Yippee. Yay. I am happy to announce the release of a 5 STAR short story by Emma Meade. This is one you will want to add to your reading list.
She felt the depth of her despair left her no options.
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Twice she had stood on the tracks, staring down the iron monster. Twice she had jumped off, unable to go through with it.
“Third time’s the charm.”
She held her ground as the train approached. As it went through her, a man grabbed her hand, pulled her aboard, and said, “Welcome to the ……………..”
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5 STARS – Would Buy It For Them (lol)
I love the cover of this book and think it is excellent. The colors and subject jumped off the page. The title is great, too. Both are very descriptive of the story to be told.
Because of the subject matter and the way Emma dealt with it, I felt this book deserved a high rating. A perfect way to handle such a sensitive topic.
A short story. Fast read. Once I “turned the first page”, I couldn’t put it down. Raced through it. I thought it might be too dark and depressing, but Emma’s approach to the subject of depression and suicide was both tragic and uplifting. We always have choices.
Cassie, the main character, seems both tragic and wimpy, weak. But it took her three times to go for it, so she still had her doubts. I wonder how many people went through with it and realized too late they didn’t want to die. Others, you know they mean it. I know a girl who hung herself in her bedroom closet. Very obvious she wanted to die. All she had to do was stand up to stop it. How utterly bereft must someone be? So alone, with no hope.
A morbid subject, but one more talked about today than ever. Depression is actually treated, without a person becoming a pariah.
I liked the other characters, except for gross Syd. It wouldn’t be right if they were all easily likeable. We need a bad guy. Got to have someone to hate or dislike.
“Leap of faith.” Isn’t life just that?
ABOUT EMMA MEADE
Author of Nights Sighs, Under the Desert Moon and The Awakenings & Other Stories.
Emma Meade writes paranormal fiction. She lives in rainy Ireland and loves all things supernatural. Stephen King’s The Stand is one of her most loved books. Books, DVDS & TV show boxsets take up lots of space in her home and she collects all the Point Horror books she can get her hands on. She is not ashamed to admit that Dirty Dancing and Twilight make her top ten movie list but wishes to point out that The Last of the Mohicans, Reality Bites, Dead Poets Society, Stand by Me and The Goonies are in there too.
Writing supernatural stories & watching marathon re-runs of Buffy are some of her favourite ways of escaping reality.
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Have you ever ridden a train? If you were to take a train ride, where would you want to go?
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Gotta get this one!!! Thanks Sherry and you are right, the cover is excellent! Lots of love, Emily
Oh I would like to go across country on a train and see all the sights across America!!!
Wouldn’t that be cool? I’ve never ridden a train, so I would think it could be a lot of fun, like a cruise on wheels. lol
Thanks Sherry. So glad you enjoyed it.
Very much so. Thanks for letting me read, review, giveaway and be a part of the release. I still can’t get over the cover. I really love it and it fits the story perfectly.
I’d like to ride through the US stopping anywhere and everywhere! I really haven’t toured much of my country.
Excellent review Sherry!
I would love to do that too. ^_^
I have only rode a train in Illinois to go from the Southwest Suburbs into Chicago and back a few times. I would like to try a ride cross country to see everything and maybe have some stops to get off here and there for a few days of site seeing and then get on and go somewhere else 🙂
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I think it would be so cool to do that. Could see a lot of places, all in one trip. Thanks for all your comments. I really enjoy reading them. Good luck.
I’ve been on a train.
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I’ve ridden the Go Train in & out of Toronto a few times. Nothing major.
I’d love to take the train from one side of Canada to the other, and then tour through the US to see the entire continent.
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Those would be a couple of awesome trips. I would love to do something like that too. I have never been on a train, but I did pick someone up twice. LOL
Well that sounds awesome I totally want to read it now. *Cough* Book blogger 😉 Okay train riding yes I’ve done and I’d really love to ride a train across Canada, Australia and Japan.
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Those sound like some really awesome trips. I’m not sure which one I would want to do the most.
Back in 2004, my husband and I rode on Amtrak from Ohio to Boston. It was cool when we reached a certain point, and the train split off – our half continued on to Boston, and the other half went to NYC.
I’d like to ride a train out west. That’d be really cool. 🙂
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When I was at Grand Canyon, my hubby and I watched the train come in from Phoenix. People could leave it and stay or ride it back. That was pretty cool.
I have ridden on a train before, but just the little touristy ones. If I could ride any train in the world it would have to be the Oriental Express. Maybe some day!
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That sounds cool. I hadn’t really thought about it, but how could you not want to ride that train. The question is, would you want a murder to happen while you were on it? lol
I would love some sort of murder/mystery theme for the train ride but a real murder- no way! Like I said, I am a chicken and the thought of being stuck on a train with a murderer is way too scary for me!
LOL!!
I have never hopped a train, but I want to very badly!!!
I have never ridden a train, but if I could I would take the Trans-Siberian Railway from one end to the other! (I believe it’s Mongolia to Siberia!!!)
That sounds awesome I wonder if it would be like the wilderness in Canada or Alaska. I watch the reality TV shows about Alaska. The scenery is so beautiful, that is how I would picture the Siberian ride scenery. Wonder how close I am to what it really looks like.
This sounds like a great read!
I have been on lots of trains, many times Manchester to London.
The most interesting train ride I ever took was the overnight sleeper from Mombasa, Kenya to Nairobi. That line was notorious when it was built as there were many attacks on the workers by lions. Nothing like that happened on my trip but we did have to stop a couple of times for elephants on the line!
I watched a movie once, I believe it was based on a true story about that line. Wasn’t there a lion or two that came right into the camps and drug full grown adults off? They made it sound almost supernatural. Do the elephants use the line as a short cut? A path to follow that makes it easier for them to travel from place to place? Even though, I don’t know what would get in the way of an elephant. LOL Anyway, that sounds like an amazing trip.
Hi – yes you are right, there were some notorious ‘man- eaters’ around that time in the vast area known as the Tsavo National Park and the rail workers were easy pickings!
When I lived in Kenya in the 1980’s this was still an endless wilderness that was crisis crossed by dusty tracks. The elephants and other animals including prides of lions roam at will and do not give way for roads, rail tracks, or lodges if they decide to walk through!
That must have been pretty amazing, living in Kenya. I’ve read some about it in National Geographic and the documentaries on TV. Don’t know how much was Africa and how much Kenya specifically though. It still seems so wild and untamed, kinda scary. There is a new reality show coming on TV. Something about four US soldiers going over to Africa to help stop the poachers. Even though the world seems small at times, things like this just prove there are still vast unexplored areas hostile to us humans.
I grew up in a small farming town. The train was a source of entertainment for us. We would sneak on to the cars and smash countless coins. That’s as close to a train ride I ever got!
You were one of those, huh? lol I guess sometimes you have to make your own entertainment. We did that a lot as kids, too.
Never hopped a train before- not a risk taker unless I am reading 😉
I’m not much of a risk taker myself. Maybe that’s why I have such a passion for reading. Like you, I travel far and wide and have many adventures through the books I read. Good luck Kari.
When I was younger, mom and I would take the train overnight from New York to Pennsylvania to visit relatives. Dad would always buy me a new book to read on the way. It was lots of fun.
If I got to go on a train I would love to go home to see my mom and dad I haven’t seen them or been home for 6 years I miss them terribly!
I’m sorry to hear that. Some of my family is long distance too. It’s hard being so far apart.
I’ve been on trains several times, only once as an adult. We flew to Disneyland, then took the coastal train back home. My son was maybe 3 and our daughter was still a baby. Never did figure out why, but my son got sick and threw up all over me while sleeping on my lap. Some lady was walking down the aisle, smiling at how cute we looked when he suddenly let fly; her expression changed in a heartbeat, from “oh, how cute” to “OHMYGOD! Let me out of here!” Other than being covered in vomit, it was kind of funny. I never realized before that you can see the whales from that train. Now, I’d love to just travel around the country by train. Take a whole summer and just ride the rails, while we’ve still got them to ride. acwa(at)netscape(dot)com.
HAHAHHAHHAHAHA I can see that. I think it would be a great adventure.
Yes I have ridden a train when I was a kid. It was fun though!
Good luck!!
When I was about 8yrs. old we went to a place in the Mountains of NC, called Tweetsie Railroad. It was made to be an old Western Train. We even had train robbers come out of the woods. Of Course the Good Cowboys came and saved the day. As a kid I loved it! If I was going to travel by train, I think I would love to Travel the Country and stop and see all the many small towns along the way! By the way this book looks to be a great page turner. Happy Reading 🙂
I love it. Sounds like a blast. Good luck.
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