The Faded River

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The Faded River

The rain had been falling for three days, a relentless, gray curtain that turned the mud outside into a slick, sucking pit, and inside the house the dampness had crept in through the floorboards, rising up like a ghost from the cellar to cling to the walls, to settle in the joints of Margaret’s knees, and to rot the edges of the few books she still possessed. She sat in the only chair that did...

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