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Today's episode is The Doll, written by Catherine Staubleyn and narrated by Alexandra Elroy.

Saturday morning, Bill Horton arrived with a thinly packed suitcase and my pale niece on his arm.

Beside the tan leather of her grandfather, Eloise looked sickly, devoid of colour.

Her skin shined wet like bleached seaweed, and her hands were splotchy with poorly circulating veins.

She held a doll tightly to her chest, as her trying to protect it from the sun.

Beneath the folds of her long, stringy hair, all I could see was shadow.

The visit would be brief, but Bill gave me his number just in case.

An hour later, Eloise watched the world from the peeling green rocking chair on the front porch,

tasting the air with the slight tilt of her head.

Her unwavering eyes were like glass marbles turning the world upside down.

She never wandered, just sat and rocked as much as the wind would rock her, and all the

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