The Wistful Atlas
The census of the district of St. Jude’s required four hundred and twelve names, each verified against the parish registers, the tax rolls, and the visual inspection of the dwelling. I had counted them three times already. My fingers, stained with the iron-gall ink of the municipal office, trembled as I pressed the nib to the parchment. The smell of the archive was a thick, wet rot, the scent...
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