Her train had been cancelled an hour ago. As the next one pulled in, the swollen group of travelers jostled on the platform to be first to board. She found a seat and watched through the window as the rest of the crowd pushed forward. Their panic made her anxious and she realized her mistake; she could not stay on this train. Something terrible was going to happen, a fatal crash or suicide bomber perhaps. She retreated to the platform, relieved to escape.
That evening she scoured news websites looking for the disaster she had avoided. Nothing was reported.
Hannah England is a freelance writer living in Bristol, UK. She has written for The Guardian, the Same journal, SpillWords Press and Our Queer Stories.
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very powerful story
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Sometimes we just have a feeling… Who know what could have happened has she boarded the train…
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Can we called it intuition? Because I have experienced like what happened in this post countless. If I told someone, that person is worried for me or maybe they just scared of me?
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That was a great example of writing someone having paranoia only for their fears to be proven wrong.
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interesting “premonition”… thanks for sharing this The Drabble 😉
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You’ve captured a universal feeling
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Or she had an anxiety attack. On the other hand, if she had gotten on the train, something might have happened that was specific to her. She wasn’t there, so nothing happened at all.
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nice…
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It’s better to listen to intuition even though it may be wrong. Good thing it was in this case. 🙂 Great story!
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Very interesting piece of life ecperience
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Fan flipping tastic.
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Thank you all for your comments!
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