The Faded Frontier
The bell rang. It did not ring in the air. It rang in my teeth. “Again,” said the Warden. His voice was dry. Like leaves in a gutter. I looked down. My hands were red. Not with blood. With rust. “Again,” he said. He stood by the high window. The glass was old. It hummed. A low, sick hum. The room was small. Stone walls. Damp. The smell of iron. My father’s smell. I picked up the file. It was...
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