Torsade Literary Space 
The Totem-Maker (part ninety-five)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Nine The Recalcitrant One (part ninety-five) He answered with a long sober silence. Then: “I will want Wosogo. I should summon Lord Ei as well. Wosogo has told me not to speak to you, that if the god Lotoq favors […]
Are You Haunted (part thirty-three)
Are You Haunted (part thirty-three) Bricks were all over the property, easy to gather; all over the cellar, already dusted up. Fresh mortar would have to be stained, but the stuff to stain it with was right here. A coat of something sticky…even water. A broom […]
Are You Jealous (conclusion)
Are You Jealous (part twelve) They fetched up on the rim of a circle whose center was another Henderson, further elongated, alike pale-eyed and hawk-nosed. Gabriel knew of no famous Youngs. He could not place the man he assumed to be Henderson’s brother. He supposed it delightful […]
The Totem-Maker (part ninety-four)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Nine The Recalcitrant One (part ninety-four) “And because you are persuasive, he will surrender his city to the Emperor. We avoid bloody war.” “Why, I ask you back…Why war at all? Let me answer. I can live peacefully with my […]
Are You Jealous (part eleven)
Are You Jealous (part eleven) Presby cast her a look of warm sympathy. The eyeglasses sketched encompassing circles. “We find desirable items from the interwar era,” he told Young. “Individuals, rather than starve, relinquished heirlooms.” “It was a period of great poverty in Europe.” “Factories unable to […]
The Totem-Maker (part ninety-three)
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 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 […]