Torsade Literary Space All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred sixty-one)
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)
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)
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)
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 […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred fifty-eight)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred fifty-eight) Jumping out of the wagon, Lawrence shot a glance more appraising at Domino…really a dark brown, socks to the knee. Domino was not Dancer. He had found it wholly likely Richard […]
The Totem-Maker (part fifty-three)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Six A First Road (part fifty-three) Our setting sail became urgent; no more could be postponed. We crossed a plain of murmuring dark earth, from the outpost at the foot of the mountain, to the fingering ridges that brought us to […]
My Blog Week: July 21 to July 27
All the Latest from Torsade! A poem, from an early collection, on the tensions of power. A Bedlam, with Lawrence going to town, hoping his wife sorts herself alone. An episode of “The Resident”, John’s mind making its […]
The Totem-Maker (part fifty-two)
The Totem-Maker Chapter Six A First Road (part fifty-two) I etched my wheel on the first tablet. I placed the tiles. The captain’s luck was doubtful, although— “You have a son?” I glanced at Jute, who stood below the steps, clutching the tapestry. “Bring […]
Repoussé (Three Actors)
Repoussé (Three Actors) Heaven’s vengeance on marauding brigands Hammered in a wine cup Proof against the devil Yet the show doesn’t start Catching, it resets and strains of music introduce Three actors They take the stage and play their scene Speak their dialogue again And one Outwitted and a step behind […]
All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred fifty-seven)
All Bedlam Courses Past Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred fifty-seven) It was past twilight, an hour since he’d said, “Bedtime,” to Samuel and turned on his side. He had started a dream, wrangling with Gremot over rebuilding of the stead; Miss […]