All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred sixty-four)

Posted by ractrose on 21 Oct 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past     Chapter Seven Can’t Leave for Staying   (part one hundred sixty-four)             Wrapped in a quilt, Richard went outside and came in grumbling, kicked the door shut…understanding, suddenly, why a lump of sandstone sat on the floor. Can’t fix […]

The Resident (part twenty-three)

      Chapter Three Tithonians             Now Gemma Quill was in his kitchen. Other voices were Des and Wiss, and the one who’d come to his party… Deb, Gemma supplied, whispering did she want anything from the fridge? “No. I feel stuffed. But actually, carrot sticks.” “Des, are there […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (one hundred sixty-three)

Posted by ractrose on 19 Oct 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past     Chapter Seven Can’t Leave for Staying   (part one hundred sixty-three)             The steps could not be climbed with nonchalance. Silent at his work, Richard heaved to the porch, and found her hand on his chest. “All this come […]

My Blog Week: July 28 to August 3

Posted by ractrose on 18 Oct 2024 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                                   An episode of Yoharie, with Giarma visiting Trevor’s house. Two episodes of Bedlam, with Lawrence meeting a neighbor on his way to town, and meeting Miss Gremot in town.         […]

The Totem-Maker (part fifty-five)

The Totem-Maker (part fifty-five)

Posted by ractrose on 16 Oct 2024 in Fiction, Novels

  The Totem-Maker Chapter Six A First Road (part fifty-five)                       She peered for a glimpse of sun, and pointed. “There is a great city not on this map, an island of the south. Very near the shore, bridged by land when the tide is […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred sixty-two)

Posted by ractrose on 14 Oct 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past     Chapter Seven Can’t Leave for Staying   (part one hundred sixty-two)             Two of three returning faces lit up. Richard jumped overboard, before the wagon drew to a halt. What anyone said was not distinct, but it was not, […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred sixty-one)

Posted by ractrose on 11 Oct 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past     Chapter Seven Can’t Leave for Staying   (part one hundred sixty-one)             i. Have you ever helped me       Frost met the eye, and the soul greeted October’s show of sincerity willing… To peter down into goneness. […]

The Totem-Maker (part fifty-four)

Posted by ractrose on 10 Oct 2024 in Fiction, Novels

  The Totem-Maker Chapter Six A First Road (part fifty-four)                       I could not swear this was true. I’d had nothing in my life to do with butchery, or with physic, and I wondered for the first time, what is that threshold? What proof life […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred sixty)

Posted by ractrose on 9 Oct 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Six Short Days   (part one hundred sixty)             And Richard was his brother, you had to give a hand when a brother asked… Lawrence now sat straighter, took his hat off, put it back on. No mistake, the […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred fifty-nine)

Posted by ractrose on 7 Oct 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred fifty-nine)             Lawrence conjured flapjacks, a camp meal he knew the means of. Richard stepped close on stiff-jointed feet, his morning flesh drained of color. Face stubbled, not bearded. He dropped the coat […]