The Pale Shadows

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The Pale Shadows

The notice was typed on yellowing paper, the ink faded to the color of weak tea, pinned to the corkboard in the foreman’s office. It stated, in the clipped syntax of the colonial administration, that the strike fund for the Penang Stevedores’ Union had been audited and found wanting, with a balance of three pounds, twelve shillings, and four pence remaining. I read it twice, my back aching from...

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