The Distant Machine
The letter lay on the table, its edges frayed like the hem of a shirt worn thin by years of honest, unglamorous labor. It was written in the old script, the kind of ink that smelled of iron and dried blood, addressed to no one in particular, or perhaps to everyone who had ever been forced to choose between the safety of the shore and the cold, indifferent mercy of the deep. The author, if such...
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