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Precedents

Ernie here. My research in the archives has been sobering. History is full of records of outbreaks, mass panics, and…
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Cross-References

I spent an hour comparing notes with Ernie today. We come from different worlds—him from the libraries and me from…
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Naming Things

I caught myself today almost using a word I’ve been avoiding since I first started this blog. I stopped myself…
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Margins Hold

Whatever line they’ve drawn around this town, it’s officially holding now. It’s no longer just a few cones or a…
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Still Here

People keep messaging me to ask if I’m ‘okay.’ I honestly don’t know what that word is supposed to mean…
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Cataloguing

Hello. My name is Ernie. I’ve been a quiet observer of this blog for a while now. I work in…
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Nothing Resolved

Whatever occurred last week—the disappearances, the sightings, the strange quiet—it hasn’t changed the underlying pattern of the system. If anything,…
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Careful Words

I’m choosing my words with extreme care this week. I’ve seen things on the ward that I simply cannot contextualize…
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Outer Quiet

The town was unusually quiet last night. It wasn’t the peaceful quiet of a sleeping suburb; it was a subdued,…
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Thursday

This is Harry, Charlie’s brother. I didn’t plan to write here, and I certainly don’t want to be part of…