The Distant Threshold
The mortar was thick. It clung to the trowel like wet sand. Silas wiped his hand on his apron. The cloth was dark. The smell of lime was sharp. It burned the back of his throat. He looked at the wall. The crack was there. Thin. A line of death in the stone. He had built this chapel. Forty years. Brick by brick. Stone by stone. Now it was failing. The roof leaked. The damp ate the plaster. He...
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