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 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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A fine porcelain teacup whose black, bitter contents repeat the cruel words spoken by its owner and refuse to remain empty.
Open the recordThe Bell of the Thirteenth Chime
The forbidden final bell from Giovanni Donato's sixteenth-century clock, built to claim any spirit still lingering after midnight's twelve chimes.
Open the recordThe Guardian of the Returning Tide
A salt-weathered wooden voyaging guardian whose smile changes when danger approaches, warning those willing to listen.
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The Three Singing Pumpkins
Three jack-o'-lanterns containing Harold, Clarence, and Albert, condemned by Margery to sing through the Halloween night.
Open the recordThe Grave Marker of the Musical Four
The single stone that marked the resting place of four brothers whose spectral ballad still gathers listeners after dark.
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