impossible railway book ideas

The Last Forest Is a Train

A railway gardener discovers the final living forest has rooted itself inside a night train. Delivering it to a place where it can grow means persuading passengers, towns and trees that arriving safely is different from deciding who gets to keep it.

Tomorrow Was Cancelled

A rail dispatcher receives notice that tomorrow has been cancelled for maintenance. Everyone else accepts the delay. She and a retired station announcer investigate a replacement day that arrives carrying luggage, an apology and memories of a city nobody has built yet.