The Pale Altar

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The Pale Altar

The coat was red. It was a deep, arterial red. It sat on the hook by the door. It did not belong to anyone. Thomas noticed it on a Tuesday. He was seven. He smelled of wet wool and coal dust. The city outside was a machine of iron and steam. It groaned. It hissed. It swallowed the light. "Who is it for?" Thomas asked. His father, Arthur, did not look up. He was mending a sock. The needle...

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