The Distant Wound

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The Distant Wound

The house breathes. That is the first thing you notice, the subtle expansion and contraction of the plaster walls, a rhythmic wheeze that sounds suspiciously like a sleeping lung. You stand in the center of the drawing room, your shoes sinking slightly into the Persian rug, which has not been cleaned in a century, and you feel the weight of the object in your hand. It is a key, iron and cold,...

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