The Faded Quadrant

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The notice was printed in red ink, a stark slash across the grey paper. It cited Article 4, Section 9: "Falsification of Vital Records." My hands, stained with the soot of the coal offloading, trembled as I held it up. The clerk, a boy with ink under his fingernails, did not look at me. He looked at the window, where the sheet lightning split the dark sky without rain. I am Antonia Iglesias. I...

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