The Pale Bonsai
The jar is cracked. It sits on the table. It is a thick glass vessel. The crack runs like a vein. It pulses. You see it. You have always seen it. But today the light hits the edge. It glows. White. Cold. You do not touch it. Your hands are trembling. The town sleeps. Ashwick is quiet. The fog rolls in from the moor. It smells of wet stone. And rot. And iron. You are Maren. You live in the blue...
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