The Distant Threshold
The object in Arthur Vane’s hands was a single, dry stalk of rye, brittle and yellow, snapped off in the garden where the soil was still cold with the memory of autumn. He held it between his thumb and forefinger, turning it over as if inspecting a defect in a shipment, his knuckles white against the pale skin of his wrist. Outside the window, the town of Kestrel’s Hollow lay under a heavy,...
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