The Pale Mist
"The compass is dead." The words hung in the cold air, brittle as ice on the windowpane. You looked down at the brass instrument in your gloved hands. The needle, usually a steady finger pointing north, swung in a lazy, meaningless circle. It was a Tuesday, or perhaps a Wednesday; the calendar in your pocket was damp and the ink had bled into a grey smear. You were Elias Thorne, forty-two years...
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