The Distant Garden

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2026-08-23 09:16:54 -

The quill weighed three ounces of goose down and guilt. I counted the drops of ink that fell onto the parchment, one, two, three, before the first letter formed. It was the winter of 1342, and the air in the scriptorium smelled of wet wool and rotting turnips. Abbot Thomas lay on the straw pallet, his breathing a wet rattle that shook the walls. I wanted tenure. I wanted the seal pressed into...

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