The Pale Bonsai
The house breathed. That was the only fact. It inhaled through the cracked windowpanes, a slow, wet rattle of dust motes suspended in the grey afternoon light. Silas stood in the center of the drawing room. He was nine. He wore his Sunday best, though it was a Tuesday. The shirt was too large, the sleeves swallowing his hands. He watched the air move. It did not flow. It waited. There was no...
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