The Distant Summer
The train hissed. It was a low, dying sound. Like a snake struck by a shovel. Elias sat by the window. The glass was cold. It bit his cheek. He did not move. He did not blink. Outside, the fields of Nebraska stretched out. Flat. Endless. Grey. He held the box in his lap. It was small. Wood. Worn. The edges were dark with oil. Inside, the thing waited. It did not breathe. It did not pulse. It...
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