The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

The wind on the moors did not howl; it spoke. It came from the north, a low, guttural rasp that scraped against the frozen earth like a knife on stone. I was Elias Thorne, forty-two years old, and I was walking toward my own execution. My feet, numb and swollen in boots that had lost their leather integrity months ago, crunched over the ice. I wanted only to reach Oakhaven. I wanted to stand...

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