Torsade Literary Space 
Are You Jealous (conclusion)
Are You Jealous (part twelve) They fetched up on the rim of a circle whose center was another Henderson, further elongated, alike pale-eyed and hawk-nosed. Gabriel knew of no famous Youngs. He could not place the man he assumed to be Henderson’s brother. He supposed it delightful […]
Are You Jealous (part eleven)
Are You Jealous (part eleven) Presby cast her a look of warm sympathy. The eyeglasses sketched encompassing circles. “We find desirable items from the interwar era,” he told Young. “Individuals, rather than starve, relinquished heirlooms.” “It was a period of great poverty in Europe.” “Factories unable to […]
Are You Jealous (part ten)
Are You Jealous (part ten) “Other purposes by then, as I was saying. Is she coming back?” Of an intern, or graduate student, making towards the couple. They sat smiling in the braced manner of those who have had enough of a person. Gabriel felt he would […]
Are You Jealous (part nine)
Are You Jealous (part nine) A second arrow pointed the opposite direction, indicating Parking! Because with such people you had, of course, left your car wrong as well. He would give it up, he told himself… But no. Venturing past the pillar, Gabriel had noticed a flash […]
Are You Jealous (part eight)
Are You Jealous (part eight) “I have to be there early. Just, please, don’t fuss. You’re old enough to find a place by yourself.” Eva, wearing black…many layers, but all black, rooted in her bag. She pulled out her turquoise beads. “Gabriel, do the clasp.” She had […]
Are You Jealous (part seven)
Are You Jealous (part seven) “You have taken it all apart and put it back together?” “I have done more. I have copied each part, fabricated a twin to it. I have made a second clock. The second clock does not work.” “Did the first ever, though?” […]
Are You Jealous (part six)
Are You Jealous (part six) Reiff, white hair in minimalist proportion to brow, brow deeply furrowed with the demands of craftsmanship, and coming cliff-like over blue eyes…also was capable of emerging from a trap, it appeared. “You know me?” “Who else am I expecting?” If this […]
Are You Jealous (part five)
Are You Jealous (part five) Her grandmother, two months dead, had been the wardrobe’s embodiment. Love was not her feeling for the clock. She had used it, pointed to it, opened the door, closed the door. While the clock, the splendid clock, the painted clock, the chiming […]
Are You Jealous (part four)
Are You Jealous (part four) He looked at the next email, Emil Reiff’s request for payment. He looked twice. The clock gave a brief twinkling note, as it struck the half-hour. How could the repairs have cost so much? Reiff had not itemized; he extenuated nothing…but he […]
Are You Jealous (part three)
Are You Jealous (part three) He saw an unfamiliar name. He saw Presby’s name in the subject line. He was unsurprised to see a spare deconstructed logo behind an outline of city towers… Which drew itself further to become a chair and desk. The background was a […]