The Tuesday Clock

Maya was only supposed to fetch the extra blankets. The attic had other plans. In the far corner, under a sheet that had once been a sail, a brass clock sat ticking as if it had been waiting for an audience.

The hands did not point at numbers. They pointed at weather. Rain. Wind. A tiny painted sun. And, currently, a door the size of a thumbnail.

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