The Distant Journey
The tongs were cold in your hand, heavier than they looked, and the smell of wet rot was already thick enough to taste on the back of your teeth. You worked in the cellar of St. Jude’s, a place where the light from the single oil lamp did not reach the corners, only the center of the work table where the ledger lay open. It was a heavy book, bound in leather that had gone soft and black with...
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