The Road of a Thousand Eyes: Intro

David Michael Newstead | The Philosophy of Shaving

I found this old newspaper ad on accident the other week. I do a lot of history research and I was looking for something unrelated in the Baltimore Sun. This is a really trippy train advertisement from 1909 for the Rock Island-Frisco Line in the Rocky Mountains. “A thousand eyes insure your safety. Every mile of track is scanned every day…” It continues like that. The artwork is definitely eye catching, but feels like a horror movie. After thinking about it for a while though, I decided I’m going to try to write different short stories inspired by this one image. The short stories won’t necessarily be related to each other, just different interpretations of a story that could be based on this picture. Stay tuned for more.