The Distant Machine

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The order was written on the back of a requisition form for coal, the ink smudged where Major Halloway’s thumb had pressed too hard against the paper. He did not look at me when he handed it over, his gaze fixed on the window where the grey light of October 14, 1942, was already failing, a dull smear of charcoal against the glass. "Sign here, Thorne," he said, his voice flat and devoid of the...

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