Torsade Literary Space My Blog Week: January 10 to January 16
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Robo-Republicans I’ve been rereading, after decades, a book series I loved as a youngster: Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain. Well. Lord Gwydion has […]
Celebrated (part seventeen)
Celebrated (part seventeen) “Well, Brill’s pal, partner…did you ever meet Ian Charles Guiness?” “Was he…?” Tom gestured, slicking a palm above his head. The hairstyle, yes…the blow-dried loft. Also, there had been long carpety sideburns. But she completed for him, “A son […]
Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part six)
Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part six) “Someone…Henryk, Konrad…has told you to say that to me!” The girl rose, trembling. “God strike me if I lie! I don’t know why I spoke…it only came to me to say it when I heard the music. […]
Yoharie: Give and Take (part two)
Yoharie Give and Take (part two) Savannah said, “This job.” “Tell me again about the arrangement. What I want to know,” Kate said, “is where you see yourself, in, say, six months.” No place…was the candidate’s answer. They had talked twice; so far Mom had been good. Do […]
My Blog Week: January 3 to January 9
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Shame on Us How do people get this unhinged? Or, how is it possible, even with a Trump mob wanting to lynch Mike […]
Celebrated (part sixteen)
Novella Celebrated (part sixteen) “Listen. I’ve taught this myself, I believe in it, there’s nothing wrong with it. By which I mean, in context, it’s the truth. I always tell students, I will never push you to do my work. I want you to […]
Hammersmith: The Professor’s Fate (chapter three)
Hammersmith Chapter Three The Professor’s Fate Hogben had sat up in bed, to hear the rain still pelting, rat-a-tat-tatting off some plane of the inner house where a leak had sprung. He had known he wouldn’t sleep. The roar of the deluge appeared soporific enough for the Professor, curled on […]
Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part five)
Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part five) This amused San Severino, who knew of no passion he could not control. “Raymond de Cabane is a great man…a very great man. Likely he will marry the Queen’s sister, Madonna Maria.” The face of Andreas reddened. “Maria? […]
King of Chaos (poem)
King of Chaos The recruitment sheds are manned Each by a bobbing puppet on a stick Tittering in death’s head greasepaint Shanty coffins banged at Gothic angles, these Painted black, a bloated joke A train scores the hill, a parade float Straddled by some nameless King of Chaos Loitered on, by […]