The Golden Cellar
The cellar door was heavy. Oak. Iron banded. It did not squeak. It groaned. A low, tectonic sound that seemed to rise from the earth itself. Elias pushed it open. The air that rushed out was cold. It tasted of wet stone and old rot. But underneath the rot, there was a sweetness. Cloying. Thick. Like rotting fruit left in a sun-drenched jar. Elias stepped down. His flashlight cut a pale cone...
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