Torsade Literary Space The Resident (part twelve)
Chapter Two An Anniversary Party (part twelve) A door swung open to the passage, the sliver of wet-looking concrete between garage and house. A man stepped out, flung into a stride, noticed himself watched, skidded on a paver, wobbled upright. “Oh, hello… Claudie!” “John, that’s Debra, […]
Marjorie Bowen: The Sword Decides! (part fifty-nine)
Marjorie Bowen The Sword Decides! (part fifty-nine) “Tomorrow,” he addressed them, “the twelfth month begins. A fair month for our Queen’s escape. We pray for calm waters.” Prayers from the table did not fill his pause. But it was Giovanna’s sputter Cabane waited for: Escape! […]
Catastrophe (part thirty-six)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part thirty-six) The chiefs carried big sticks. The priest, having seen this, and heard the policeman tell his story, added: “What was most amusing were the wives of the thieves, who prepared their meals.” He did not […]
My Blog Week: October 30 to November 5
All the Latest from Torsade! This was a truncated week for new entries. I had family visiting and didn’t end up working much on writing projects. On Tuesday, a new episode of “The Tambinder Engine”, Deenie […]
The Mirrors (part twenty-three)
The Mirrors (part twenty-three) There was trash, quite a lot of it—floating oil cans and tires, bottles and medicine tins… A little raft of soaked cardboard signs, opposition work from the coroner’s race. And driftwood, fencing in everything. William poled them onwards. “There ain’t gonna be a beach, ma’am.” “Don’t […]