The Pale Garden

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The Pale Garden

The key was cold in my palm, heavy with the weight of rust. It had come from the coat of patient number four-one, found hanging on the hook in the intake room after the man’s body was carted away to the basement. I held it up to the flickering gaslight of the watchman’s booth. The metal was dark, pitted, and smelled of wet earth. It did not match any key in the master ring on my belt. I knew...

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