Where the Dream Train Goes
Novella 34,436 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"I was so excited to be working on the locomotives I’d loved since childhood. I’d been given an opportunity no one else in the valley had ever received. But suddenly I understood the conflicting emotions of pride and worry I’d seen in my parents. I trusted Master Dodds. But what if some other Outranger was here instead."
Content warnings 2
child-deathviolence
Quasar links out; the story lives on BCS, where the author gets the click.