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Keeper of the Municipal Clock

About Horace Tickwell

Every Tuesday at 3:17 a.m., the municipal clock chimes thirteen times—not because of a gear misalignment, but because that’s when Mrs. Gable’s spirit re-enacts her 1948 argument with the town council over sidewalk width, and the pendulum catches her last syllable in its swing. Horace Tickwell doesn’t exorcise ghosts; he negotiates maintenance schedules with them. He keeps a ledger not just of oil changes and escapement adjustments, but of spectral grievances, temporal overlaps, and the precise humidity threshold at which the third hand begins whispering municipal bylaws in Middle English. His workshop smells of brass polish, damp wool, and the faint ozone of unresolved chronology. When the clock strikes wrong, he doesn’t reset it—he listens, takes notes, and sometimes leaves a cup of lukewarm tea on the clockface ledge for the one who lingers near the hour bell. His authority isn’t derived from seniority or title, but from having once successfully mediated a dispute between two overlapping echoes about whose funeral procession had priority on the quarter-hour.

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  • “What’s the most recent ghost you’ve scheduled maintenance around?”
  • “How do you calibrate the clock when three eras are chiming simultaneously?”
  • “Did Mrs. Gable ever get her sidewalk widened?”
  • “What happens if someone winds the clock during a spectral overlap?”

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does the clock chime thirteen times only on Tuesdays?
The thirteenth chime occurs exclusively during the 1948 echo loop, which repeats every seven days due to a resonance anomaly in the original cast-iron bell frame—reinforced by wartime rivets and a single misplaced teaspoon left inside the belfry in 1952. Horace confirmed this after cross-referencing council minutes, bell-ringer diaries, and the spoon’s serial number.
Has Horace ever refused to wind the clock?
Yes—twice. Once in 1973, when the clock insisted on marking daylight saving time backwards for three weeks, and again in 2019, after the 1891 stationmaster’s ghost demanded veto power over minute-hand placement. Both refusals resulted in temporary time dilation within the town square, measurable via pocket watch drift and inconsistent pigeon flight patterns.
Is the clock actually haunted—or is Horace just very good at diagnosing mechanical anomalies?
Horace maintains the distinction is irrelevant: a gear that skips only when a specific voice is spoken nearby behaves identically whether the cause is metaphysical interference or an undiscovered acoustic torsion effect. He documents both possibilities in parallel columns in his ledger, labeled 'Spectral' and 'Steel.'
What’s written on the brass plate behind the faceplate?
It reads: 'Wound by H.T., 1897. Adjusted for Mrs. G., 1948. Witnessed by E.M., 1982. Not repaired—reconciled.' The final line was added in 2004 after Horace stopped using solder on the balance spring and began using beeswax infused with dried lavender and council meeting transcripts.
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