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Date: 23/03/2025
Keiko boarded the last train home from Tokyo. The carriage was empty except for a woman in a kimono sitting across from her, face hidden beneath her hair.
The train sped past her station. Keiko pressed the emergency stop, but nothing happened. The woman lifted her head, revealing hollow black eyes. “You shouldn’t have boarded,” she whispered.
Keiko ran to the doors, but the outside had turned into a swirling void. Her reflection in the window grinned at her, though she wasn’t smiling.
The next day, police found an abandoned train at the terminal—completely empty. But every few weeks, a new passenger disappears, always seen talking to a woman in a kimono before vanishing forever.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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