The Wistful Ashes

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The Wistful Ashes

The dream was always the same, a recurring fracture in the fabric of Elias Thorne’s sleep. He stood in a grove of ancient oaks, the bark rough and grey, and there, carved into the heartwood of the largest tree, was the face of his wife, Clara. It was not a portrait, but a wound, the wood weeping amber sap that smelled of rot and honey. Elias woke in his narrow cot in the archive, the air thick...

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