The Wistful Dinner
The roof of the St. Jude’s Asylum for the Incurable came down not with a crash, but with a sigh, a long, exhalation of ancient timber and slate that settled into the wet November fog like a sleeping beast. You stand in the center of the ballroom, or what remains of it, your hands steady as you hold the heavy leather-bound ledger. The air smells of ozone, damp rot, and the metallic tang of old...
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