The Pale Circus
The ironworks in Calder Hollow did not hum; it screamed, a low, resonant wail that vibrated in the teeth of every man who worked the foundry floor. Sergeant Elias Thorne, forty-two years old and stiff with the early ache of arthritis, stood between the foreman and his brother, his knuckles white against the cold steel of the railing. The air was thick with soot and the metallic tang of blood,...
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