The Distant Cartograph

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The matchbook cover was worn smooth, the paper thin as onion skin, and it held three matches, each one a sliver of red wood that smelled of sulfur and old grease. You strike one. The tip catches, a tiny, angry spark that dies before it can catch the dry paper. You strike another. It flares, bright and hot, and you hold it to the edge of the drafting table where the blank sheets are stacked. The...

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