Torsade Literary Space Silent As the Grave: Tenth Battle Stations
The Folly Battle Stations Silent As the Grave Llewellyn affords to himself some feeling of offence Brought on by the pressures of exigency, his given consent And of necessity, in the person of Mission Director a title found in files, coded by initials MD buried in the […]
Cartoon Stories: Lightly Macabre
Cartoon Stories Lightly Macabre Your challenge, in creating scenarios and casting characters to act them out, is how to portray both the person as his/her individual self, and that self reacting to…a circumstance. Above, one in my cartooning style, but done for […]
My Blog Week: March 8 to March 14
All the Latest from Torsade! Readers, I had to take a sick day yesterday, not for that. Just a vicious migraine. So My Blog Week got missed Sunday, but here it is in its proper slot today. A Word on […]
The Earth Unseeded (poem)
The Earth Unseeded Entering as they would, vi-ah Unlocked galleries feeding sitting rooms apathetic Brocade and fringe, grand piano benches propping slumpen Estate-squatters pinched with starving Come to rest Who defy all stirring to object Interlopers feel the breath of drawing drafts Pipe from standing door to mantel mouth With just […]
Not a Living Thing (poem)
Not a Living Thing Now you believe it, repeat it But cautious, or not cautious…either Cross what might be judgment in a mind so possessed with Fear of Daddy and a dog’s hierarchy, severed by sex You’d like, with a laugh, your grimace of apology Which has never been that To […]
Cartoon Stories: Grabbed from the Headlines
Cartoon Stories Grabbed from the Headlines Everyone does topical humor. But some cultural influences are more middle-ground than others. Political criticism might need to be veiled for safety; while making fun of advertising, movies, fashion, is fairly safe across the board (although we’ve heard of militant superfans). For a cartoonist, or comedian, […]
My Blog Week: March 1 to March 7
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Henry Higgins, stat As I’ve said before, one of the propagandist’s first-rank tactics is making hay of the Problem That Can’t Be Solved. To illustrate, say […]
And the Other: Ninth Battle Stations
The Folly Battle Stations And the Other A cyclist, and the lady whom with the long game of a fellow christened Miles He woos, though steadfast in pretence Of interest, mutual, in a European kite Thought, most rarely, according to the guides To have blown across the […]
The Totem-Maker: The Recalcitrant One (part six)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Seven The Recalcitrant One (part six) I could not miss the eye. Its countenance had formed such that it seemed curled on its side asleep, but this powerful one’s magic sang in the air around it. The song was a thin, moaning whistle, melodious, unearthly… A mockery of […]
Cartoon Stories: The Dynamo Brothers
Cartoon Stories: The Dynamo Brothers A good while ago, I was making up a story in which a character had a favorite pair of comic book heroes from childhood, who were called The Dynamo Brothers. The gag being their superpower was an electric bolt, but to activate this, they needed to go everywhere with […]