Annie Halloin

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“The Midnight Train ” by Annie Halloin

Submitted to Contest #168

The Midnight Train Based on a true story ROME, 1944 The air raid sirens sounded like Satan’s screams. Not that they were unusual anymore. They howled in the mornings. They howled in the evenings. They howled during afternoon tea. Maybe it was bravery or maybe it was exhaustion, but no one seemed to mind them very much anymore, if they minded them at all. People simply stepped over the rubble—the recent casualties of stone and mortar—as they continued on their way. These buildings had stood longer than their lifetimes or their gr...

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