The Pale Protocol

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The Pale Protocol

The boy’s name was Thomas, and he was coughing so hard that the winter air seemed to crack against his ribs, a sound like dry wood snapping under a heavy load. I stood by the post office window in the village of Kettle’s Hollow, watching the stagecoach kick up a plume of snow that settled on the hood of my uniform, the wool already stiff with damp. It was December, 1892, and the temperature had...

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