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  1. Public Bookmark 10

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    Edward swallows, parts his cracked lips. “Henry,” he says, then pauses. His fingers trace the chain, the still-healing puncture wound where Henry had pressed the needle through his bottom lip. It aches.

    “Henry,” he tries again, firmer this time. “Henry Le Vesconte, cause of death—”

    “Starvation,” says the voice, Henry’s voice. Edward sucks in a breath, holds it until his chest aches.

    Edward Little is saved from the shale. Henry Le Vesconte, presumed dead, haunts him.

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    23 Jan 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 7

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    Around him, the tent breathes, stuttering and slow. He matches it with his own shaking whine. Tries not to think about anything beyond the simple act of raising his hand and carving up the meat. Because that’s what this is now, isn’t it? An offering, like the bread and wine at church.

    Henry’s body is sacrosanct. Edward will make it so.

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    23 Jan 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 6

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    “I think,” Solomon continues, because he’s never once listened to Chas, and it would probably be rather stupid of him to start now. “That you bein’ all keyed up like this is nothing but trouble for us. Liable to shoot off any second, you are.”

    Chas scoffs, squeezing his legs together as though it’ll hide the shame between them. “Good thing I’m not on watch tonight, then,” he deadpans.

    “I’m not talking about your gun, Charles,” says Solomon.

    For the Terror Bingo 2024 prompt "by day"s end"

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    21 Jan 2025

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    Chain me to you as husbands do their wives. I would be a good wife.

    But Thomas wasn’t quite foolish enough for that.

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    19 Jan 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 12

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    “Ah, Jopson.” Edward tries to smile. “You needn’t call me ‘Captain’. I’m a lieutenant yet, merely—that is—you needn’t.”

    “It’s common courtesy, sir, when a man has command of a ship.” Jopson doesn’t look like a man who has just lost a friend. He doesn’t look like a man who hasn’t slept in three days. He looks like a steward, with his hands steady and his head bowed.

    Edward envies his composure, pities his composure, cannot, must not look at his eyes.

     

    Or: on New Year’s Eve, 1847, Francis Crozier dies. All told, it changes very little.

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