The city at this hour belonged to workers and night watchmen, to people whose lives operated in the margins of society’s attention. The station loomed…
And when that war finally ended, slavery, when the 13th Amendment made bondage illegal throughout the United States, Ellen and William returned not as former…
Ellen and William climbed aboard, finding seats in their respective cars, neither daring to believe what was happening. The train lurched forward. Steam hissed. The…

Cold open, no music, just the narrator’s voice. December 13th, 1937. The gates of Nanjing, the capital of China, swung open under Japanese bayonets. And…
72 hours until she would sit beside a man who had seen her face a thousand times and test whether his eyes could see past…
A sick young gentleman, clearly from wealth, clearly suffering. Making difficulties for such a passenger could result in complaints to superiors. On the other hand,…
“Dreadful weather for travel,” the woman said, arranging her skirts. “Are you going far?” Ellen nodded slightly, keeping her gaze toward the window. “Wilm and…
Don’t go filling your head with foolishness. The younger man fell silent, but his eyes stayed on William, searching for something. Confirmation, encouragement, a sign…
Don’t go filling your head with foolishness. The younger man fell silent, but his eyes stayed on William, searching for something. Confirmation, encouragement, a sign…
Ellen and William climbed aboard, finding seats in their respective cars, neither daring to believe what was happening. The train lurched forward. Steam hissed. The…


