The Pale Garden

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The Pale Garden

The tapping started at midnight. It was a wet, rhythmic sound, like a hammer striking a wet log, coming from the joint of my left knee. I looked down. The skin over the patella was translucent, revealing not bone, but a dark, viscous fluid. It pulsed in time with the ticking of the grandfather clock. I did not flinch. I reached for the pen. The ink was black, but it smelled of ozone and rotting...

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