The Distant Machine

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The letter arrived in a damp envelope, sealed with wax the color of dried blood. It was dated three days prior, though the ink had not yet dried on the paper. It smelled of ozone and rotting copper. Elias Thorne held it in his left hand, the fingers of his right trembling against the cold iron of the workbench. He was a clockmaker of modest renown in the industrial sprawl of Pittsburgh, a man...

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