Painting Trains: Three Adventures Into the Unknown (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781039158276)

Painting Trains is a collection of three short stories which each capture both the romanticism of the steel rail and the carefree nostalgia of childhood. "Gus" follows a young narrator and his older cousin as a venture from their campsite finds them lost in the unforgiving bush. When they stumble upon an abandoned train, unbeknownst to them, a harrowing discovery awaits within its rotting interior. "Steampunk" captures a young narrator's dream as a sprawling trackside vineyard morphs into a fantasy landscape where coal grows on grapevines and workers labour the fields to feed a massive, at-the-ready locomotive. Both joy and turmoil soon arise during this exhilarating coming-of-age adventure. "Hobo Shoestring" follows a narrator through an adrenaline-fuelled ramble aboard a helter-skelter train that introduces everything from '60s rock culture to the notorious outlaws of the Wild West.

Author: Steve Godsoe
ISBN-10: 1039158277
ISBN-13: 9781039158276
Publisher: FriesenPress
Language: English
Published: 11/30/2022
Pages: 84
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d