The Totem-Maker (part thirty-six)

Posted by ractrose on 13 Apr 2024 in Fiction, Novels

The Totem-Maker Chapter Five The Mustering Grounds (part thirty-six)                   We were down the steps, into the sunset shadows of tall houses and steep-pitched streets. Down from the hills that overlooked the Sech-apla, a green plain cut by the sea, a crescent of empty terrace where in […]

My Blog Week: March 24 to March 30

Posted by ractrose on 12 Apr 2024 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                                   Two episodes this week of The Totem-Maker, with testimony from a seasoned knight, and Lady Nyma’s judgment. The Bedlam episode takes Richard into the river town to show his talent for Allen’s avocation. […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred sixteen)

Posted by ractrose on 11 Apr 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred sixteen)             He said: “I saw they had his name pasted up over the othern’s, fell sick.” “So Allen,” he said, “is a little bit known around here.” “People,” he said, “would come out […]

My Blog Week: March 18 to March 23

Posted by ractrose on 8 Apr 2024 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                                   I have two more cartoons in the works, so I’m just catching up this time by taking the weeks in order. The episodes of Bedlam detail Richard’s first foray with a counterfeit bill, […]

Yoharie (part twelve)

Posted by ractrose on 7 Apr 2024 in Fiction, Novels

Yoharie Jeremiah (part twelve)               Savannah, aged ten, so set on having an Australian Shepherd. Hibbler remembered searching with Kate online for a place they could drive to, open on a Saturday. Take the girls/Don’t take them. “But it has to be both their dog.” “You think you can […]

The Totem-Maker (part thirty-five)

Posted by ractrose on 6 Apr 2024 in Fiction, Novels

The Totem-Maker Chapter Five The Mustering Grounds (part thirty-five)                   Cime, at the court’s adjourning, waited, standing where the great hall opened to the lesser, Sente at his side. I saw every face measure me, many gaze towards the dais, imagining Mumas… Mumas had not left his […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred fifteen)

Posted by ractrose on 3 Apr 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred fifteen)             “How old am I? Thirty-five.” She struck him with her feathers, turning to speak. “Oh, women forty and fifty will play the young girls. The ingénues. But I have no opening.” “You […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred fourteen)

Posted by ractrose on 2 Apr 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred fourteen)             The dining room door flew and hit the stopper. Shifting in came a man, bundles of papers tucked up in armpits. “Hey, all. Hey, Diana!” The waitress laid down the coffee kettle. […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred thirteen)

Posted by ractrose on 1 Apr 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Four Counterfeits (part one hundred thirteen)             Harrisonville was dry. They had a smelter up the way, iron ingots, also coal got loaded here. Couple houses took a boarder, Palmyra cheapest though if you weren’t staying. Bout nobody stopped […]