The Distant Ghost

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The Distant Ghost

The dream always began with the taste of iron. It was not the cold, metallic tang of a fresh wound, but something thicker, older, like the residue of blood left in a chipped clay bowl after a long, feverish night. I woke in the infirmary of the Abbey of St. Jude, the smell of damp wool and rotting lye clinging to the air. My body felt heavy, anchored to the stone floor by a gravity that seemed...

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