Torsade Literary Space Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part twenty-four)
Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part twenty-four) The woman affected surprise. “Shall I not send a page ahead?” All this came fluent, but Andreas watched her eyes note what he carried under his arm. “It is kinder, Lord Andreas, to apprise a lady, ere you call.” […]
Hammersmith: The St. Bernard Hotel (chapter eighteen)
Hammersmith Chapter Eighteen The St. Bernard Hotel The St. Bernard Hotel had a back way in, that allowed a cab to draw to the curb. The front, which they had trotted past, sported a narrow vermillion door next to a bay window stacked under a second-floor counterpart. Through […]
Eight: suggested proof (poem)
suggested proof if they were friends, and independent, their odds were not bad if their status had been desperately unequal, and dependence soon afterwards began… millstones, albatrosses, balls-and-chains five o’clocks in bars and hopes of new friends but time is the enemy of stable things a nature that finds contentment wants […]
My Blog Week: June 6 to June 12
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Restrain Yourself It’s getting harder to find societal virtues that Republicans can still be tested by. The test is whether people who […]
Hammersmith: Having a Treat (chapter seventeen)
Hammersmith Chapter Seventeen Having a Treat A sofa with a blanket draped along the seat, trailing the scant carpet, a pillow at the armrest and one on the floor, was taking up the wall under the windows, leaving clearance for only this rug and a little chest. Jane’s […]
Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part twenty-three)
Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part twenty-three) Brooding over his wrongs, he grew sullen and out of humour with them all… With his brother, with the old dead King, who both, Andreas believed, had entered this affair with their wits out of hand. Roberto the […]
Mettle (poem)
Mettle “U,” she said. The captain watched. Her complexion had grown icy blue, a certain vibrancy of disintegration marred his perception that she lived. She might have activated her Afterglow, this conversation might be the final testimony, brief window of immortality, as technology afforded “U,” she said. “What, Riva,” he asked […]
My Blog Week: May 30 to June 5
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Haughty Disdain Recently, counties in Oregon voted, not to join Idaho, but to have their boards of commissioners study and discuss the possibility. Malheur […]
The Totem-Maker: The Citadel (part two)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Ten The Citadel (part two) “Then why is a poor traveler in greater danger than a rich one? You, here, in the City Without a Name must have at least one such story, of highest sacrifice. In my first country, the story was…in fact…” (I addressed myself […]