Torsade Literary Space 
Are You Haunted (part forty-seven)
Are You Haunted (part forty-seven) Interlocking rings of the same foul soot marbled the walls, a pattern showing a strange liquidity. On the floor, he saw two lines of charred, brittle stuff fallen from the steel beams— Finally, he saw what the flashlight had not picked […]
Are You Haunted (part forty-six)
Are You Haunted (part forty-six) He rolled his tie and stuck it in a jacket pocket. He folded the jacket and placed it on a mossy patch. He untucked and unbuttoned, and took off his clean white shirt. He folded this and laid it on top […]
The Resident: An Odd Man Out (part twelve)
The Resident Chapter Four An Odd Man Out (part twelve) They didn’t have blinds on the windows; blinds became a place to start. The soft light of a wooded lot, well off the road, where no one saw inside… Claudie had loved waking up to it. […]
Are You Haunted (part forty-five)
Are You Haunted (part forty-five) The church had burned decades earlier. “Always been this way for most of us,” Tovey said. “Camping-out spot. C’mon, get up here.” No hand was offered. Powell hoisted himself over the wall, plodded to the graveyard. Where Tovey sat on Elias […]
The Resident: An Odd Man Out (part eleven)
The Resident Chapter Four An Odd Man Out They had a mobile phone, their latest answering machine’s. He could leave her, would have to leave her and go to the kitchen, get the phone. Jog back dialing 911. Punching 911. Talk to the dispatcher, my wife […]
An Odd Man Out (part ten)
The Resident Chapter Four An Odd Man Out [rerunning the last several entries to help readers catch up, because I haven’t added to this story for months] Meanwhile, Claudie’s garden grew, and her need to be outside; and he found her missing from the house […]
An Odd Man Out (part nine)
The Resident Chapter Four An Odd Man Out [rerunning the last several entries to help readers catch up, because I haven’t added to this story for months] Learning Experiences was still John’s employer. His income afforded not much for brightening the house. By that Christmas […]
An Odd Man Out (part eight)
The Resident Chapter Four An Odd Man Out [rerunning the last several entries to help readers catch up, because I haven’t added to this story for months] She said this, and when they’d kicked a few leaves, stepped around to the laburnums’ shedding, she talked […]
An Odd Man Out (part seven)
The Resident Chapter Four An Odd Man Out [rerunning the last several entries to help readers catch up, because I haven’t added to this story for months] He knew her dismissal didn’t mesh. The friend of a casual friend doesn’t call to scold you. But […]
An Odd Man Out (part six)
The Resident Chapter Four An Odd Man Out [rerunning the last several entries to help readers catch up, because I haven’t added to this story for months] “Look at the little cups and saucers! John! I love pink roses! Can I have both kinds of […]