The Distant Machine
October 12. I am forty-two years old. I have been the sheriff of Millhaven for twelve years. The old mill is a rotting thing, half-sunk into the mud of the riverbank, its timber black with age and damp. I want it closed before the first frost. I want it gone before the ground freezes solid. But the machine inside runs. It runs without power. I hear the gears turning at night, a low, grinding...
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