The Pale Circus
The train stopped. It did not stop with a hiss of brakes or a clank of gears. It simply ceased to move. The wheels locked in the silt. The engine coughed once, a wet, organic sound, and then fell silent. Silas stood by the open door. He looked out. The landscape was wrong. The mist was too thick. It tasted of copper and old rain. The trees on the hillside were not trees. They were columns of...
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