Torsade Literary Space A Failure of Intelligence: Eleventh Battle Stations
The Folly Battle Stations A Failure of Intelligence You’re new We have gone wrong in this affair, and it is not entirely a fault of inexperience, however it does appear you’ve tipped into error. I should like to call attention to this failing An operative must cultivate his […]
The Totem-Maker: The Recalcitrant One (part twelve)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Seven The Recalcitrant One (part twelve) “Share with me what you know to be better than conquest.” “Peace?” “Have you ever lived in a time of peace?” To his mind he had the better of me, but his argument was no argument at all. “Elder,” I […]
My Blog Week: June 7 to June 13
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Good with the Riddance Cultural changes are big news. It would be tempting, or surface-plausible, to say TV shows, movies, books, are just fiction, just entertainment. There is […]
Older in Their Wisdom: Eleventh German Spy
The Folly The German Spy Older in Their Wisdom Hearing, Falco would have said, or if insightful, so might say, a million other Falcos… Would have said, he means to say, it’s odd…more than you’d think. More odd, good sirs, more altogether. Yes, point of fact, done […]
Eight: Oh, You Did That? (poetry series)
Oh, You Did That? (Denigrate All Achievements) Feathering yourself as a useful magpie Quick and quicker your knack to apply that eye Does a trained birdbrain need a pat on the head Flies know a trick too Everything carrion to them banquet once to you And it is the spoilment we […]
Plain and Ugly Terms: Tenth German Spy
The Folly The German Spy Plain and Ugly Terms Now I never smile That, Fiona, brings the flicker of one your own (I saw) Ah— But in plain and ugly terms…in simplicity, of course, why lie? We are measuring ourselves as we are Those mortal remains of […]
Yoharie: What It Takes to Fly (part eight)
Yoharie What It Takes to Fly (part eight) A Harbor City parking lot. Not the day to take a big, sighing breath. Oiliness in the immediate air; something uncertain, but like the barbeque grill when Dad opened the valve, coming from the highway. No, where am I? Savannah saw […]
My Blog Week: May 31 to June 6
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week A note to begin: According to the useful charts you can find on the Reuters website, on April 6 of this year the death toll in the United States from […]
Eight: Urgency (poetry series)
Urgency Being on a holiday maker’s tramline That rendezvous with Moment Or the narrow, might be boulder-strewn Road that hugs the mountainside Just past the curve, or here. Where you are marooned. Warning signs say warning signs say ROCK FALLS Rock falls…it won’t help knowing You hardly know how to do […]