The Distant Threshold
The incident report lay on the mud-slicked dashboard of the patrol vehicle, the ink bleeding slightly in the damp air. I signed it, the pen scratching against the wet paper, and watched the signature smear into a dark, illegible smear. Outside, the Rio Grande was not water; it was a slow, pulsing vein of pale blue light, cutting through the brown silt of the riverbank. The rain had stopped, but...
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