Torsade Literary Space Hammersmith: To State the Matter Frankly (chapter nine)
Hammersmith Chapter Nine To State the Matter Frankly Aimee Bard, having that in common with the settled object of her campaign, began the morning wondering if she could get a moment to herself. She had gathered Mrs. Frieslander’s bundles, an errand she never did for mere kindness (“Please […]
Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part fourteen)
Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part fourteen) Since she had raised no guard against him, Andreas lingered, today’s great lesson having taught already a wisdom he had not entered Naples possessing. He calmed his angry breathing; he watched her shoulders and back pretend him gone…an effort […]
The Lengthy Story (poem)
The Lengthy Story A traveler who for an empty purse Casts danger as she must, in its most lifelike role This predator will wear his tightest clothes As a speck on a zooming sedan’s horizon Best she dart into scrub and vanish She does They are so many of them alone […]
Haunt of Thieves (part four)
Haunt of Thieves Part Four Ravens hear the trembling gong’s alarm Harbinger of rolling earth Far away as yet but coming near (Birds of the air may take to flight Men and cities cannot do) Souls they carry heavenward, on each feather tip The lost descends to touch in parting A […]
My Blog Week: March 7 to March 13
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Cancel Clutter There are two problems with political correctness…a term transitioning to being called wokeness (a phrase that once addressed awareness of others’ experiences, now […]
Apprehensively (poem)
Apprehensively Everything was bet that day on ends Still his mind hedged with a handbook He had created through practice, of devil’s arcana He disliked the internet, but learned its self-delusion… not what can be, but is aspired to the great and wealthy totter on a temple tiered to the heavens […]
Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part thirteen)
Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part thirteen) At length, she said quietly: “I command a duchy. You have been only a prince at your brother’s court. Please don’t speak to me of allowing this or that.” He wished to tell her that he was not a […]
The Totem-Maker: Lore and Lessons (part three)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Nine Lore and Lessons (part three) After long tedium, after a doze of minutes or hours, for which Bani’s father rebuked himself, the sun left in a wink. It seemed so to the men hidden on Lotoq’s flank; the rays reached only the rim of the bowl, […]
My Blog Week: February 28 to March 6
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Get Your Hands Off My Shoulders People often react to “I’m sorry, but…” with indignation. As apologies go, excuses-attached lacks something in sincerity. But when […]
Hammersmith: Second Thoughts (chapter eight)
Hammersmith Chapter Eight Second Thoughts Hogben had broken a rule of his own, a rule that had always served…and Hogben had been a traveling man for twenty-odd years. He’d had scrapes. He had not often had a partner to rely on. But even these past couple, when with the Professor […]