![]() Under the dark arches the stalls shone, laden with bells and ribbons, gaudy with color: snake green, fever red, and the startling orange of flames. They had their magic stalls set up in the same pattern as the humans’ stalls, under the bridges and through tiny streets, but the Shadow Market stalls did not hold apples or turnips. Vampires and werewolves, warlocks and the fey, met under the stars and under glamour that human eyes could not pierce. ![]() By night, the market belonged to the Downworld. Instead the railway took a slightly more circuitous route, and the spire of the church still remained, a silver dagger against the night sky.īeneath the arches, crosses, and rattling rails, a mundane market was held by day, the largest association of grocers in the city. ![]() There had been discussion among the mundanes about the possibility of demolishing the church to make way for the railroad, but it had met with unexpectedly fierce opposition. ![]() The railway viaduct passed only a hair’s breadth away from the church of St. Old sins cast long shadows - English Proverb ![]()
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