End of the Line (Short Story)

By Emma Meade

Cassie wants to die. When midnight rolls around, she stands on the tracks waiting for the train to come.
She loses her nerve the first couple of times but returns to try once more.
After all, third time's the charm.

Author's Note:
Depression is still somewhat of a taboo subject, yet it has touched most people's lives, either personally or among family and friends. In "End of the Line" Cassie can't make sense of her despair. All she knows is that she's had enough.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Emma Meade
• Release date: Mar 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301031368

Emma Meade

I love reading and writing supernatural fiction. On a rainy day there is nothing better than curling up on the couch with a hot cup of tea and watching a marathon of my favourite tv shows (Buffy, Roswell, Dark Angel, True Blood, The Big Bang Theory, Friends...to name a few)

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End of the Line

By

Emma Meade

Smashwords Edition 2013

Copyright 2013 Emma Meade

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End of the Line

In the distance, the familiar white light appeared, cutting through the dark of midnight. She'd watched it come before, but always from the sidelines, imagining what it would be like to face such a beast.

Cassie drew in a shaky breath and steeled herself. Legs splayed, arms by her sides, fists tightly clenched, she waited on the tracks as the train approached. Her legs shook, and strands of hair licked her cheeks in the gentle night's breeze.

She swallowed the fear threatening to overcome her. Hang in there, she told herself. Another sixty seconds, and it will all be over. No more drowning, murky thoughts, heavy