The Distant Wound

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The Distant Wound

The bell in the steeple of St. Jude’s did not ring for the hours. It rang for the dead. Three strikes. A pause. Three more. The sound was not metal on wood. It was a wet, heavy thud, like a fist against a bruised rib. Thomas Ashworth stood in the mud of the village square. His boots were sunk to the ankle. The mud was black and slick, smelling of iron and rot. He looked up at the tower. No one...

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