Torsade Literary Space The Mirrors (part fifty-two)
The Mirrors (part fifty-two) But these were in her bedroom window, and she slid round the house to peek up at them, her white shoes scuffing dust along the bricks. Her father had said he would buy her a box camera; now, not at the end of the […]
Catastrophe (part forty-six)
Jean Hess La Catastrophe de la Martinique (part forty-six) Letters, carried a by boat that left Saint-Pierre at six in the morning, and were received that day at Fort-de-France, prove that in other quarters, in houses on other streets than Saint-Jean-de-Dieu, many women had not slept […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part sixty-eight)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Three An Object in Motion (part sixty-eight) iii. Worth the Wait There was, and there was not. Urgency, as to her mission. She saw that the card could be played. Winning her point would cost him […]
My Blog Week: July 30 to August 5
All the Latest from Torsade! On Tuesday and Wednesday, All Bedlam Courses Past, and Honoré’s last talk with his old friend. Friday, The Totem-Maker, and a game of fortunetelling. Saturday, The Mirrors, with Charmante recalling the day her […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part sixty-seven)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Three An Object in Motion (part sixty-seven) “What has this young man said to you?” “But I don’t know. Émile…I suppose he is not old…” “Clotilde. Will you repeat to me, as your memory allows, all that Honoré Gremot […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part sixty-six)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Three An Object in Motion (part sixty-six) Embracing Gilbert, he had told him, “Adieu, adieu…” Gilbert, dabbing at his eyes, but not, like Honoré, beset by a flow of mucous, a ringing in the ears, and a vague dizziness, […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part sixty-five)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Three An Object in Motion (part sixty-five) They were all, in this swamp of newness, to be educated, made more polished. He could well suspect Clotilde’s aunt, laying her concrete plans for the children’s futures, troweling all smooth (if […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part sixty-four)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Three An Object in Motion (part sixty-four) There was indulgence, too. A box from a Mrs. Buckley, brought upstairs by Ebrach’s housekeeper. Bertrand could give only a jumble of boats, face-making dishes, a play his great-aunt would not let […]
My Blog Week: July 23 to July 29
All the Latest from Torsade! Last time, I ran two “catch-up” Blog Weeks, so my fiction entries began Thursday, with three episodes of All Bedlam Courses Past, bringing the story to Honoré’s coming to terms with his father’s […]
The Mirrors (part fifty-one)
The Mirrors (part fifty-one) A cord ran from the tea table, a burner warming the pot. A Christmas basket sat next to this, tins of holiday cookies open for display. And missing, from months of frugal hostessing, their twos and threes. The crash had harmed Mrs. Turner’s dignity. […]