The Way to LA
Jame Rada, Jr.6: The Grippe Bill Wivell nearly died of all things, the flu. Had he been coherent, it would have shamed him. He’d never lived down his single bad ear; in Thurmont, people already called him a slacker for being turned away from the Great War. Now, bedridden by an invisible enemy, he could…
The Way to LA
Jame Rada, Jr. 4: 5: The Letter Two weeks had slipped by in Thurmont as Celine Winfrey remained with the Freeze family. Dawn after dawn, she rose to the sound of locomotive whistles and settled at the little kitchen table, waiting for word from California—any word. Bill Freeze had mailed a letter, addressed to her…
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Jame Rada, Jr. 4: A Walkabout Bill Freeze opened his eyes, then closed them and rolled over when he remembered it was Sunday. It was the one day a week the Railroad Diner was closed. The trains still rumbled and rattled as they stopped at and left the Thurmont station of the Western Maryland Railway,…
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Jame Rada, Jr. 3: A Different Courage Celine Marcon…Winfrey… she had to remind herself that she was now Celine Winfrey and married…awoke in the morning with a cooler head. The dawn’s pale light filtered through the thin curtains. She watched as the bright rays slowly reached across the bed until they reached her face. “Celine…
The Way to LA
James Rada, Jr. 1: The Woman on the Platform The black iron steam engine eased its persistent chug as it approached the Western Maryland Railway station in Thurmont from the east. When the wheels finally stilled, a riot of screeches and groans emanated from the trucks as they reluctantly slid along the cold, hard iron…
