Torsade Literary Space 
An Odd Man Out (part five)
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] Stacy from the phone shadowed Aura, Director of Guest Services, who wanted them to see what the seating […]
An Odd Man Out (part four)
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] The house was cold and smelled wonderful. But Claudie took the living room sofa, smiling, blank as to […]
An Odd Man Out (part two)
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] If anyone talked afterwards, while in the dim John explained cables, ports, disk drives, the importance of a […]
An Odd Man Out (part one)
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] Think of an anchor, a memory… A house moved into and high hopes of August, 1990. Or an […]
Are You Haunted (part forty-four)
Are You Haunted (part forty-four) That smack of the arm, jogging past, like Alfin’s. Unmollified, Powell gave Tovey the lead, heard come back, “I can get that buggy down the hill for you. Better let me.” He let his feet carry him, counseling himself against it. […]
Are You Haunted (part forty-three)
Are You Haunted (part forty-three) He carried a flashlight, skidding after Tovey down the hill. “Hold up! “Listen, I hope…” Tovey held up only for the trodden grass, and dropped his tools. “Yeah, this is good. Throw me down the light.” “I hope…” It had taken […]
Are You Haunted (part forty-two)
Are You Haunted (part forty-two) He knew this look on the face of Mrs. Lessing’s sister…brows cinched, smiling with the corners of her mouth resisting. He thought he might as well not offer to shake the Keegans’ hands. Keegan stood behind his wife, his in his […]
Are You Haunted (part forty-one)
Are You Haunted (part forty-one) Rays of sun, broken by the grid, cast disparate shapes on the tunnel floor, like small ashen figures. “Well, we’re on fire.” Davis Drybrook had said it, and punctuated the words with a chuckle. He did not misunderstand the seriousness of […]
Are You Haunted (part forty)
Are You Haunted (part forty) I will let you call me Lettie, if you know me well You may kiss me in the moonlight, and I’ll never tell No, I’m not a lass coquette-y with the village swells The voice faded as the radiance […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred eight)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Ten Crafter Becomes Maker (part one hundred eight) Then… If a person who is kind, whose justice is sure-fixed as the quiet mountain we call Ami… If, she, you believe in; her honor is to you a matter of faith; […]