demolished, Dorothy Zimmer returned to her desk and found a girl with the new puffed sleeves and white lace all around the base of her high collar. She was fixing her hair at Dorothy’s hand-mirror. She had the scent of the El on a summer afternoon.
“What are you doing here?” Dorothy said.
“I type,” the girl said. “On twenty-nine....
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“Kim died on Saturday of a heart attack while on a train.”
– Evan Ramstad, “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Is Dead,” Wall Street Journal
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Push Tape to Signal for Stop, by Emely Paulino →
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“Would you like a seat, mister?” offers a girl who looks about sixteen. John looks at her hands, covered in crumbs from the chips she was just eating, and clenches his fists. Would you like a napkin, Kelsey?
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angels with rusty steel wings
by Jessie Lynn
A ghost hiss of train smoke – angel breath; the rustle of a rucksack – invisible, vestigial wings; the clank and thunder of steel on steel, freight on track – calloused fingers scraping against guitar strings. And all the lonely lonely in this land, searching with their big empty hearts, hearts big and empty as the Grand Canyon, searching searching for that fairytale place...
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from A Simple Machine, Like the Lever →
by Evan P. Schneider
Conductor’s Note: The following is a submitted excerpt from Evan P. Schneider’s debut novel A Simple Machine, Like the Lever (Propeller Books), now available for purchase at Powell’s.
Sometimes time just evaporates. Especially when the weather changes and I want to remain fully cognizant of what’s occurring in the trees. At this time of year hillsides start...
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Calling all train writers!
TrainWrite is currently seeking some killer fiction and nonfiction prose to close out 2011. Submit your best work to trainwritesubmissions@gmail.com and spread the word! The author of my favorite piece will receive a special holiday gift from the conductor.
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Subway Senryu
by Virginie Colline
feeling a bit nervous
between the sudoku women
go figure
Virginie Colline is a French translator living in Paris. Her poems have been published in Kitchen, Pipe Dream and EgoPHobia, among others. Her poem, haiku de nuit, appeared in the September 13, 2011 issue of TrainWrite.