On Feeling the Silent Train

...And Other Short Stories

Fiction & Literature, Humorous, Short Stories, Literary
Cover of the book On Feeling the Silent Train by Steven Olson, Prospective Books
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Author: Steven Olson ISBN: 1230000100739
Publisher: Prospective Books Publication: January 19, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Steven Olson
ISBN: 1230000100739
Publisher: Prospective Books
Publication: January 19, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

*Featuring the 1st Place winner of the 2010 CMU literary prize (On Feeing the Silent Train)

A surreal, deadpan collection of three short stories. Droughts & deadly lakes, strange visitors & mysterious solitude, Nikola Tesla & abandoned ant hills all play a role in these darkly humorous tales. Fans of stories by Murakami and Carver may find something to like. 

Except-
"The lack rain was killing me. I can't pinpoint exactly what I meant by that, but I just knew it. Sometimes a body knows things. It hadn't rained all through the month of June, and my body knew that if it didn't rain soon, I wouldn't make it. I wasn't scared of my heart stopping or of having a stroke or disease or an accident. I just felt like my little spark was going to go out if it didn't rain soon. Which seems counter-intuitive, water keeping a fire alive, but that's how it was. Like I could feel the flood waters rising. Like the levees were getting weak. But the exact opposite of that. "

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*Featuring the 1st Place winner of the 2010 CMU literary prize (On Feeing the Silent Train)

A surreal, deadpan collection of three short stories. Droughts & deadly lakes, strange visitors & mysterious solitude, Nikola Tesla & abandoned ant hills all play a role in these darkly humorous tales. Fans of stories by Murakami and Carver may find something to like. 

Except-
"The lack rain was killing me. I can't pinpoint exactly what I meant by that, but I just knew it. Sometimes a body knows things. It hadn't rained all through the month of June, and my body knew that if it didn't rain soon, I wouldn't make it. I wasn't scared of my heart stopping or of having a stroke or disease or an accident. I just felt like my little spark was going to go out if it didn't rain soon. Which seems counter-intuitive, water keeping a fire alive, but that's how it was. Like I could feel the flood waters rising. Like the levees were getting weak. But the exact opposite of that. "

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