All Bedlam Courses Past (part thirty-six)

Posted by ractrose on 30 Apr 2023 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Two Avarice Creeping On (part thirty-six)         He got the ball rolling. “Think I gave you a pretty good gist in my letter. Our town’s a small place…” “Not so very, though, from what I’ve read.” “That’ll please the mayor, you […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part thirty-five)

Posted by ractrose on 28 Apr 2023 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Two Avarice Creeping On (part thirty-five)         Thacker had worked that decade out of Springfield, Illinois; to the Centennial, Indianapolis. He knew the party floggers’ modes of campaign. Along the bridge, finding a lamppost to lean on with the Banner, he […]

Fun with Pics and Memes (a foray into AI generated images)

Posted by ractrose on 27 Apr 2023 in Art

  I decided to check out the Bing Chatbot’s image creating feature.          From a request for “Pallas’s Cat fights WWI”.            From a request for “Schooner manned by lizards”.  The bot offers four renditions of each request, and I picked this as the best because of the […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part thirty-four)

Posted by ractrose on 27 Apr 2023 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Two Avarice Creeping On (part thirty-four)         “Have we actually met?” “In the way of things,” Thacker answered. A blunt thing needed saying. “Manfred is coming along with us.” “On Rutherford’s car?” “I can’t see Mr. Rutherford minding. Mr. Ryan-Neville is […]

The Resident (part sixteen)

      Chapter Three Tithonians           (part sixteen)     Into their silence stole cautious movements. A pair of eyes, and another, crossed the road…by the billboard’s glow becoming deer. Debra and Wissary sighed half-oh’s, cut short by the lead deer’s bark. The animals sprang; headlights flared, and through a […]

My Blog Week: April 16 to April 22

Posted by ractrose on 23 Apr 2023 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                                   On Tuesday, The Mirrors, with Godfrey answering the first question. Wednesday, All Bedlam Courses Past, Élucide establishing a bond with Thacker. Friday, The Mirrors again, Charmante reconnecting with Veronica.  Images on my posts […]

The Mirrors (part forty-two)

Posted by ractrose on 21 Apr 2023 in Fiction, Novels

      The Mirrors (part forty-two)     “Is he Dumain? Or if he was…if he’s dead…does Dumain leave the world that way?” “Chamante, you and I are learning together. How could I know?” “I’m sorry.” She owed Veronica an apology for more than one thing. For not saying at once, how are you? […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part thirty-three)

Posted by ractrose on 19 Apr 2023 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Two Avarice Creeping On (part thirty-three)         “I was trying to remember the other day… Mr. Chambliss and I were trying to. What was the name of that anthropologist, who dug up the Indian mound… Did you ever think how that […]

The Mirrors (part forty-one)

Posted by ractrose on 18 Apr 2023 in Fiction, Novels

      The Mirrors (part forty-one)     You hear breaking glass, taut, swallowed speech, a command as to an idiot, muffled against clanging bells that signal authority…and an idiot’s reply. A wrench, wrench of metal, a cabinet pummeled and twisted. A clatter and clink. Clink a dozen times more, a host of little […]

My Blog Week: April 9 to April 15

Posted by ractrose on 16 Apr 2023 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                                   On Monday, All Bedlam Courses Past, with exchanges between Sartains and Gremots. Tuesday, a new episode of “The Resident”, Wissary and Debra having a talk on relationships. Thursday, The Mirrors, the spirit world […]