Trains as a mode of travel seems old-fashioned nowadays, but in storytelling, they remain a persuasive setting for tales of unease and suspense. The endless railroad does wonders for Diane Hoh’s 1992 young-adult book aptly titled The Train. By placing her characters on a cross-country tour with no handy means of escape, the author underlines that feeling of being trapped with not only strangers but also your worst fears.
This Point Horror entry takes place at the tail end of August right before the new fall semester starts up at Parker High School. Thirty students in total are participating in this end-of-summer school trip from Chicago to the West Coast, and the final destination is San Francisco. The main characters are Hannah Deaton, Kerry Oliver, Mack McComber, Lewis Joseph Reed and Jean Marie Westlake. Hannah, who is the story’s protagonist, is wary of trains; she’s already thinking of...
This Point Horror entry takes place at the tail end of August right before the new fall semester starts up at Parker High School. Thirty students in total are participating in this end-of-summer school trip from Chicago to the West Coast, and the final destination is San Francisco. The main characters are Hannah Deaton, Kerry Oliver, Mack McComber, Lewis Joseph Reed and Jean Marie Westlake. Hannah, who is the story’s protagonist, is wary of trains; she’s already thinking of...
- 8/26/2022
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
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