Steampunk

Heart of Steel — Part 1

A short story

Caitlin McColl

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5 min readJan 17, 2022

A Heart of Steel

By Caitlin McColl

Disclaimer: The quote: A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us is from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

Dragons didn’t exist.

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