All Bedlam Courses Past (part eighty-two)

Posted by ractrose on 13 Oct 2023 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Three An Object in Motion (part eighty-two)             “What a frown, Luce. Go sit where the light’s better. You’ll be in spectacles.” Do you think? I could take drama lessons. Maybe the light’s better in Paris. “I’m not trying […]

Such Is Life (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 12 Oct 2023 in Art, Poems

      Such Is Life   The dream, a side effect Always asking ears be lent at waking times Ugly invest, imp of intent Garnish that thought, the sufferer selfcounsels Such is life, each become a theme Each devoid of rallying, or selfemployed, as is at broadcasting The dream, a side effect, now DNA […]

The Totem-Maker (part fifteen)

Posted by ractrose on 9 Oct 2023 in Fiction, Novels

The Totem-Maker Chapter Two Jealousy (part fifteen)                 The wine in this country had for many years now a foul undertaste. Well, that was the soil itself; the changeable airs between the mountain and the sea. Sweeter could be found in the north. But being a month’s journey, […]

My Blog Week: October 1 to October 7

Posted by ractrose on 9 Oct 2023 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                                   On Tuesday and Thursday, All Bedlam Courses Past, Élucide’s discontented dinner with her parents, and thoughts on the limitations of life. And for me, more time needing spent with things other than my […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part eighty-one)

Posted by ractrose on 4 Oct 2023 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Three An Object in Motion (part eighty-one)             We have spoken of the bargain a thousand times, you know it very well, that since the day of her christening you are promised to Amaldi’s Anna Maria. But the university, […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part eighty)

Posted by ractrose on 3 Oct 2023 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Three An Object in Motion (part eighty)             No irony here. “I was travelling, the clothes. You know I was. You could have come.” “I certainly could not have. And we don’t need that tone of voice.” Should I […]

My Blog Week: September 24 to September 30

Posted by ractrose on 3 Oct 2023 in Fiction, Novels

All the Latest from Torsade!                                   On Friday, All Bedlam Courses Past, with an awkward Sunday dinner at the Summit. Friday, too, several hours later, I posted a new Totem, with the tiles predicting Lord Sente’s soon-to-be-announced news. A […]