The Faded River

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The Faded River

The tongs slipped, and the final shard of porcelain skittered across the workbench, joining the others in a scattered constellation of white dust and fractured blue. I did not reach for it. My hands were steady, or so they claimed, though the tremor lived in the knuckles, a secret rhythm that matched the ticking of the thirty-two clocks lining the wall. It was November of 1912, and the air in...

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