The Pale Tale

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The Pale Tale

The chisel slipped, biting a half-inch deep into the oak rim of the waterwheel, and I felt the shudder of it travel up my arm, a vibration that was not quite mechanical, a rhythmic thrumming that matched the beat of my own pulse. I was forty-two years old, standing in the center of the town hall council chamber, my hands still stained with the black grease of the mill’s axle, while Mayor...

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