The Distant Machine
The letter arrived on a Tuesday, smelling faintly of diesel and wet wool. Elias did not open it immediately. He placed it on the table beside his cold cup of tea, staring at the envelope’s creased corner as if it were a splinter in his skin. Outside, the train rattled through the tunnel, a rhythmic shudder that traveled up through the floorboards and into the soles of his boots. He was halfway...
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