All Bedlam Courses Past (part forty-four)

Posted by ractrose on 5 Jun 2023 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Two Avarice Creeping On (part forty-four)         Then, lower: “And you know, Aylucide, even the little girl who came to get the wash, that time we stayed at Pumble, had such a pretty name. If I’d thought, I could have gone […]

Style Statements: This Week’s AI Images

Style Statements: This Week’s AI Images

Posted by ractrose on 4 Jun 2023 in Art, Nonfiction

Can the bot play fashion designer?   Last week’s fantasy figures sported some snazzy looks, raising the question of whether the bot, as designer, could do custom orders. My first request was for a business suit, for a Supreme Court Justice, who uses a wheelchair.       The bot did put faces on these […]

The Mirrors (part forty-six)

Posted by ractrose on 2 Jun 2023 in Fiction, Novels

      The Mirrors (part forty-six)     Ships come into harbor. Ships want doctors. Countries on the world’s other side want… Everything of the west, so they say. I am forty-two. I won’t be the father of a child. Might I not marry? He can, at this, think only of his misery in […]

My Blog Week: May 21 to May 27

Posted by ractrose on 1 Jun 2023 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                                   On Monday, All Bedlam Courses Past, with Élucide updating Gilbert on Honoré. Thursday, The Totem-Maker begins the role of priest’s assistant. Friday, The Mirrors, with Charleton revealing something of Old Dumain’s nature. Saturday, […]