The Faded Paradox

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The Faded Paradox

The black bird sat upon the tongue of the dead man. It was a raven, thick-necked and dull, picking at the soft meat with a beak that clicked against the jawbone. Thomas woke with a gasp, his breath hitching in the cold air of the scriptorium. The candle on his desk had burned to a stub, the wax pooled like white blood. On the parchment before him lay a small glass vial, stoppered with cork. It...

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