The Pale Meridian
The wind in the Appalachian hollows did not whisper. It scraped. It took the color from the pines and the warmth from the stone walls of the old millhouse. Elias Thorne sat by the cold hearth, his hands resting on his knees. They were large hands, broad as planks, with knuckles swollen like knots in old oak. For forty years, these hands had shaped wood. They had split rails, hewn beams, and...
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