The Wistful Grid
The frost bit at the iron bars. I counted the chimes. One. Two. Three. I am writing this by the light of a tallow stub. The wax has pooled on the oak desk. It smells of bees and old fear. Outside, the wind howls through the pine needles. They sound like bones breaking. I am not afraid of the dark. I am afraid of the silence that follows the bell. My name is Elias Thorne. I was a soldier. I am a...
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