The 19:52 to Edinburgh.

 0. Wanna read a story? #1952

Ten Years ago I tweeted a horror story. Someone just reminded me of it. So here it is here.

1. Coming back from London. Missed my train though didn’t I! Got this train sans reservation

Guess that’s me standing till Peterborough!

2. Walking through all the carriages looking for a seat. This thing is packed. long too. I may end up actually walking home.

Battery’s going down fast. 5% 4, 3, about to enter the dark ages…

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3. Got a table seat so I’m plugged in! Know why this seat is empty. 2 drunks here. On way back from a match. Someone won a football thing. 

There’s a woman at this table too, but she's spark out. Or she’s at least pretending to be.

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4. At least the guys are happy. Be a nightmare if they’d lost. I've been here before. When they offer a can what do I do?

Drunk guy 1 with nasty cough just offered me a can of cider. Took it. His coughing & this hot carriage has made me feel thirsty.

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5. I got a bottle of whiskey in my bag but train cider socially acceptable. Train whiskey? No so much.

Watching Fear & Loathing on my phone but there’s a kid behind me listening to Frozen Songs.

If I turn off the sound this is the effect.

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6. Heating’s messed up in this carriage properly hot as hell.

Windows that opened would fix that.

Someone should invent that

There is no way the woman at this table is asleep. Drunk guys too loud. She’s avoiding by fake sleeping like me at family parties.

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7. Train cider’s got me wanting train whiskey. Don’t ever get me started on two things politics & or drink.

Jesus! There’s black stuff leaking out of sleeping woman.

She’s got her head down. Coming out her face somewhere. Can’t see where.

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8. Drunk guy 1 shouting, scared.

Drunk guy 2 trying to wake her but she won’t.

Everyone backing off while trying for a better look

Drunk 2 says she was out for the count when they got on but we all got on at Kings Cross. Everybody.

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9. Pink shirt business man gone to find steward guy. Are they called stewards? Table’s nearly full of black stuff. There’s a Doctor here…

Doc checked for pulse. Table woman not got one.

Jesus!

Doc turned Table woman head her eye’s are crazy pale.

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10. Screaming or something from up the train.

Pink Shirt’s back. Running

He’s got black stuff on his shirt

Saying something about an octopus 

Pink says fat guy up the train started coughing up black stuff in his sleep. Someone tried to wake him to stop him choking.

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11. Pink Shirt reckons Fat guys shirt started moving & turning black then an octopus rips open his shirt!

I’m like “What!?!” 

Table woman’s moving.

Drunk 2 having a go at Doctor that said she’s dead.

Pink’s telling us all to get back “they thrash about.”

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12. Drunk 2 telling Doc to do something. Says she can’t.

Table woman’s face down on the table there’s a black stain growing on her back

Drunk 1 coughing loads. His eyes crazy pale.

The screaming up the train’s started again.

The lights have gone out down there too

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13. Train’s just shot through Peterborough!

It didn’t stop!

Everyone’s kicking off. Someone’s saying the emergency cord isn’t working.

The back of Table woman’s jacket’s just split open and a black tentacle’s rolled out!

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14. There’s loads more tentacles coming out & a weird sound.

Pink shirt’s coughing & his eyes are crazy pale.

Need a drink. My throat’s dry

Tentacles stuck on windows and overhead bag thing.

It’s pulling her up.

The dead woman’s getting up.

I need to get to my bag.

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15. I’m downing the whiskey I was saving for later.

Later may not get here.

Girl from up the train shouting not to get any ink on you.

Pink shirt can hardly keep his eyes open.

Says it’s really lights are really bright?

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16. The ink’s everywhere. Flicking off tentacles.

Girl from up train shouting get away from Pink shirt.

His gums are bleeding but it’s black

Table woman fell down, back on to table the octopus is out of her. Not an octopus. Can’t think what to call it. Size of a pit bull.

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17. I’m off down the train with my whiskey. Someone wants to know what’s going on.

I tell her to follow me on twitter.

Freaky sounds coming from where I was.

Pink shirt’s scream turns into something else. Up train girl & drunks follow me.

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18. Up train girl says they opened up. The people.

Says the things inside are grabbing passengers.

Shouting at Drunk 1 to get away from her

We just shot though Grantham didn’t stop.

Everyone on the platform with same WTF? face.

Can you jump off a train and still live?

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19. There’s ink on my hand. How long’s that been there?

Guy who was with us fell.

His back popped like a balloon full of ink & tentacles.

Tentacles grab passengers like they know they’re there somehow even though they don't got eyes.

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20. Running now.

Mental how long this train is.

Carriages turning black behind us.

Dont think the lights R out. Think lights covered in ink

Everyone’s out their reserved seats. There’s people fallen in the aisles.

I’m not trying to help them.

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21. Why’s it so bright in here?

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22. I trip. Can’t get up. Nearly lost the whiskey.

Too many people clambering over me.

There’s a kid hiding in-between back to back seats

I’ve done the same on the other side of the aisle.

She looks scared. Guess I must too.

This whiskey isn’t getting me drunk.

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23. Screams are stopping.

Turning 2 different noise.

Carriage getting darker.

I can hear tentacles whipping though the air & that other sound

Really wish I hadn’t missed that earlier train.

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24. The things are rolling back and forth.

Think they’re fighting with each other can’t hear anybody else save one guy shouting

It’s Drunk 1 shout/swearing.

How’s he still alive? Risk a look.

He’s chopping at one of the things with screen half of a Mac book air

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25. The screen half of a macbook air is really thin. It’s like a blade!

I should help Drunk 1.

Couple more swigs first.

Tried to help drunk guy, but huge tentacle came rolling out of other carriage and got a hold of the other thing

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26. Pulled it back into other coach. Drunk 1 says they’re eating each other. The one that’s left is huge. You can’t see past it.

I shouldn’t have looked.

I know train’s horizontal but it felt like looking down into something.

I only got a C in english. Can’t describe.

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27. Windows down the train are popping.

Train’s breaking. Hard.

We’re finally stopping. Drunk wants to know if it’s just us left.

Give the kid last of the whiskey. 3rd of a bottle left.

Me & Drunk 1 didn’t change.

The colour’s back in his eyes. We’re both drinkers

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28. Tell the kid the alcohol is poison but it’s bigger poison for the octopuses. Kills them inside you before they can grow.

Train’s nearly stopped when there’s a huge explosion.

Whole train rocks. I can hear planes. Jets.

Coach tipping. We’re going over.

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29. Carriage rolled over and over before it stopped.

Kid’s covered in ink. She’s downing whiskey like she’s me.

She’ll sleep tonight.

All the glass popped out on the way down the bank.

We’re in a field in the middle of no where.

Running. The jets are over head again.

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30. The ridge the train was on lights up like Apocalypse Now.

Where the hell are we? It’s really dark I can see trees nearby.

Last time I ran was school. Feel sick. Know why I gave it up.

The kid’s drank plenty. Me and Drunk 1 finish the bottle.

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31. Drunk 1’s name is Carl. The girl won’t say.

From the trees we can see they’re burning everything. Men with flamethrowers.

They’re torching the grass and bushes either side & for what looks like a mile up track.

Seem to wanna make sure.

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32. I’m thinking I’ll be alright. My reservation was for an earlier train.

Carl's reservation was for this one though.

Think maybe they don’t want any survivors.

Ask the girl how old she is “6 or something?”

she says eleven.

Wife wants a kid? We never could.

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33. Phones nearly out of battery again.

Never got the chance for a proper charge.

The End.

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