The Pale Tale

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The Pale Tale

The smell of wet wool and damp earth clung to my clothes as I stood at the edge of the valley, watching the train disappear into the grey mist. I was twelve years old, though in the time that followed, I felt I had lived a century. My father had left for the mines in the north, a decision he made with the quiet finality of a man sealing a coffin. He had kissed my forehead, his lips cold and...

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