Boxcar to Paradise

To see the mountains, valleys, and to travel across America is the adventurous life Joel Hester seeks. He wants nothing more than to put his former life of hopeless dreams behind him. While riding the rails for the first time, he meets a couple characters that inspire him to follow through with his new life of drifting and to meet new people and to visit other towns and cities. However, when Joel discovers the town of Paradise, he finds that everyone is not so warm and welcoming of who he is and the freedom that he represents.

Print length: 36 pages (short story)