The Wistful Show

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The Wistful Show

I was grinding dried willow bark into a fine powder when the knock came, three sharp raps that sounded like knuckles on a coffin lid. The mortar was heavy in my hand, the pestle leaving a white streak across the dark wood of the workbench, and I did not move to answer because I knew who it was before the door opened, I knew it by the specific, oily smell of the man’s coat that seeped under the...

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