{"id":2358,"date":"2021-08-12T05:50:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?page_id=2358"},"modified":"2021-08-12T05:51:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:51:26","slug":"2358-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?page_id=2358","title":{"rendered":"The Netherworld Central Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve just started a new project, a Kindle Vella story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/kindle-vella\/story\/B0981R33MB\">The Netherworld Central Railway.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For some people, life feels like a train ride through hell; for Cyrus Perdita, it actually is&#8230; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>All Cyrus has are the clothes on his back, a message promising good fortune in New Mexico, and a train ticket to take him partway there. As he waits, he spies a massive old iron train. 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Adventure calls and Cyrus has nothing left to lose.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/stevenrbrandt.com\\\/?page_id=2358\"}'  class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kv.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"442\" data-attachment-id=\"2360\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?attachment_id=2360\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kv.png\" data-orig-size=\"886,442\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kv\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kv-300x150.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kv.png\" src=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kv.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2360\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kv.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?attachment_id=2360\" class=\"wp-image-2360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kv.png 886w, https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kv-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/kv-768x383.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Please hop on the train through hell today!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"> Please hop on the train through hell today! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2358\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?page_id=2358&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2358\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/stevenrbrandt.com\/?page_id=2358&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve just started a new project, a Kindle Vella story: The Netherworld Central Railway. 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