The Pale Door
The glass was thin. It had always been thin. Elias knew this in the way a man knows the weight of a stone in his pocket, a constant, grinding pressure against the hip bone. He stood before the specimen jar, his breath fogging the air, a small cloud that dissipated before it could reach the cold surface. Inside, the beetle pulsed. It was not a pulse of life, but of something else. A rhythmic,...
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