The Distant Whispers
The train screamed. It tore through the fog like a jagged nail in wet wood. Elias held the rail. His knuckles were white. The wind bit his face. It smelled of coal and iron. And rot. He was a glassblower. That was his trade. His name was on the bottle. His breath was in the pipe. But the war took the breath. It took the glass. It left only the ash. London lay ahead. A gray beast. It breathed...
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