Place
The stilt shack
Proposed nameMire's post: a stilt shack on the water at the edge of the old front, with a tin roof, a porch lantern, a rocking chair and a radio mast taller than the trees. The relay is bolted to the mast, the flame scorched into its housing above the flood line.
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onMireThe bayou that swallowed a war: a Ledger Wars jungle front left behind when the money moved on, sunk under black swamp water among huge moss-hung trees, lily pads, mist and fireflies.- one ofUnlisted relaysHand-rebuilt repeaters on dead masts, carried on no sector's tariff schedule and carrying anyone's traffic for nothing. Lit but dark on every ledger — a black flame.
links hereHollis CraneMire's keeper and the oldest Lamplighter: an old fisherman on the stilt shack's porch, once a Relay Corps signals man posted to the front, who stayed when the war moved on.- links hereMire's markThe stilt shack's own mark: the burn-in as Mire carries it. The black flame stands on the flood line with its reflection broken by ripples, and two Sleeper eye-lamps glow low in the water…