Papers from the station
The Keeper’s Book
The game holds twenty-two letters, logs, and newspaper scraps. Six lines from them are set down here. The log is the odd one: it is always a day ahead.
Coming to Steam, Spring 2027
Six pages
Log Boat returned before I woke. I did not ask who rowed her.
Tomorrow's entry in the log, already written
Letter The boat leaves the mainland quay at four o'clock on the 1st of November, weather permitting. It will not wait.
From the solicitor's letter
Note There are nine names, Keeper. I found seven. The Book is on the desk. Do not write in it until you are sure.
A note left in a drawer
Log Do not sleep in the house tonight. Sleep in the light.
Tomorrow's entry in the log, already written
Will If the light is left unkept for a single night, or the residence abandoned before relief, the whole estate passes to the Brineholme Harbour Trust.
From the will
Log Low water. They are closer than the ladder now.
Tomorrow's entry in the log, already written
More pages come to the Keeper’s List before they come here.
