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The Fissure in the Frost: A Psychological Winter Mystery

Submitted to Contest #331

Mara told herself this was a break. The cabin was perfect—a sleek, modern box of cedar and glass tucked into the quiet mouth of a snow-dense forest. It was Emilia’s idea, of course. Emilia, hyperactive and relentlessly optimistic, believed a few lungfuls of fresh mountain air, far from the city’s grime and the memory of the difficult case Mara had just closed, would act as a psychic disinfectant.“Look at it, Mara,” Emilia had exclaimed on arrival, throwing open the glass doors to the cold. “No stress. No sirens. Just... stillness.” The small...

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