Stories
Everything told at the hearth, newest first, with each series gathered into one. These also appear on the almanac as their own dated entries, and in this section’s own feed.
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River Fables
Fables from a river town whose name the flood later took. Machines and towns, keepers and ledgers; every tale keeps a real rule, and the rule is the point.
Read the 2 parts Close
- The Word in Her Mouth
A river town builds a clay woman to speak for it, and writes the one rule that keeps her: silencing is free, speech is accountable.
- The Same Silence
Before the flood, the same river town kept a night gate, a word, and a keeper who trained her breath to give nothing away.
- The Word in Her Mouth