Torsade Literary Space My Blog Week: July 21 to July 27
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Taking Up Arms It’s a good week to talk about trolls. Not only because they’ve been active in social media lately…even, bizarrely, in response to a CNN Twitter […]
Yoharie: Existence (part two)
Yoharie Existence (part two) “But, not.” “Not…you mean…” After a second, Val said, “Nothing. What would I mean?” “What I was wondering. You have an opinion?” “No, I never heard of it. I guess I would’ve thought, nobody does that. Would do. Could do. Someone doesn’t want you […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: sixty-six
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (sixty-six) I heard a woman say that at the time of the two eruptions she had seen devils in the clouds of smoke, and that these devils were given liberty by the Lord to punish the sinners of Martinique. And the […]
Patter (poem)
Patter He tried to suggest without speaking the worst That a friend they’d known from school days “Didn’t make it” That’s okay, I’ll catch him on Facebook Bought the farm, I mean to say From his Grandpa? Sort of reverse mortgage? No, he’s given up the ghost Oh, right. Those games […]
My Blog Week: July 14 to July 20
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week The Billionaire’s Mite When the very rich throw their hats in the ring, political parties complain that their aura will tempt away voters. What makes the mythology of the maverick […]
The Totem-Maker: Winter Alone (part nine)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Five Winter Alone (part nine) On the general’s dining porch, shuttered and hung with fleeces, hot–centered and smoky as would my master’s be… As would be at Cime’s house. I entered the room lonely, being no one’s friend in this place, my servant […]
La Catastrophe de la Martinique: sixty-five
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (sixty-five) I have still other letters, other notes, but those above, I believe, suffice to show in what terrors, in what fearfulness, perished Saint-Pierre… And above all, serve for proof that if they had let the people be free […]