Short-Story-Shots

Ms. Samuels had left the town abruptly and without reasonable cause. At least, that's what they'd told me when they called to offer me her job. The pay was good, the town was small, and the apartment they offered looked nice, so I didn't give much thought to it. They asked me to come as soon as I could, and the next week, I was on a train headed for the Middle-Of-Nowhere, Texas. Excited for my first permanent teaching job, I didn't pay much attention to the scenery when the steam engine pulled into the station. Had I looked around more, I would've seen it coming. The town was strange, but I couldn't tell why. Maybe it was the lack of childre