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Thank you. From the blackest corners of your mind, they call, pulling you deep into shadow, twisting your senses, keeping you from sleep.

It's time to face your darkest fears.

This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and welcome.

It's hard to believe, but we're already just a week away from the close of our annual Flash Fiction contest.

That means you've got just a handful of days left to finish your terrifying folk tale and unleash it on our judging team.

You'd better get scribbling.

Visit Tales toterrify.com slash flash contest for all the details and to submit.

But hurry, the hour is drawing late, and we can't hold these gates forever.

We have one tale for you this evening about an attempted train robbery that brings a man face to face with his own personal ghosts. Our story tonight comes from Danny Chase. Danny Chase is a queer married

mom of three who lives in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. She claims to write in many genres,

but her oldest offspring suspects it all boils down to either romance or horror,

or somehow both.

You can find her on Twitter and Facebook as Danny Chase,

and at dannychase.com, where she gives weird writing prompts.

Children of the Night, join me for Danny Chases, The Train Ticket,

first published in Queer Weird West Tales, August 2022.

Thank you. August 2022. The The The wind, bitter and cold, seemed to move across the prairie like a train on tracks,

as if a path had been carved for it in the wilderness, as if it were going where it was supposed to go, carrying its intended terrible cargo. The wind had its own shrieking whistle,

...