Torsade Literary Space The Totem-Maker (part thirty-nine)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Five The Mustering Grounds (part thirty-nine) The knife was iron; together with the shield, too heavy. “Could I fight with only a shield, though?” “Can you kill a man with a blow?” Thoughts of divine justice… But I hadn’t the strength of a […]
Yoharie (part thirteen)
Yoharie Jeremiah (part thirteen) He clipped on his holster and snugged in the Glock…subcompact, 9mm, street legal. He patted the Taser, which he did not take from its holster, because he’d zapped himself once. He clipped his walkie-talkie to the breast pocket of his shirt, checked the zip-ties […]
My Blog Week: April 7 to April 13
All the Latest from Torsade! An episode of Yoharie, Beatty the dog’s entry into the Hibbler house. An episode of Bedlam, Richard touring and trading intelligence with Mrs. Allen. Then Totem, first lessons in how to fight. […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred twenty-two)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Five Collecting Debts (part one hundred twenty-two) Élucide walked away from Yeager, who’d had his chance. A man with alacrity would have said, “What are you paying?” In her secret heart, she wanted to sit on Cemetery Hill […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred twenty-one)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Five Collecting Debts (part one hundred twenty-one) A lull, the band furnished with a platform to mount, and busy at it, the old soldiers entertaining with gun drills. Rowan’s subscription campaign had raised enough money (to back a […]
The Totem-Maker (part thirty-eight)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Five The Mustering Grounds (part thirty-eight) Rapid was the exchange of tests, up to the dozenth spin. The board cleared, and ignorant to any means of victory, I advanced my men every which way, taking Stol’s as the spool indicated. He could have […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred twenty)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Five Collecting Debts (part one hundred twenty) “Present,” she offered, a second phrasing, “on occasions when the matter was discussed.” Some in the Rowan camp reserved for fine company a silent, slow-merge into haughtiness. Her father to them […]
My Blog Week: March 31 to April 6
All the Latest from Torsade! Three episodes this week of Bedlam, with Richard gleaning big news in Indiana, moving on with the Allens to Cincinnati. Then Totem with the trial’s aftermath, a walk home that feels fateful. […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred nineteen)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Five Collecting Debts (part one hundred nineteen) i. Dedication Weighty things were the theme of January’s hard frost. That country roads be concrete, passable for a custom sledge sporting double sets of steel-rimmed wheels and a […]
The Totem-Maker (part thirty-seven)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Five The Mustering Grounds (part thirty-seven) Four days in which I’d expected, shunned and alone here, to meditate, to pray, that if the gods willed any service of me, they would grant the charity of revelation. “You say start…” His laugh was angry, […]