The Snow-Burner

A former All‑American halfback, Toppy Treplin, awakens on a rickety saloon table in a snow‑blanketed outpost called Rail Head. The night before he’d stormed out of a champagne‑filled hunting car, only to stumble onto a narrow‑gauge platform and lose consciousness amid the cold. With a half‑breed bartender’s bemused grin as his only guide, Toppy struggles to remember how he arrived and why the desolate town even exists.

As the bitter November light filters through pine‑laden windows, Toppy’s bewilderment turns into a reluctant investigation. He encounters a cast of rough‑hewn locals, each hinting at secrets hidden beneath the town’s shabby façade. Listeners are drawn into a gritty, early‑20th‑century mystery where a fallen sports hero must confront his own recklessness and decide whether to escape the frozen wilderness—or let it change him forever.