{"id":1327,"date":"2022-01-22T16:20:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T16:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2022-01-22T16:20:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T16:20:57","slug":"the-understanding-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=1327","title":{"rendered":"The Understanding Stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">By Ray Kinsman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stepping onto the train, the old man moved down the corridor, slid back the door of the compartment and sat down next to the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directly opposite him, a young man sat staring out of the window, apparently unaware that someone else had entered the carriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The old man was the first to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Hello!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young man turned his gaze towards the other passenger, his face ashen and clearly showing signs of stress, but did not respond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Are you alright?\u2019 the man asked in a concerned tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The young man seemed to hesitate for a moment then answered, \u2018No, I am not.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Why, what\u2019s wrong?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018You really want to know? Right, I will tell you,\u2019 he replied in a shaky voice. \u2018I have just killed my wife.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Want to know what happens next? This story and others are<\/em>&nbsp;ava<em>ilable on<\/em>&nbsp;The Low Road: A Celebration of Dundee\u2019s Nethergate,&nbsp;<em>available on this website.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or you can do<em>wnload a PDF version of this story here: \u2013<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Understanding-Stranger.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of The-Understanding-Stranger..\"><\/object><a href=\"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Understanding-Stranger.pdf\">The-Understanding-Stranger<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/The-Understanding-Stranger.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chance meeting with an understanding strange in a railway carriage changes everything in a story of mystery and suspense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[141,143,15,109,142,22,38,21],"class_list":["post-1327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-crime","tag-drama","tag-dundee","tag-fiction","tag-murder","tag-nethergate-writers","tag-suspense","tag-writing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1331,"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions\/1331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}