The Distant Machine
Act I "Notice of Probate: Estate of J. Priddy, Deceased. Assets: One fishing license (auctioned), one weaver’s pattern draft. Liabilities: Labor owed to the Crown." The paper smelled of damp ink and rot. Ralph Priddy, thirty-four, held the notice in the doorway of the terrace row, the humidity swelling the wood grain until the frame groaned against the door. He was leaving Oakhaven for the...
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