Torsade Literary Space 
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred twenty-nine)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Twelve A Land So Perilous (part one hundred twenty-nine) Bani writes how the fathers of the tribe bemoaned that warfare should come upon them. “Such belongs to the Emperor. He has catapults and engines of fire, and we have only […]
An Odd Man Out (part two)
The Resident Chapter Four An Odd Man Out [rerunning the last several entries to help readers catch up, because I haven’t added to this story for months] If anyone talked afterwards, while in the dim John explained cables, ports, disk drives, the importance of a […]
An Odd Man Out (part one)
The Resident Chapter Four An Odd Man Out [rerunning the last several entries to help readers catch up, because I haven’t added to this story for months] Think of an anchor, a memory… A house moved into and high hopes of August, 1990. Or an […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred twenty-eight)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Twelve A Land So Perilous (part one hundred twenty-eight) And why? Bani’s father wondered. Some stones thrown of the mountain were airy; it was said among the Kale Kale that these were birds caught in the wrath of Lotoq, diminished […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred twenty-seven)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Twelve A Land So Perilous (part one hundred twenty-seven) I mention again the story of the flood. My Totem’s deeper meaning I had no power to discern just then. It is ever the warning of the gods not to meddle […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred twenty-six)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Twelve A Land So Perilous (part one hundred twenty-six) Now, I will speak to my reader of thoughtful things. I have told how it came to me, leaving the country of my birth, arriving on the shores of the Balbaecan […]
Are You Haunted (part forty-four)
Are You Haunted (part forty-four) That smack of the arm, jogging past, like Alfin’s. Unmollified, Powell gave Tovey the lead, heard come back, “I can get that buggy down the hill for you. Better let me.” He let his feet carry him, counseling himself against it. […]
Are You Haunted (part forty-three)
Are You Haunted (part forty-three) He carried a flashlight, skidding after Tovey down the hill. “Hold up! “Listen, I hope…” Tovey held up only for the trodden grass, and dropped his tools. “Yeah, this is good. Throw me down the light.” “I hope…” It had taken […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred twenty-five)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Twelve A Land So Perilous (part one hundred twenty-five) “He will hold off attacking, do you think? For the time a reasoning man would allow we might yet send word?” “A reasoning man! When I see him, I will tell […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred twenty-four)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Twelve A Land So Perilous (part one hundred twenty-four) I moved myself further and further from those who worked, and watched the Prince’s camp for an embassy, the party I thought surely would cross the meadow to say farewell, fortune […]