Town & Train
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by James K. Moran
In a small Ontario town, seventeen-year-old John Daniel wakes by the railroad tracks with no recollection of how he got there. Something called him from his bed. Officer David Forester, a recent transfer from Toronto, struggles to fit into the local police force, despite resistance from established circles. Both soon suspect a more pervasive and menacing collusion occurring in town when an antique steam train arrives late in the night. At the phantasmal engine, a conductor promises the desperate locals escape from their town dying with so many closed stores and shattered dreams--but there is no denying what the stranger really brings is the stuff of nightmares.
James K. Moran's fiction and poetry appear in bywords.ca, dig, Empty Mirror Arts & Literary Magazine, Icarus, On Spec, Postscripts to Darkness 3, The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack, The Peter F. Yacht Club, and The Rolling Darkness Revue. A long-time contributor to Daily Xtra, his journalistic articles have appeared in various publications, Celtic Life International and Rue Morgue among them. He lives and dreams in Ottawa.
Paperback, 340 pages
In a small Ontario town, seventeen-year-old John Daniel wakes by the railroad tracks with no recollection of how he got there. Something called him from his bed. Officer David Forester, a recent transfer from Toronto, struggles to fit into the local police force, despite resistance from established circles. Both soon suspect a more pervasive and menacing collusion occurring in town when an antique steam train arrives late in the night. At the phantasmal engine, a conductor promises the desperate locals escape from their town dying with so many closed stores and shattered dreams--but there is no denying what the stranger really brings is the stuff of nightmares.
James K. Moran's fiction and poetry appear in bywords.ca, dig, Empty Mirror Arts & Literary Magazine, Icarus, On Spec, Postscripts to Darkness 3, The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack, The Peter F. Yacht Club, and The Rolling Darkness Revue. A long-time contributor to Daily Xtra, his journalistic articles have appeared in various publications, Celtic Life International and Rue Morgue among them. He lives and dreams in Ottawa.
Paperback, 340 pages
"One of the many great things about this story is that it is seamless. There is a perfect balance of elements, from narration to description, plot to execution. It is written in a straightforward style, which creates an incredible ease of reading. Moran reminds me of early Stephen King novels, in that there is always something interesting around the corner. Both Moran and King dip you into the horror one toe at a time. This has always been my favorite kind of horror; shivers and heart-thumping goodness. A great book for those who enjoy King, and all things horror." - Benoit Chartier for Ottawa Review of Books
"All in all, Town & Train is an absorbing novel to escape into, with an imaginative take on the forms evil can take. I’d recommend it whether or not you’re a horror fan. The trueness of the setting and the characters’ experiences are sure to set up even the most skeptical reader for the spooks when the train rolls in." - Apt 613
"Town & Train is shaped by an aesthetic of longing, a compounding of desires: the desire to leave the small town of Brandon, Ontario, for better opportunities, the desire for a sense of contact with others, a connection, the desire to keep secrets about the types of connections one is making, the desire to just change something, and the competing desire to just keep things the same and resist changes seen to be dangerous." - Speculating Canada
"All in all, Town & Train is an absorbing novel to escape into, with an imaginative take on the forms evil can take. I’d recommend it whether or not you’re a horror fan. The trueness of the setting and the characters’ experiences are sure to set up even the most skeptical reader for the spooks when the train rolls in." - Apt 613
"Town & Train is shaped by an aesthetic of longing, a compounding of desires: the desire to leave the small town of Brandon, Ontario, for better opportunities, the desire for a sense of contact with others, a connection, the desire to keep secrets about the types of connections one is making, the desire to just change something, and the competing desire to just keep things the same and resist changes seen to be dangerous." - Speculating Canada