The Pale Letter
The train left before the tea was cold. Elias stood on the platform. Rain slicked the gravel. He watched the steam rise. It curled like a ghost. Then it vanished. He turned back to the station. The clock ticked. Tick. Tick. Tick. He was a man of glass. For thirty years, he had shaped it. He blew bubbles in the furnace. He pulled strands of molten light. He made vases that held nothing but air....
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