The Distant Promise
The bell in the tower did not ring. It screamed. You wake with your mouth full of iron dust. The taste is thick, metallic, ancient. It coats your tongue like a second skin. You are in the basement. Not the cellar you know. This one is deeper. The walls breathe. They breathe in. They breathe out. The air smells of wet wool and ozone. You look at your hands. They are trembling. You hold a jar. It...
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