The Totem-Maker (part ninety-three)

The Totem-Maker (part ninety-three)

Posted by ractrose on 4 Mar 2026 in Fiction, Novels

  The Totem-Maker Chapter Nine The Recalcitrant One (part ninety-three)                       “No, I won’t rush you.” He had made to rise, sank again. The fingers of a hand began to tap. “I ought to find the educated ones, the lawyers. And the talkers, the courtiers…convene […]

The Totem-Maker (part ninety-two)

The Totem-Maker (part ninety-two)

Posted by ractrose on 4 Mar 2026 in Fiction, Novels

  The Totem-Maker Chapter Nine The Recalcitrant One (part ninety-two)                       “What, again, do I not believe, my subtle young friend?” I felt I had caught myself, for opening my argument from a place within my thoughts. “If you had brought your household to me […]