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There were rumors of a morning storm for days before the hints of it swirled against the shoreline. Everyone talked about it, but no one could bring themselves to admit that it was almost certain they would die. Newspapers bore no predictions of the storm, and one of them went so far as to distribute an issue without printed words out of fear that someone in the city would accuse them of ill-omened premonitions. But as everyone knew, the storm was the city's only anticipation, and as the day...

When it seemed that there was no one left in the city to hear the exploding windows, there were three people left inside a house with no doors. Around the house there were vines covering the exteriors of every wall. Willow trees grew in pairs along the edges of the back yard, and each had an owl nesting in its bark. Above the house the sky was lit with stars. Though they shone with the indiscriminate affection of the sun, they had nothing to illuminate against the expanse of city squares. The...

When it seemed that there was no one left in the city to hear the exploding windows, there were three people left inside a house with no doors. Around the house there were vines covering the exteriors of every wall. Willow trees grew in pairs along the edges of the back yard, and each had an owl nesting in its bark. Above the house the sky was lit with stars. Though they shone with the indiscriminate affection of the sun, they had nothing to illuminate against the expanse of city squares. The...