The Faded River

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The Faded River

The first thing I remember is the taste of rust on my tongue, metallic and sharp, like biting into a penny left in the rain. It was the autumn of 1924, and the air in the valley was thick with the scent of burning coal and wet wool. I was nineteen, and I had not spoken a word in three days. My sister, Clara, was already gone, taken by the influenza that had swept through our town like a silent...

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