The ten literary stories in HOW TO STEAL A TRAIN are empathetic and often humorous, spotlighting a unique setting or circumstance to reveal a relatable human truth. Individual stories from this collection have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Eclectica, Bombay Literary Magazine, and elsewhere.

A grieving man has an unexpected encounter while traveling to meet Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark to honor his recently deceased mother (The Dream Girls). A failing business owner who makes playing dead a competitive sport has a shocking realization when she attempts the game herself (The Craft of Playing Dead). Three film students document a supposedly true case of stigmata in a small Ohio town (The Ohio Stigmata of 2009). An older woman learns a valuable lesson about living fearlessly when she makes the impulsive decision to climb a tree in her front yard (The Middle Distance). When a flood washes away a rundown cemetery, its caretaker receives encouragement to move on from the spirit of the interred (The Westchester County Cemetery Flood). An absentee mother gains important perspective when she reconnects with her transgender daughter (On Being Born Again). A Ringo Starr impersonator in a Beatles tribute band has a lifechanging confrontation with an elderly single mother who mistakes him for the real thing (We Love You, Ringo). An artist who anonymously mails his work to strangers is stunned to see his art on the T-shirt of a young man at the post office (The Random Arts Project). A widower enters a new relationship at the urging of his deceased wife (Gnats). And, in the collection's title story, a middle-aged man has his life changed when he’s presented with the perplexing question, How do you steal a train?