The Golden Farce
The brass compass sat in Silas Vane’s palm, heavy as a wet stone, its face blurred by a low, sickly vibration that traveled up his wrist and settled behind his sternum. He was fifty-two, and the border mist clung to the customs house like a burial shroud, muffling the wind into a dull, rhythmic thud against the leaded glass. For thirty years, Silas had stood on this line, watching the fog,...
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