The Faded Frontier
The letter sat on the mantelpiece. A rectangle of cream paper. It did not burn. It did not fade. It waited. Elias sat in the wingback chair. His hands were still. They were not shaking. He had stopped shaking years ago, or perhaps he had simply forgotten how. The house was quiet. The silence had a texture. It felt like dust. It felt like wool. His wife, Clara, was in the garden. He could hear...
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