The Distant Cartograph

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The ink dried before the nib left the paper, a sharp, black scab forming instantly in the damp air of the study. I was measuring the distance from the cellar door to the eastern foundation wall when the sound of the raid began, not as a boom, but as a low, grinding vibration that turned the glass in my desk lamp into a fine, glittering powder. Clara stood by the window, her hand on the cold...

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