By Train At Night [Paperback]

Janet Walker McDaniel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002

In this collection of sixteen short stories, the characters grapple with some of life's most urgent problems . . . the loss of a child, difficult relationships, psychological stress, pure terror. Share the intimate moments on their journeys to find answers, inspiration and hope.

Find out what one young mother will do to protect the life of her child. Read on as a hunter crosses the line to understand his prey, a concentration camp survivor meets a Neo-Nazi Skinhead, and one man's dream becomes another's obsession. A young winnower who has never left her father's hunting grounds . . . a graduate student lost in the Appalachian Mountains . . . the wanderer searching through a sub-world of the city . . . these are only some of the characters you will meet.

Editorial Reviews

Review

" . . . makes me want to be on that train, riding away from my life and into the adventures . . ." -- B. Lynn Goodwin, editor of WriterAdvice

"Charles Fraiser and Dean Koontz wrapped into one author!" -- Ruth Mamunes, reader review

"I love By Train At Night. I have hardly been able to tear myself away from it." -- Karina, reader review

"Jan McDaniel captures that other-world feeling . . ." -- Robert Keber, editor of the Savannah Literary Journal

"These are not just stories; each is an experience." -- Mary Gauden Hughes, author and publisher

About the Author

Jan McDaniel is a book reviewer for Midwest Book Review (Book Watch, Reviewer's Choice) and the author of BY TRAIN AT NIGHT, a collection of sixteen short stories published by Henri Butler Press. She is the webmaster for a family of writing-related web sites and the publicist for WriterAdvice, a California-based newsletter. She leads a local writing group and work closely with an author/artist cooperative in South Carolina. In her spare time, Jan teaches courses about writing, computers and the Internet.

Jan has published many different kinds of material over a period of thirty years--articles and columns for newspapers, magazines and online media, radio spots, curriculum materials, resource kits, author interviews, book and website reviews, and fiction. Her short fiction has been accepted by traditional and electronic publications. Some of her interviews with other authors may be found in The Internet Writing Journal (part of writerswrite.com, the largest site about writing on the Web). Works in progress include novel-length material, short story collections and nonfiction.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Twitchen Vibes (January 1, 2002)
• ISBN-10: 1930847211
• ISBN-13: 978-1930847217
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,983,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A psychologically compelling collection short tales, October 9, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: By Train At Night (Paperback)

By Train At Night: Sixteen Short Stories is a sometimes disturbing, yet psychologically compelling collection short tales by Janet Walker McDaniel that view life through the dark side of a mirror. From "Standing on the Promises" and "The Sound of Wings" to "Half-Moon Rising" and "The Winnowing", the horrors of both body and mind form a twisted background for survivors of atrocity and people pushed to the limit of terrible, soul-rending choices in this highly recommended compendium of original and superbly written short stories.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Review by Sharon L. Schultz, September 28, 2002

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tillie313 "Tillie" (WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: By Train At Night (Paperback)

Janet Walker McDaniel's short story collection, Train At Night, has a smokey, woodsy flavor of the deep south. Her stories will engross the reader until you become a part of them. Her prose and otherworldly, mystical relation with the short story is an incredible read.
Admittedly, I am not much of a short story reader, but her characters and places drew me in to her minds web, like an unsuspection fly to a date with a spider. Before I knew it, I had read the entire book and was looking forward to reading it again.
If you like the 'other-beaten-path' of reading, Ms. McDaniels, Train At Night, is a book sure to please you. : )