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* Contents derived from the Vision Writers Group,2003 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A comic-book writer obsesses over clockwork systems, embodied by his memories of a visit to a gigantic clockwork citadel. The obsession belies a deeper fear: a dread of the passing of time and the inevitability of endings.