Torsade Literary Space Celebrated (part four)
Novella Celebrated (part four) He grinned. They were sharing a joke, and Tom thought he’d won at last. He had got farther inside than some of his classmates. Go to the history library, she told him. Find books with pictures, get a feel for your […]
it hates (poem)
it hates it curls into a fetal crouch reminds itself of cruel conspirators doesn’t remind from the couch, it watches a song once loved now sells young customers sailcloth uppers organic scuffs, the rubber sustainably harvested, no less… Harvested! Makes it think of the old tractor brand… All snuffled up by […]
The Totem-Maker: Crafter Becomes Maker (part nine)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Eight Crafter Becomes Maker (part nine) Jute, at a round of applause, stepped out veiled, and made a pretense of searching faces. “Lord Ei I know, and Pravor Castor, brother of that man Tnoch…” She spoke to the Peddler, giving me a mild thrill. Also, a minor […]
My Blog Week: October 4 to October 10
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Old references for new things Back at some point, I bought A Warning, by Anonymous. My reason, chiefly, was that I wanted this book to succeed, and be […]
Celebrated (part three)
Novella Celebrated (part three) Her office door was open. In a building with steam heat and no air conditioning, most doors were. But Motley could be tried on this point, caught with notebook, jotting poetry; or, crease between eyes, grading papers… Tom’s mind, crossed by a thought—that […]
Bride to Be (part eleven)
Bride to Be (part eleven) “She was in my father’s camp, what would hers do? Dishonor…would he assume it so? The cruelest of his knights, bloodiest of his kin…” Aldebert halts in attentive pose In sudden suspicion Wildulfa sees her gift of prophecy under trial “But there was no slaughter, rather, […]
Yoharie: Love Back (part one)
Yoharie Love Back (part one) Val, if he had a choice of superpower, would be chameleonic, shimmer away, undifferentiated from the background. Not invisible, there, happy to chat, if asked, but unlabelable. Bearing any of potential characteristics, or all of them. He hated needing to be political. Or […]
My Blog Week: September 27 to October 3
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Debate Fallout Curses not loud but deep, mouth-honour… Macbeth, Act V., Scene 3. I’m reminded of this speech from Macbeth when I see so many pundits trying […]
Celebrated (part two)
Novella Celebrated (part two) His eye had refined itself to news items, accounts of disgraces fallen by inadvertency into imposture. Tom Wilmot—a teacher, what else?—trading on the incidentals of fame where the trading was most fruitful (and having taught himself, preparing lectures, real craft), concluded […]