The Town That Outlived Its Doom

Bellwether has six hours left. The rescue maps have already erased it. When locksmith Mara Venn repairs its last warning bell, she finds a way to strengthen the town—one willing survivor, one real repair, one hard choice at a time. The bell can hold a door. Keeping the people behind it alive will take more. Original publication and ownership verification: https://afterbell-fiction.becksblues.chatgpt.site/en/