Mechanisms — Christopher Golden

A young man returns home from university to unravel the mystery of his father's disappearance and discovers a descent into madness and mechanisms. From award-winning, bestselling writer and editor Christopher Golden's Tell My Sorrows to the Stones, this short story is one of a set of twelve haunting tales of human longing, magic when least expected, and terrible prices to be paid, willingly or not.

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