The Distant Threshold
The air in the sub-basement of St. Jude’s Orphanage smelled of wet plaster and ancient, stagnant breath, a heavy perfume that seemed to settle into the pores of the skin and refuse to leave. I sat on a crate of moldy wool blankets, my back pressed against the cold brick, watching the dust motes dance in the single shaft of grey light that pierced the high, barred window. It was not a light that...
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