Torsade Literary Space 
The Resident (part thirty-two)
Chapter Four An Odd Man Out (part thirty-two) He knew Claudie wrote in her notebooks, in the pink gingham room, upstairs. A sensible, a naturally-fitting person, married four years… Would have asked his wife at some point, “Do you have a job?” He was gone to […]
The Totem-Maker (part eighty-two)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Nine The Recalcitrant One (part eighty-two) I had heard the story of the Grandmother Oak, but I had not seen this proof. “The seed may sprout one day,” he said. I don’t know why, when he looked at me, I […]
Are You Haunted (part twenty-three)
Are You Haunted (part twenty-three) She wore a black cardigan and a floral shift. These things, to Powell’s eyes, were not dress-up clothes. She had chosen from a kind of sympathy, he wished to believe it… That Mrs. Drybrook had thought of how poor her lunch […]
The Culture
The Culture We are important Our three-letter alphabet constructs our limited language The gravitational center draws our attention-seeking message The message is I am important Yet you don’t know me On an oxbow the current passes A fallen tree, submerged At a cross-angle, green, murky brown depths, hot from […]
Are You Haunted (part twenty-two)
Are You Haunted (part twenty-two) They had pulled into the parking lot of a drugstore, BONHOF’S on the glass in big gold script. Guy showing Powell four fingers, counting off a list. “…you payin attention? Mrs. Drybrook wants to have a look at you in person. […]
The Totem-Maker (part eighty-one)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Nine The Recalcitrant One (part eighty-one) On my mountain, I exercised my mind discerning the morning gossip of birds I knew, then of birds I had given new names to. For Moth was not in that way educated; as to […]
