The Distant Joke

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The Distant Joke

Elara, come look at this, come look at what you’ve done. The voice belonged to the town clerk, a thin man named Halloway who was holding a flashlight that flickered against the damp concrete, and the beam of it cut through the dust motes swirling in the air like a erratic, dying eye. Elara wiped the grit from her forehead with the back of a hand that was already stained grey with cement dust,...

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