The Pale Mist

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The Pale Mist

The pen moves in a straight, rigid line, scratching against the grain of the ledger. You are Elias Thorne, thirty-two, and your hand does not tremble, though your lungs burn with the taste of copper and old dust. You are cataloging the dead, or rather, the erased, a task that pays three shillings a week, a wage that barely covers the rent on your mother’s room in the St. Jude’s Ward. The air in...

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