Torsade Literary Space The Mirrors (part nine)
The Mirrors (part nine) But here was a sheet of stationery paper, folded. Typed on. Charleton I promise I made the story up. Please don’t accuse me of being better than that. I’m sorry I must have preyed on your mind far more than I could have known. Of […]
Bride to Be (part seventeen)
Bride to Be (seventeen) And these were the old king’s decrees That Alderic remained in duty a son welcomed once; for license taken, not again to touch the woman who in succession stands, and must to a crowned head be wived Ill, she drops below the cloth and vomits Straightens, rinses […]
My Blog Week: July 3 to July 9
All the Latest from Torsade! On Monday, Catastrophe, and the story of the surviving prisoner. On Tuesday, The Mirrors, a foray for Charmante into Dumain history. Wednesday, a new Yoharie, their aunt explaining to the girls how “funny” people may only be […]
Charles Monselet: Cursed Money (part three)
Charles Monselet Cursed Money 1863 Chapter One (continued) The Quai des Augustins “And you are too indulgent. I’ve been watching you for some time, and it pains me to see how your carelessness in matters of trade increases by the day. I don’t speak of […]
The Totem-Maker: A Mother or a Father (part six)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Eleven A Mother or a Father (part six) The Prince’s siege prolonged itself. Ami did not, nor any emissary of his, appear to claim me. On days I had good morning light, I extended my translation of Noakale’s book, knitting it into my blanket, in the way […]
Aground (poem)
Aground Soldiers, duty dull dull and foul made penalty by bouts of deluge it is no use to say the farmers need it we’ll all of us eat the fruits but today is different, the other asks, how then… For, don’t we? put a thousand prisoners to the sword But […]
Yoharie: Breaking Up Together (part three)
Yoharie Breaking Up Together (part three) “She baked a cake once, and it cratered in the middle, and she filled it with this big blob of icing…and it wiggled, carrying to the table. And Mike said, what you baked in there, the cat? He was stabbing the cake with […]
The Mirrors (part eight)
The Mirrors (part eight) Charleton begged sympathy with his homely, engaging face…and the pain of his gaze, the flinching curve of his body, the girl’s heedless indulgent smile, told, if Charmante weren’t being fanciful… “This one, in the tennis gear? Esta, were they sweethearts?” “Oh, she didn’t like him much.” […]
Catastrophe (part twenty-seven)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part twenty-seven) Two Legends The miraculous prisoner and the two gunners Here is an extraordinary story—that of the prisoner, Auguste Sybaris. But I do not suppose M. Clerc believes it true, for M. […]
My Blog Week: June 26 to July 2
All the Latest from Torsade! On Monday, “The Resident”, with Wissary and Desander lunching in the presence of Teconieshe. Tuesday, a new poem in the Jumping Off series, “Miraculous”. Wednesday, a poem reissue from Nutshell, “Chum”. Friday, a new episode of The […]