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 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.
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The Pumpkin Mimic
A flawless jack-o'-lantern that copies itself across nearby pumpkins, grows with admiration, and eats whatever disrupts its idea of perfection.
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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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An ornate wooden box, no larger than a book, whose carvings of moons, stars, and sleeping faces promise each visitor the perfect life they most desire.
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A teak reliquary carved with a procession of elephants, taken from an Assam shrine and followed by a spectral herd.
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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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