The Distant Cartograph

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The fog on Blackwood Ridge did not rise; it hung, a thick, wet wool that strangled the breath from Elias Thorne’s lungs. He stood at the precipice, his boots sinking into the soft, rotting earth, and clutched the brass compass in his left hand. It was a heavy, cold thing, its face clouded by age, but the needle did not point north. It pointed down, into the valley below, vibrating with a low,...

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