Celebrated (part seven)

Posted by ractrose on 7 Nov 2020 in Fiction, Novellas

Novella Celebrated (part seven)                     Alone, his apathy as to whether things got done or not showed itself a burgeoning hazard…now there was no one to pick up, and no one cooked. “You’re feeling pretty down these days,” one of his friends had said. Like that, […]

Flash Fiction: All the Sires of Generations

All the Sires of Generations                         “That’s too bad. How you figure,” Arbuthnot asked McCoy, “if I put it out…if you get around, I mean, and put it out under my name… Tell em the professor, that’s what I hear they been calling me—” […]

Eight: answer (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 4 Nov 2020 in Art, Poems

      answer   the fleas die and the seedling trees die ants that mob your cabinets and the crawling earth’s answer to your time of living, wait to shock you in a flare of lit escape on bathroom floors at night Of vegetation again, ivies and vines ugly flowering things in beds made […]

Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (intro part three)

Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! Introduction: part three                       A Different Kind of Translation, continued:     A Question of Taste Chapter One, Joris Middelstum’s Strong Points   Joris Middelstum was a bachelor. Do not be angry with him, ladies, on that account. Supposing that […]

Yoharie: Love Back (part three)

Yoharie: Love Back (part three)

Posted by ractrose on 2 Nov 2020 in Fiction, Novels

Yoharie Love Back (part three)               “So…” Sasha settled, punched the radio button. “What are you listening to? Did your sister fix that?” “Yeah…pick anything…” Sasha talked over this mumble. “You nuts? Golden Earring, Twilight Zone. Listen!” Val poised himself and heeded the guitar solo. “So, I get ten […]

My Blog Week: October 25 to October 31

Posted by ractrose on 1 Nov 2020 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                             A Word on the Week   Four Points of Light         As the world audience may be aware, there are some people in America who feel really, really sorry for themselves. They voted […]