Shane D. Spear
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I am a small-town travel agent, who blends his love for creating dream vacations with short stories of adventure. Passionate about the unknown, exploring it for travel while staying grounded in the charm of small-town life.
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The Ghost Train
Chapter 6: The First Stop The rhythmic clacking of wheels on the track slowed gradually, the first indication that the Infinity Line was approaching a station. Sarah's phone battery had dwindled to fifteen percent despite being fully charged when she boarded, but she activated the camera anyway, determined to document whatever came next.
By Shane D. Spear10 months ago in Fiction
The Ghost Train
Chapter 5: The Passengers As the train lurched forward with a gentle motion that belied its impossible nature, Sarah steadied herself against a polished brass handrail. Her journalist's instincts finally reasserting themselves. She needed to document everything.
By Shane D. Spear10 months ago in Fiction
The Ghost Train
Chapter 4: Midnight at Thornwood The night air hung heavy with anticipation, a thick blanket of silence draped over Thornwood Station. Sarah checked her watch for the hundredth time, her fingers tracing the worn leather of her notebook. Hayes's stern warning echoed in her mind: "Some stories are better left untold." Reeves had been equally adamant, his weathered face etched with a mix of concern and something else—was it fear?
By Shane D. Spear10 months ago in Fiction
The Ghost Train
Chapter 3: The Researcher Rockhaven University's faculty archives were a labyrinth of forgotten research and abandoned academic pursuits. Sarah had spent three hours digging through personnel files, her frustration mounting with each dead end. Professor Eleanor Hayes—once a respected researcher in temporal anthropology—had seemingly vanished from academic circles as completely as the passengers of the Ghost Train.
By Shane D. Spear10 months ago in Fiction
The Ghost Train
Chapter 2: The Pattern Emerges The crystalline samples gleamed under the microscope's harsh light, their structure unlike anything Sarah had seen in her eight years as a forensic analyst. She adjusted the magnification, watching as the intricate patterns shifted and refracted light in ways that defied conventional crystallography.
By Shane D. Spear10 months ago in Fiction
The Ghost Train
Chapter 1: The Missing Persons The fluorescent lights of the Rockhaven Police Department's forensic lab cast harsh shadows across the evidence laid out on the steel table. Sarah Mathews pushed a strand of auburn hair behind her ear as she leaned closer to the grainy security footage, her green eyes narrowed in concentration. Three separate case files were spread around her workstation, seemingly unrelated until she'd spotted the pattern.
By Shane D. Spear10 months ago in Fiction
THE PHANTOM HEIST
Chapter 9: Rational vs. Supernatural Sarah regained consciousness in a hospital bed. The rhythmic beep of a heart monitor greeted her, along with the dull ache radiating through her entire body. Bandages wrapped her left arm where Porter had touched her.
By Shane D. Spear10 months ago in Fiction
The Phantom Heist
Chapter 6: Personal Entanglement The county records office was nearly empty at 4:30 PM on a Friday. Most employees had already left for the weekend, leaving only a bored clerk who barely glanced at Sarah's badge before granting her access to the vital records archive.
By Shane D. Spear11 months ago in Fiction
THE PHANTOM HEIST
Chapter 5: The Medium Sarah sat in her car outside "Madame Rosalia's Spiritual Consultations," questioning every life choice that had led her to this moment. The small Victorian house was painted a deep purple with silver trim. Crystal wind chimes tinkled in the breeze, and the air smelled faintly of incense.
By Shane D. Spear11 months ago in Fiction
