Torsade Literary Space The Totem-Maker: Jealousy (part two)
The Totem-Maker Jealousy (part two) My predictions earned me status in the Decima household as a prodigy. Or, if nothing more, a jester. Divorced now from any shadow of belief…which for myself I had never had (had wanted only, for the sake of those to whom I belonged, earnestly […]
Yoharie: Stalking (part one)
Yoharie Stalking (part one) “Val said he didn’t want it. And I’m finished with it.” “Well…that’s fine.” Walking down to the cul-de-sac, she’d seen him in his driveway. “What is wrong with Jeremiah Hibbler?” had been the thought crossing Giarma’s mind. Her eyes watched Trevor’s garage door […]
Advice for Misfits: The Snobberies
My Curious Reading Advice for Misfits The Snobberies Change comes about when complying with a new idea is more rewarding than defying it. The reward may be pure gain (spring-cleaning your closets to earn a few bucks at a yard sale). Or, procrastination may reduce reward to […]
The Totem-Maker: Jealousy (part one)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Two Jealousy (part one) My place was on a sleeping porch where all the slaves of the house had their pallets. I had traveled for a day, then half another, forced to do this blindfold; allowed to see my bread and leg of fowl by the campfire, […]
Yoharie: Dawn
Yoharie Dawn Dawn tapped, passed the open door at Giarma’s sigh, leading with a hanger and floral skirt. She said: “Here!” And her stepdaughter (frustrated again, interpreting a call for attention as a request for action) edged round in her chair. “Oh, I couldn’t wear that!” They […]
Yoharie: Jeremiah (part two)
Yoharie Jeremiah (part two) Giarma Yoharie, bending into the trunk of her car, tensing up. Cathlyn Burris jogging, flipping a hand at him; Roberta Witticombe standing with her camera, deaf to him. Getting a shot, for some reason, of her window boxes. Well, he knew the reason. She […]