medium length stories Philip Barbara pick of the month real life stories Friday, July 14, 2017 Iron Horse by Philip Barbara An old man signals train drivers his horse racing picks as they pass his local tavern, and befriends a boy in need of a father figure; by Philip Barbara. Louie DaRosa stood beside the railroad tracks near the crossing gates that had just descended, halting car traffic on Main Street. A freight train rumbled toward him. When the locomotive was close enough to see the engineer's face in the c… Read more Labels: medium length stories Philip Barbara pick of the month real life stories 5 comments: