The Wistful Dinner

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Elias. The name hung in the air, heavy as wet wool. I looked up from the copper pot. Old Mr. Blackwood stood in the doorway of the kitchen, his shadow stretching across the linoleum, long and thin as a crack in the floor. "You are staring at the stew," he said. His voice was dry, like leaves skittering over gravel. "The fox is watching you stare." I wiped my hands on my apron. The wool was...

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