Torsade Literary Space All Bedlam Courses Past (one hundred forty-five)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred forty-five) Dr. Mangin rode his own horse, following Clark. Lawrence, larded with cornbread and sausage, apple pie and cheese, trotted home on foot, seeing the farmer veer and the doctor come on. […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred forty-four)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred forty-four) The words were slurred, somnolent. Her hand made motions, as opening a door, and her chin came to her chest. Both hands gripped as though she hauled a heavy pan. “Never […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred forty-three)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred forty-three) All the ride back, blood tonic and bile pills in his pockets, Samuel quiet on a gumdrop, Lawrence chewed over Miss Gremot’s news. He could detect in himself…toyed with, let play […]
The Totem-Maker (part forty-seven)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Six A First Road (part forty-seven) She would not answer. Even-voiced and eyes on my work, I said: “I do not own a suirmat. I would need to have one spared, by one of the general’s retainers, perhaps. Else I may enter […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred forty-two)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred forty-two) “Josh you to an early grave.” Mumbling to himself, Samuel by the collar, Lawrence stepped into Keffer’s drugstore… To learn that everyone was modern these days. Keffer now had a foyer, […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred forty-one)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred forty-one) She was perched on her gig, the fine black horse Dancer showing true to his name, her restraining hand light on the reins. Lawrence dismounted and hauled Samuel by the collar […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred forty)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred forty) They came off the property, hit Dominionville Road, Samuel sliding hard, catching hard at the coat. “Gippy’s trying to follow. Shoo, Gippy! Go back!” You could not smack a body behind […]
Yoharie (part seventeen)
Yoharie Stalking (part seventeen) She watched Trevor’s garage door, goosed by the remote, jerk open. He was just home, just pulled in. Then Hibbler from nowhere drove…slowly…through her line of sight. He tapped his horn. He had seen her within an inch of flipping him off. Maybe. Maybe […]
The Totem-Maker (part forty-six)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Six A First Road (part forty-six) A messenger, cantering aside the ranks, met my eyes—from a distance, which suggested nothing to me. He carried a bundle; he steered with his legs, as men who fight with spear and bow learn. He halted […]
The Resident (part twenty-two)
Chapter Three Tithonians The Grey took charge of Claudine’s information. She told, and she showed, and John went off to work. His commute at the end of their shared life was sixty miles. From 2007, he could no longer teach simple computer repair. One school had […]