Torsade Literary Space The Totem-Maker: A Mother or a Father (part four)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Eleven A Mother or a Father (part four) At this, I took up Areygna, fell to one knee and waited. The crowd held faces of birthright, a people whose folklore told this same tale. And I, possessing Bani’s history, meant to amaze them. I felt the Kale […]
The Resident (part three)
Chapter One Dark Paneling (continued) Days later, they had done much happy excavating. Their new house had closets ill-fitted to every room, and the cardboard boxes inside, the piled coats, the shoes and boots, the mated wire hangers, sculptural in their descent from bar to floor, the brooms, the headless […]
Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part fifty-two)
Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part fifty-two) Ludovic, falling thoughtful, allowed Konrad his seat and plate. His eyes could not avoid Mastracchio’s table habit of tendering morsels to the animal, of kissing it on the nose and mouth, of feeding himself with fingers licked by the […]
Catastrophe (part seventeen)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part seventeen) Meanwhile, at government headquarters had been frequent conferences between the Secretary, the Attorney General, a few notables, and the mayor of the capital, whose incredible activity, and the profound pain to be seen on his […]
My Blog Week: March 6 to March 12
All the Latest from Torsade! On Monday, Catastrophe, and an account of the volcano reported by the local newspaper. On Tuesday, a poem reissue from Rattus, “Decoration Day”. Wednesday, a new non-series poem, a take on the […]
Hammersmith: Epilogue (part one)
Hammersmith Epilogue (part one) Hogben felt his odds of escape must be improved by company. The company was not choice. He strongly entertained severing ties with his old partner. Wistful thoughts of roosting had lately crossed Hogben’s mind, and a settled man needs an honest profession. “Hogben, I will […]
Mast Year (poem)
Mast Year a novel Blurb In this tragedy set on an American farm, Turnstile Prize-winning author Mays McKnight unfolds the history of the hardscrabble Cuniff clan. The year is 1985. Roseann Cuniff is failing, her decades of secret drinking taking their toll in symptoms of dementia. Son Ryman and son-in-law […]
Poem: Decoration Day
Decoration Day There is a gentling terrain Of tussocked bluestem parchment brown Straw that compliments a bloom Turning the new leaves glaucous Color schemed by negligence Sallow below, a bloodless husk calicoed into cloth And lichen over stone and marbled bone Verdigris, vanilla…moss viridian Will here be advertised by name An […]
Catastrophe (part sixteen)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part sixteen) XI. The Day of the 8th at Fort-de-France The account of the newspaper L’Opinion As a journalist, I naturally asked a fellow journalist for the story of the “terrible day”. The […]