Platform Zero

by Christopher Holt

Following the success of his short story collection – ‘Tales of The Open Door’, Christopher Holt has come up with a fascinating collection – entitled ‘Platform Zero’. The railway station is a secular cathedral. Soaring arches support a high nave of glass geometrics and mandalas allowing light from the London sky to fall on the mezzanine with its broad plaza of cafés and bars.Milling passengers on the concourse swarm to the ticket barriers for each of the twelve platforms. There are actually thirteen but deferring to superstition, one neglected siding is called “Platform Zero”. You will find it tucked away behind W H Smiths and Boots the Chemist, a long grey platform, with neither rail staff nor ticket barrier. But be a passenger who takes the train from Platform Zero will never make the return trip.A Bookopedia Imprint - 2012

56 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2012