The Distant Threshold

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The cellar of the Whitmore & Sons apothecary smelled of dried lavender, damp stone, and the sharp, metallic tang of iron filings, a scent that had seeped into the very marrow of my bones over forty years of labor. It was the feast of the harvest, a night when the town of Oakhaven above us erupted in noise and light, while below, in the subterranean quiet, I sat alone with the ledger. The candle...

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