The Faded Frontier
The bread rose in the dark. It was a slow, violent thing, a white lung expanding in the clay bowl. Margot watched it. She did not blink. The kitchen was cold. The air tasted of iron and stale smoke. Outside, the rain hit the tin roof. It sounded like applause. The town of Oakhaven was dying. Not all at once. It was a long, wet death. The mill had closed in the winter. The river ran black with...
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