Torsade Literary Space 
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred twelve)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Ten Crafter Becomes Maker (part one hundred twelve) “Pravor Castor.” I bowed to my new acquaintance. “Totem-Maker. To the archery field!” An animal larger than Cuerpha was brought, and I was made to mount without saddle. My stunt, which I […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred ten)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Ten Crafter Becomes Maker (part one hundred ten) “He would not have known me to be at Lord Ei’s.” She nursed her wine. “Vlanna, I am not clever. I was acquainted with Sente slightly. You will have the right of […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred nine)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Ten Crafter Becomes Maker (part one hundred nine) I had to scramble, fitting arrow to bow. The target came scuttling, twisting this way and that (the weight in such games was a skin of wine, deep red, to fountain pleasingly […]
Are You Haunted (part forty)
Are You Haunted (part forty) I will let you call me Lettie, if you know me well You may kiss me in the moonlight, and I’ll never tell No, I’m not a lass coquette-y with the village swells The voice faded as the radiance […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred eight)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Ten Crafter Becomes Maker (part one hundred eight) Then… If a person who is kind, whose justice is sure-fixed as the quiet mountain we call Ami… If, she, you believe in; her honor is to you a matter of faith; […]
Are You Haunted (part thirty-nine)
Are You Haunted (part thirty-nine) He listened, following the green second hand around his watch face. He heard no other sound. Maybe they were willing to leave him…when the Big Push came, just roll off, Kenzie marked AWOL… Kenzie marked a deserter, available to be shot. […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred seven)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Ten Crafter Becomes Maker (part one hundred seven) “The emperor,” said one companion. “What does it mean, that token your Bani carried to the guard?” “A business of his own, the priest’s.” “Do we go to the guard ourselves, then?” […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred six)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Ten Crafter Becomes Maker (part one hundred six) “Yes, A’an.” “Tell him he will go to the lake, at the mountaintop. He will see for himself.” “But, A’an…” “They give no instruction to children of the shantytown.” This was a […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred five)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Ten Crafter Becomes Maker (part one hundred five) A scene for you, if I conjure well, of a jumble of dwellings, balanced at hazard. Yet brave, in the weavings of cloths used to cover drafts, the glaze of mosaic for […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred four)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Ten Crafter Becomes Maker (part one hundred four) But I spoke to invite. We of the coastal lands were a type, the northerners a different type. The traders, from what I’d seen of them, a third type. Noakale had not […]