Torsade Literary Space 
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred forty-five)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Thirteen The Citadel (part one hundred forty-five) I cantered on, Cuerpha in the mood for this run, our way sloping downwards. My Totem had been seeking me, for the sensible thought came that I ought to seek it. And with […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred forty-four)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Thirteen The Citadel (part one hundred forty-four) “Your brother,” I said, “is named Ami?” “When we are affirmed, we take the name of a patron god.” “But Ami?” “Any of many hundred.” “You have not told me yours.” “Neither have […]
Sequence of Events (part ten)
Sequence of Events Chapter Two Mud in Your Eye ii. Following her down Mrs. Chamberlain’s stairs, had come a voice. “Why don’t you forget this place and take a walk with me? It’s a public street.” The echo of his shoes died, […]
Sequence of Events (part nine)
Sequence of Events Chapter Two Mud in Your Eye “Another pearly gater, per the Herald.” She was not a secretary, because Harvey worked only three months of the year. He called Luberta his factotum, and would now and then lower her […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred forty-three)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Thirteen The Citadel (part one hundred forty-three) Morning arrived, and Castor with the ponies, parting a heavy mist that veiled Torin’s lane. From discontented sleep I had risen before the household…and gained none of the hour of peace and privacy […]
The Totem-Maker (part one hundred forty-two)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Thirteen The Citadel (part one hundred forty-two) My purpose in these accounts is to teach of my journey to a modest wisdom—which I allow to be revered (for the poor of the land have only the wise to spare them […]
Sequence of Events (part eight)
Sequence of Events Chapter Two Mud in Your Eye i. Luberta Bragg was going out as a woman. The netted chignon was affixed to the headpiece; the headpiece was an evening cap like a wedge of orange…or lemon, she ought to […]
Sequence of Events (part seven)
Sequence of Events Chapter One A Personal Choice Stanley left his bed, found the glass of the window dewed over, a loneliness about the bungalow’s situation, with no outdoor view and surprisingly few noises…a bark, a motor, a footfall… He felt […]
Sequence of Events (part six)
Sequence of Events Chapter One A Personal Choice vi. Today the waves were dangerously high And I chained from the path Climbed until I saw the summit’s bleak shape Echoed in a pillar of cloud My view obscured Stayed here by […]
Sequence of Events (part five)
Sequence of Events Chapter One A Personal Choice v. “Stanley gets the luck of the draw, for showing up unannounced. He’ll have to be a man.” “Stanley brought me a gift.” Phillip slid his braces off with a panache honed in […]