The Distant Machine

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The solstice is in nine days. March 14, 1892. The light in the basement is grey and thin, cutting through the high, narrow window at an angle that makes the dust look like suspended iron filings. I am forty-two years old. My right hand has been trembling since dawn, a fine, high-frequency vibration that makes the tweezers useless. I have spent the last ten years in this sealed room, building...

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