The Faded Photograph
The silver clasp was cold against my thumb, a dead weight of tarnished metal that had not seen the light of day in forty years. It hung from a chain so fine it seemed spun from spider silk, resting over the coarse wool of my shawl. I did not look at it. I knew its shape by heart, as a blind man knows the texture of a wall. It was the only thing in this house that had not rotted, not faded, not...
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