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Terminus Station
"I read this and it creeped me out in the best way!" Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author.
Ira Blechman waits for a train to take him home, the last train he will ever take on the last night of his miserable, schlubby life. He has a plan. It’s all worked out, In less than an hour, by his own hand, he will leave this Earth better off for the going. Funny thing about plans, they unravel. For Ira, the unraveling starts with a strange train he’s never seen; the train’s only passenger, an even stranger woman, out-of-time and between worlds who knows him better than he knows himself; and a promise broken that has unforeseen consequences that ripple across the thin veneer separating the sane world from what lies beyond; a veneer Ira is destined to tear, and through which he will see the bigger plan—one waiting for him, whether he wants it or not.
Ira Blechman waits for a train to take him home, the last train he will ever take on the last night of his miserable, schlubby life. He has a plan. It’s all worked out, In less than an hour, by his own hand, he will leave this Earth better off for the going. Funny thing about plans, they unravel. For Ira, the unraveling starts with a strange train he’s never seen; the train’s only passenger, an even stranger woman, out-of-time and between worlds who knows him better than he knows himself; and a promise broken that has unforeseen consequences that ripple across the thin veneer separating the sane world from what lies beyond; a veneer Ira is destined to tear, and through which he will see the bigger plan—one waiting for him, whether he wants it or not.
78 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 29, 2019
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Jeff Lyons
21 books14 followersJeff Lyons is a traditionally published fiction/nonfiction author, screenwriter, and story development consultant in the film, television, and publishing industries. He has worked with major studios like NBCU and Columbia Pictures, and leading independent producers and film and television production companies. He is an instructor through Stanford University's Online Certificate Program in Novel Writing, and guest lectures through the UCLA Extension Writers Program.
Jeff is a regular contributor and advisor to leading entertainment industry screenwriting and producing fellowship programs, such as the Producers Guild of America's "Power of Diversity Master Producers Workshop," and the Film Independent Screenwriting Lab, and is a regular workshop presenter at leading writing industry conferences such as the Romance Writers of America, StoryExpo, Great American Pitchfest, Romance Writers of America and many others.
His clients have won major literary prizes like the “William Faulkner Gold Medal,” and include New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. Jeff has written on the craft of storytelling for Writer’s Digest Magazine, Script Magazine, The Writer Magazine, and Writing Magazine (UK). His book, Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success was published by Focal Press in 2015, and his new book, Rapid Story Development: How to Use the Enneagram-Story Connection to Become a Master Storyteller, was published by Focal Press in October 2020.
His feature film, American Thunderbolt, is being produced by Hargenant Media, UK, and two of his novellas, 13 Minutes and Terminus Station, have been optioned for feature film development.
Jeff is a regular contributor and advisor to leading entertainment industry screenwriting and producing fellowship programs, such as the Producers Guild of America's "Power of Diversity Master Producers Workshop," and the Film Independent Screenwriting Lab, and is a regular workshop presenter at leading writing industry conferences such as the Romance Writers of America, StoryExpo, Great American Pitchfest, Romance Writers of America and many others.
His clients have won major literary prizes like the “William Faulkner Gold Medal,” and include New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors. Jeff has written on the craft of storytelling for Writer’s Digest Magazine, Script Magazine, The Writer Magazine, and Writing Magazine (UK). His book, Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success was published by Focal Press in 2015, and his new book, Rapid Story Development: How to Use the Enneagram-Story Connection to Become a Master Storyteller, was published by Focal Press in October 2020.
His feature film, American Thunderbolt, is being produced by Hargenant Media, UK, and two of his novellas, 13 Minutes and Terminus Station, have been optioned for feature film development.
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October 13, 2021
Ira Blechman is waiting for his train home and contemplating his bleak and lonely existence when he meets a woman unlike any other he has met before. She doesn't seem to belong to this time or place and knows every thought Ira has ever had. Ira desires to do her every bidding, no matter what she wants or needs from him.
This was a bleak story that I don't feel I entirely understood the point of. Also, I'm glad the page length was so short as most of the words in the edition I read from were printed without spaces between them. I read every one of them but it was a very frustrating endeavour, especially when I got the end of the book and felt no further enlightened.
This was a bleak story that I don't feel I entirely understood the point of. Also, I'm glad the page length was so short as most of the words in the edition I read from were printed without spaces between them. I read every one of them but it was a very frustrating endeavour, especially when I got the end of the book and felt no further enlightened.
April 11, 2021
Ira has decided to end things. Stuck in a dead end job, his only relationship is with his abusive mother. One night he finds himself boarding a strange, futuristic train whose only occupant is a woman dressed in dated fashions. From here the story becomes increasingly surreal yet oddly heart breaking but there are no clear answers. Is the train a sort of purgatory? Are the passengers being punished or redeemed or both? I found myself rooting for Ira, that poor sad-sack, and I'm glad the author left us with a sliver of hope for him.
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