The Resident (part twenty-eight)
Chapter Four An Odd Man Out (part twenty-eight) Aura turned, surprised, not happy, but deciding to have it be a good thing. “For Christmas, Dad. These sweet people are John Rancilton and Claudine, his fiancée. His mother, Gina. And this is Teconieshe, my father.” “That sounds […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part two hundred twenty-seven)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Eight Things Relative (part two hundred twenty-seven) Myra would have Alarica. On an income of two thousand a year, maintain it. “How much capital?” Élucide asked. “In the neighborhood of one million dollars.” “And so, in […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part two hundred twenty-six)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Eight Things Relative (part two hundred twenty-six) Weem said: “It’s of some use to the prosecution to catch the accused at odds…a Demrose versus a McGhee, say. Whips up to a fine impression on the jury.” […]
The Totem-Maker (part seventy-eight)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Eight Use for Use (part seventy-eight) His teachings were mathematical, a way I much preferred to understand things. The arrow cannot fly straight from the bow, and the creature you aim at moves also. The farther the arrow travels, the […]
My Blog Week: December 8 to December 14
All the Latest from Torsade! Three episodes of Bedlam, Richard having two visitors, and his vigil coming to an end. A Totem, with a new post assigned and a fate decreed for Jute. […]
Story: A Friend (part two)
A Friend (part two) Carefully, carefully, Mrs. Leonhardt wiggled the pulling end…the claw, was it? Back when she nailed it up, she propped the mirror on a stool. Anton better help. Better do the whole thing, now he was in the house. But god, he took forever to explain […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part two hundred twenty-five)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Eight Things Relative (part two hundred twenty-five) And then, contrary to your tendency… I went back the other way, taking the near stairs after all, because they would not allow me to go forward. They. This […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part two hundred twenty-four)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Eight Things Relative (part two hundred twenty-four) No, truly, he had not spoken to anyone. He had probably passed the odd crewman, who each and all, bless them, seemed in the habit of mumbling sir, and […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part two hundred twenty-three)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Eight Things Relative (part two hundred twenty-three) Correct. You look at me as though you hope for more. Shall I surmise you‘d have me know the hour and minute I rose from the table? I do […]
The Totem-Maker (part seventy-seven)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Eight Use for Use (part seventy-seven) I slept dressed, no longer feeling so unlikely to be disturbed that I didn’t half expect it. I sat, and reached for the poker to stir the fire’s embers. To stand would be yielding. […]
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