The Wistful Grid

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The Wistful Grid

The kilns in the quarter had been burning since before dawn, their orange throats widening against the grey stone of the hill town, a heat that pressed against the shutters like a living thing. I am Luigi Sabella, twelve years old and the bonded scribe for the parish, though my hands shake too much for the quill these days. My father’s debts to the grain merchants are a debt of blood, and I...

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