The cabinet catalogue
The Reliquary
The collection is never quite arranged the same way twice. Six objects have been drawn from the cabinets for your examination.
The Last Fragrance
An empty bottle of cut glass and tarnished silver that preserved youth by spending the wearer's remaining years.
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The Owl at the Threshold
An iron owl door knocker that does not keep intruders out, but reminds the presence inside that it was never invited to leave.
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A silver cage suspended between life and death, now occupied by Malcolm in the half-living, half-dead form of a bird.
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A squat gray idol from the resting grounds of Mitla whose hollow eyes enforce an ancient rule of exchange.
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The Grinning Face of Hollow Grove
The weathered wooden likeness of collector Silas Vane, still wearing the top hat the grove carved into him when it decided to begin a collection of its own.
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The Tea Caddy of Borrowed Dreams
A flowered tea caddy with a painted heron that crosses its landscape one stolen dream—and one cup—at a time.
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