The Pale Altar

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The Pale Altar

The factory floor shook. Not with the rhythm of the looms, which had long since fallen silent, but with a deep, tectonic groan that rose from the earth itself. Arthur Penhaligon stood by the edge of the vat. The liquid inside was not the thick, amber syrup of the day before. It was black. It was opaque. It smelled of burnt sugar and wet ash. He did not flinch. He held the wooden paddle in his...

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