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All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred eighty-nine)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Eight Things Relative (part one hundred eighty-nine) Under cover of being surplus to the conversation, Élucide crossed to visit Manfred. “Don’t laugh,” he said. “At which thing?” His smile was a bit tragic. “I’d forgotten that. […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred eighty-eight)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Eight Things Relative (part one hundred eighty-eight) They followed into the hall, then through ceiling-high curtains, pulled and pouffed into silk-tasseled restraint. The drawing room was decorated with settees and slipper chairs, cozied into semicircles. One […]
My Blog Week: October 6 to October12
All the Latest from Torsade! Three Bedlams, with Lawrence finding a decision made for him, and Richard tasked with a duty he doesn’t feel. A Totem, the crossing of a strange sea. My […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred eighty-seven)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Eight Things Relative (part one hundred eighty-seven) ii. Nova Belgica Two years past, liking herself as a woman who telegraphed, Élucide had telegraphed Mexico City, paying for it, expecting a short answer back. Her […]
Right Action (poem)
Right Action curious about horrors warnings of graphic content, last phone calls “last phone calls” a titled feature The thing that would be said frankly may or may not 6.7 million views, 506,000 views, 645,000 views, 2.7 million views, 4.8 million views, 1.2 million views Footage from copyrighted material, altered, sometimes […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred eighty-six)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Eight Things Relative (part one hundred eighty-six) Weem slid a shame-faced look Élucide’s way. Elmer hauled himself to a second stone, her charcoal between his teeth, working at a job unneeded, with diligence a little desperate. […]
Story: Fellyans (part six)
Fellyans (part six) Things, however, were not well. Prints from a pair of clogs crossed and trampled his mints, and the frame sheltering his tiny starts of fennel, chervil, and borage, lay kicked askew. “Don’t help, Gert,” he said to the kitchen dog. “I’m sorry. I’m not hopeless at gardens. […]
Story: Fellyans (part five)
Fellyans (part five) When the alms collectors knocked, she had to wait with her mother behind the door, because Jorinda would say, “My loves, it is all wishes with the charity people. And no, you may not speak to them.” “Alma, do you wish…” “King of the Hutterers,” Bede threw […]
My Blog Week: September 29 to October 5
All the Latest from Torsade! A Totem, and a journey overland, from a familiar sea to a strange one. A Bedlam, Lawrence giving a reluctant ride east to his brother. My Blog Week: […]
The Totem-Maker (part sixty-two)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Seven Winter Alone (part sixty-two) As no one came this way, I had time enough to be tutored, to learn a new language. I could, and of necessity, did, draw near the fire, ladle water from the boiling pot, hold […]