Torsade Literary Space All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred forty)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred forty) They came off the property, hit Dominionville Road, Samuel sliding hard, catching hard at the coat. “Gippy’s trying to follow. Shoo, Gippy! Go back!” You could not smack a body behind […]
Yoharie (part seventeen)
Yoharie Stalking (part seventeen) She watched Trevor’s garage door, goosed by the remote, jerk open. He was just home, just pulled in. Then Hibbler from nowhere drove…slowly…through her line of sight. He tapped his horn. He had seen her within an inch of flipping him off. Maybe. Maybe […]
The Totem-Maker (part forty-six)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Six A First Road (part forty-six) A messenger, cantering aside the ranks, met my eyes—from a distance, which suggested nothing to me. He carried a bundle; he steered with his legs, as men who fight with spear and bow learn. He halted […]
The Resident (part twenty-two)
Chapter Three Tithonians The Grey took charge of Claudine’s information. She told, and she showed, and John went off to work. His commute at the end of their shared life was sixty miles. From 2007, he could no longer teach simple computer repair. One school had […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred thirty-nine)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred thirty-nine) “I’ll go clean up. Head to town.” He was in his long johns…and would have put on trousers, shod himself, done such as needed til dinnertime. Lawrence had never found it […]
My Blog Week: June 15 to June 21
All the Latest from Torsade! An episode of Totem, with a return to Cime’s house, and leave-taking of Elberin. Two Bedlams, Rowan making Kinaelty’s predicted appearance, and Élucide meeting in-laws on a drive to town. […]
The Charismatic Leader (poem)
The Charismatic Leader She enters, and her face brings disharmony The charismatic leader’s voice dies It was his own habit to arrive in a whirlybird She, like her adversary, speaks in noise She wears shoes that stub against the tiles His eyes lower to the clanking handle And soap floats glinting on […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred thirty-eight)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred thirty-eight) i. A periodic scourge October. Chores easing up; easier, with the coolness, getting done. Mornings showing frost. Afternoons dry, dry and warm. Mary through a low-voiced ramble setting clouded […]
Yoharie (part sixteen)
Yoharie Dawn (part sixteen) That was how she’d dressed at eighteen, her first job. A half-pay gimme, from her mother’s friend Diane. “Dawn can come in four hours, afternoons.” Normal voice, then loud: “Can you file, alphabetize? Tina says you took typing.” “Yeah, I can. Thanks, Diane.” Dawn […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred thirty-seven)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Five Collecting Debts (part one hundred thirty-seven) “Weem, my father wants rid of you. I don’t know why.” Weem made a noise in his throat. “I gave something away.” She heard the rummage of his bag. “You remember […]