Torsade Literary Space 
Story: Be a Helper (part one)
Be A Helper (part one) Now it is the case with sprites, that one strong rule curtails them. In the Fairy Realm are a thousand variants, as to types and strengths of magic; and likely a thousand areas of specialization. Groundworts and lugdors have their wishes, as […]
Are You Haunted (part six)
Are You Haunted (part six) “Well, then, I’ve wasted my education. You have learned better things listening to the dreams of factory workers.” “Social approval is the only model of ethics known to the average person. To be allowed in, or to be kept out. And […]
Story: Sympathy for the Torturer (part one)
Sympathy for the Torturer (part one) After his second arrest, after his home detention, and his project of sketching and labeling each inch of Mrs. Leonhardt’s house (unresponsive to her talk, because she could see he was busy), they allowed Anton to patronize the lunchroom again. It was where […]
Story: A Friend (part six)
A Friend (part six) All the houses were numbered black on white, the signs measured for visibility from a particular distance. It wasn’t that, that had lost Mrs. Leonhardt. There could be only one seventeen in any lettered section of any quarter. Houses not conformable to a grid, built […]
Are You Haunted (part five)
Are You Haunted (part five) The door sat too low for anyone to walk through upright. It bore traces of whitewash, stains of algae… He believed Guy now. He had expected some trick, some way the Big Chief would show him up for a thief, pretending […]
The Resident (part thirty-one)
Chapter Four An Odd Man Out (part thirty-one) They had their bed from the apartment in a guest room. Guest rooms, so crazy (he thought in Claudie’s language), the having of these to manage. Just a mattress on the floor of their own room. Upstairs at […]
Are You Haunted (part four)
Are You Haunted (part four) He saw daylight through shutters stripe the floors, each stripe sparkle with dust. The Drybrook place was vacant, but its owners knew the worth of it. The trust must pay for a cleaning now and then. And Guy only policed the […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part two hundred forty-one)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Nine City Ways (part two hundred forty-one) Out the window she saw crows, a bustling river of crows, the train like a rowboat drawing their ripple in its wake. The crows were at the corn, where […]
My Blog Week: December 22 to December 28
All the Latest from Torsade! Two episodes of Bedlam, Richard arguing salvation with Bayard. A Yoharie, Trevor touting Totem to Giarma. My Blog Week: December 22 to December 28 Yoharie […]
Are You Haunted (part three)
Are You Haunted (part three) Powell thought Guy’s job must be easy, though. Mostly driving around. “You don’t need anything, I’m gettin on.” This, and a Jesus lord possible, under breath as Guy turned away. He was offended. Powell wasn’t sure how he was going to […]