Torsade Literary Space All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred eight)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred eight) ii. Traveling company So far Richard’s job was the simple one, of rapping knuckles on the door (to imagination), Ermentrude entrusted with sounds. Mrs. Allen’s start, full-bodied theatrical, seemed […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred seven)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred seven) Bayard must be a traveling preacher; in his dry spells, a temperance talker. The cup of bitterness seemed set to overflow, and Richard, not troubling to hear, went about his business. This […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred six)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred six) Hard scabby patches that inmates before him had not been set cleaning, muscled into Richard’s head an inspiration. “Sir, what happened to that girl?” His cellmate laughed at the innocence of Richard. […]
Bride to Be (conclusion)
Bride to Be (eighteen) She is to be married To Alderic will join, her mind is firm To the son of an elder bride of Godolfo shrewd where his sire had been weak-headed She bids Wildulfa bear a message “And Aldebert will ride, his father’s envoy. You will not grudge me […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred five)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred five) Richard’s face was a clue among clues; and any chore girl of Mrs. Koker’s knew this face for the drilling. The constable, a man called Fitzpatrick, tapped his foot. “Everard. Got a […]
The Totem-Maker (part thirty-one)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Four To Be and to Choose (part thirty-one) Cime was given the chip of obsidian used to mark the unfired clay. He signed before this room of witnesses. The clerk inked the tile and pressed it to a stretched cloth, which by another […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred four)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred four) They carried on disrespecting the remains. Thrown out, pockets rifled. Inconvenient alive and wanted passed… By the sheriff, by the robbed girl—by any number, maybe his own parents. To enjoy saying Richard […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred three)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred three) The long walk had burned off most of what filled his stomach. The pint churned on fumes of Mary’s chicken stew. The cloth he breathed into breathed back, dead foul air. Richard’s […]
My Blog Week: February 26 to March 2
All the Latest from Torsade! This week, two episodes of Bedlam, with Richard visiting his sister-in-law to distant himself from a theft. A new poem in the Jumping Off series on Thursday, discussing war. On Saturday, an episode […]
The Totem-Maker (part thirty)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Four To Be and to Choose (part thirty) I faltered in, stumbled over boots, drew laughs and found myself misdirected. I whispered: “My lord Banche, will I sit below the dais?” Banche shut his mouth mid-answer, as three knights rose and bowed. They […]