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Step into the stories and voices of Arrival House Media—from the unsettling world of psychological suspense to the deeply personal journey of memoir and the first published dreams of emerging young writers. Explore our published books and discover what’s coming next.

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The Train Man: Rules of Passage

Zeyontel A.

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A Different Itinerary

May Ghali

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Volume 1: The First Voices

Isabella Noel, Hannah Noel, and Kristian Brathwaite

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The Train Man:
Rules of Passage

By Zeyontel A.

Psychological Thriller • Bureaucratic Horror

What if the train doesn’t run on tracks but on schedule?

At 12:07 AM, a woman’s body is crushed inside a sealed luxury penthouse. There are no broken windows, no forced entry, and no impact debris. Only a violet stamp burned beneath her skin: TRAIN MAN — ONE WAY.

Across the city, Elias Vane feels a mechanical vibration beneath his bones. Then a matching mark appears on his palm. Elevators arrive at impossible hours. Clocks disagree. Hallways stretch too far. Someone—or something—has assigned him a window: seven minutes.

As bodies surface in locked rooms and buried rail lines reappear beneath modern streets, a terrifying pattern emerges. It is procedural. It is infrastructural. And it may be inevitable.

The Train Man: Rules of Passage explores bureaucratic horror, inevitability, and the quiet terror of being processed by a system that never makes mistakes.

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Accomplishments & reach

  • Listed on Lowkey Books.
  • Featured on Medium.
  • Approved to be featured at Black English Bookstore in Tampa, Florida.
  • Approved for listing with the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative.
  • Available through Indie Florida on the BiblioBoard platform.
  • Featured through ReadersMagnet at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.

Meet the author

Zeyontel A.

Zeyontel A. writes dystopian and psychological horror centered on systems, inevitability, and the quiet machinery of control. His stories explore what happens when authority becomes invisible—and when people begin to notice.

Zeyontel A. created the Storigen™ Narrative Intelligence Seven Lenses Framework to help people develop and tell their stories.

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A Different Itinerary

Finding My Way Home: A Memoir

By May Ghali

Memoir • Immigration & Cultural Identity • Personal Growth

Some of life’s most meaningful destinations are found along the journeys we never planned.

In A Different Itinerary: Finding My Way Home, May Ghali shares a heartfelt journey shaped by opportunity, resilience, and discovery. From her roots in Iraq to her career as a pharmacist in the United States, she reflects on the people, places, and experiences that helped define her life.

Through stories of family, faith, immigration, education, and travel, May explores the challenge of adapting to new worlds while honoring the traditions and values of the past. Her reflections bring together humor, cultural insight, and the enduring power of human connection.

More than a collection of memories, this memoir celebrates curiosity, perseverance, and the unexpected turns that lead us toward purpose, belonging, and home.

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Accomplishments & reach

  • Received a five-star Amazon reader review from Derek Lott.
  • Rated 5 stars on Amazon.
  • Assigned Library of Congress Control Number 2026916490.

Meet the author

May Ghali

May Ghali is a pharmacist, traveler, and lifelong lover of literature, theater, and dance. Drawing on her journeys and her work with people from diverse backgrounds, she writes about curiosity, cultural discovery, personal growth, and human connection.

May’s author website is coming soon.

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Storigen™ Young Author Challenge

Volume 1:
The First Voices

By Isabella Noel, Hannah Noel, and Kristian Brathwaite

Young Authors • Storytelling Anthology

What happens when young writers are given the space to imagine, create, and see their stories come to life?

The First Voices celebrates three young authors who dared to turn their ideas into stories of courage, determination, and discovery.

Journey alongside Mia, an aspiring zookeeper who must face her fears to pursue the dream she loves. Travel beyond Earth with Nora, a young space explorer whose courage is tested when danger threatens her space station. And meet Stuart, a determined kindergartener who discovers that preparation and perseverance can turn worry into confidence.

Created through the Storigen™ Young Author Challenge, this inaugural anthology showcases what can happen when children are encouraged to develop their ideas, explore meaningful challenges, and bring the worlds they imagine to the page through Storigen™, a narrative framework designed to transform imagination into structured storytelling.

Featuring original stories by Isabella Noel, Hannah Noel, and Kristian Brathwaite, this collection celebrates young voices, big imaginations, and the extraordinary possibilities that begin with a single story.

Three young authors. Three unforgettable journeys. One celebration of imagination.

Milestones

  • The inaugural Storigen™ Young Author Challenge anthology, featuring three emerging writers.
  • Original stories by Isabella Noel, Hannah Noel, and Kristian Brathwaite developed through the Storigen™ Seven Lenses framework.
  • A forthcoming collection celebrating the young authors’ imagination, effort, and storytelling growth.

Student growth & learning

Three Stories. Three Strengths. One Powerful Future.

Behind The First Voices are three young writers who developed their ideas into complete stories through the Storigen™ pilot workshop. The program’s evaluation recognized distinct strengths in narrative structure, imagination, and growth from baseline.

Isabella Noel

18/20

Final rubric score

First Place — Strongest Complete Storigen Story

Integrated character, goal, obstacle, and outcome into a complete narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end, logical cause and effect, and meaningful resolution.

Hannah Noel

17/20

Final rubric score

Second Place — Most Imaginative Narrative

Created an imaginative world with suspense, high stakes, visual storytelling, and a memorable theme of bravery.

Kristian Brathwaite

14/20

Final rubric score

Third Place — Greatest Writing Growth

Showed the strongest growth from baseline in the pilot, improving writing stamina, sequencing, story structure, and expansion of an initial idea.

Source: Storigen July 2026 pilot workshop evaluation; three submissions. Maximum score: 20 points. Five categories, each worth four points: use of the Seven Lenses; beginning, middle, and end organization; development, detail, and meaning; clarity and conventions; and growth from baseline. These are final rubric scores, not percentage improvement or guaranteed results.

Discover how these young authors developed their stories through the Storigen™ Seven Lenses framework—and explore what your young writer could create.

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