The Pale Door

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The Pale Door

The rain had been falling for three days when the telegram arrived. It was a small, white rectangle, folded with a precision that seemed almost surgical. I held it in my gloved hand, the paper damp and soft, like a bruise forming on skin. The stationmaster, a man named Halloway whose face was a map of deep lines and older grief, slid it across the counter. He did not look at me. He looked at...

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