The Pale Mist

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The Pale Mist

The soup in the bowl was cold, a thick, beige sludge that had begun to congeal in the center. Thomas sat in the corner of the staff cafeteria, the linoleum beneath his chair sticky with old spills. He was a man who had spent twenty years holding a line, a perimeter, a boundary. Now, he held a spoon. The institution hummed around him, a low, electric drone that vibrated in his teeth. This was...

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