The 10:10 Train: Genre Undetermined
Jul. 2nd, 2007 10:08 pmThe 10:10 train came into the station at precisely midnight. People had started to gather around the train tracks at 10:30--regular passengers, knowing the train would be trying to make up its time and that it wouldn't wait very long on the station. By 11:00, they noticed that the station police were there. By midnight, when the train finally came up the tracks, there were news reporters and a cordon of regular police holding back the passengers and the gawkers. Nobody knew precisely what had happened, but they all figured that the strain hadn't been reporting in to the other stations properly. They gripped their suitcases with the nervous readiness of the benched baseball player, the one who knows--
Inspiration: Started writing at 10:10.
Story Potential: High?
Notes: I like the set-up, even if it's not terribly original and this little nugget doesn't have any particular place it's heading.
Inspiration: Started writing at 10:10.
Story Potential: High?
Notes: I like the set-up, even if it's not terribly original and this little nugget doesn't have any particular place it's heading.