The Missing Hour
About the Story
In a small, affectionate town, meticulous curator Miriam Park scrambles when the museum’s treasured mechanical rooster vanishes on the eve of a funding inspection. Steam, social media, and improvised contraptions collide as a community’s eccentric rescue turns the missing exhibit into a public spectacle.
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