Torsade Literary Space The Totem-Maker: A Mother or a Father (part three)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Eleven A Mother or a Father (part three) I thought of a song I had heard Fortesans on the streets singing. To calm my audience until Bashtat could climb to join us, I played this on my flute. For when I’d tucked implements into my belt and […]
Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part fifty-one)
Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part fifty-one) Konrad asked, “What is it he has us waiting for?” “Today? His tardy self. Konrad, I am going to put you on the road. You will lead a company, your own judgment as to the men. Should you meet […]
Catastrophe (part fifteen)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part fifteen) “From my window I saw a thick cloud come out of the volcano. Its base reached the peaks of Carbet. The height of it filled the sky, to more or less six thousand meters. The […]
My Blog Week: February 13 to February 19
All the Latest from Torsade! A Word on the Week Critical Lapses (part eight) First, let’s note some great things about The Sword Decides!, by Marjorie Bowen. Not just the exclamation […]
The Epistles (poem)
The Folly Battle Stations The Epistles The Contessa writes to the chapters of the Fellowship Prophecies her companions unveil in a language familiar To followers of readings and summonings, to seekers Who divine a card’s turning, hear the undercurrent’s drumming Malice and menace…she hopes that her warnings are […]
Yoharie: Breaking Up Together (part one)
Yoharie Breaking Up Together (part one) Beatty was on the leash, the leash looped around Savannah’s wrist. Her black skirt was gathering slug-trails of dog snot. Grandma Hibbler’s neighborhood was like anyone’s, probably… They ought to carry paper towels and a baggy. Especially since Beatty was a multipooper. But the […]
Catastrophe (part fourteen)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part fourteen) “They followed, these black waves, one on another in a furious push. One on another, with thunder, making the sea recoil. Splinters, swirling… A sloop was hurled 150 meters to kill one of my foremen […]
Hammersmith: A Prisoner Goes Missing (part four)
Hammersmith Thirty-Eight A Prisoner Goes Missing (part four) Shaw had written on the back of his card, calling as a stranger, but on behalf of the well-known Medlow’s agency: Sir, your name has come up. From 8:30 a.m. to 3:25 p.m., Mossbunker’s people kept him waiting in the lobby, […]
The Resident (part two)
Chapter One Dark Paneling (continued) He wore a fair isle vest, a short and tight one, over a Henley. His trousers were belted and corduroy, wales off at the knees, which to Desander detracted. Spanking new corduroy spoke (one might say); worn-in corduroy was only cloth. “But look…” whispered Wissary. […]