The Faded River

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The Faded River

The dream was wet. It was always wet. Elian woke with the taste of iron in his mouth. Copper. Old pennies. The cellar air clung to his skin. He was twelve. The city slept. Or so it seemed. The towers of St. Jude’s loomed over the cobblestones, black teeth in a grinning jaw. Below, the river churned. Not water. Sludge. Thick, oily, alive. His mother stood by the door. She did not look at him....

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