The Distant Nightmare
The iron gate is cold. It bites into your palm. You do not let go. The village is asleep. Or it is dead. The distinction is academic here. The fog rolls in thick, a gray wool that swallows the spires. You hold the lantern. It is a heavy thing. Brass and glass. The glass is cracked. The brass is tarnished. It has been with you for thirty years. You are a prisoner. Not in a cell. In the light....
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