Wading Through Treacle

--- The sun set, a bloody disc sinking over the hills. Shadows crept long over the scrub surrounding their homestead.  Inside the dwelling, ...

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The air was brittle, heavy with the tang of ash and the faint ozone sting that hinted at the chemical remnants of war. François Duval ste...

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