The Pale Mist
Mara, get up. The voice is not your own. It is the voice of the town, low and grinding, vibrating through the floorboards of your bedroom. You sit on the edge of the bed, the sheets pooling around your waist, and look at your hands. They are shaking. Not the subtle tremor of a cold morning, but a violent, rhythmic vibration, as if the nerves have short-circuited. You are forty-two years old....
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