The Distant Garden
The ink moved. It was a jagged, black smear on the oak desk, sharp as a broken tooth. I stared at it. The letter 'D'. Then another. 'E'. The air in the station was thick with coal smoke and the damp rot of the city. I am Thomas Bradshaw, constable of the Third Precinct. I have served for twelve years. I am thirty-four. My hands do not shake. They never do. Except now. The ink crept. It did not...
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