Train Wreck Girl

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Danny McGregor finds his girlfriend dead on the railroad tracks right after breaking up with her and flees to his hometown where a maelstrom of past ghosts await him. On his arrival, his treacherous friend Bart finds him a job picking up corpses, while Sophie, a former crazy girlfriend who once stabbed Danny, wants to rekindle their relationship. Then there's Helen who has a face that launched a thousand greyhounds. Through the chaos, however, Danny finds his strengths amid his weaknesses.

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"No matter how I rant and rave, justice will not be done Carswell is a writer who seems set for a long career. I look forward to everything he writes in the future." -- Gavin Gardner, Arizona Daily Sun

Author Bio

Sean Carswell is a former carpenter, housepainter, dishwasher, pizza delivery boy, and warehouse clerk. His fiction has appeared in dozens of literary journals. He has been a staff writer for Flipside, READ, Clamor, and Ink 19, and is a regular contributor to Razorcake. A co-founder of Gorsky Press, he is currently a professor at Cal State University Channel Islands.