All Bedlam Courses Past (one hundred fifty-one)

Posted by ractrose on 9 Sep 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred fifty-one)             Mangin led his horse, and the two walked, Lawrence at a ponderous gait. He wanted to ask the doctor, this doctor, this sympathetic man… He did not want to ask Mr. […]

The Totem-Maker (part fifty)

Posted by ractrose on 6 Sep 2024 in Fiction, Novels

  The Totem-Maker Chapter Six A First Road (part fifty)                   When I’d eaten, when the servant had come with the cloth, and I had cleaned my fingers, I began idling with my tablets and tiles. This drew every eye. The general left his seat to grimace […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred fifty)

Posted by ractrose on 4 Sep 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred fifty)             Lawrence stilled a certain sigh of completion. He knew his life would be difficult, that Mary had kept his house…that a wife did this. Mary had kept his house, and he […]

My Blog Week: July 6 to July 13

Posted by ractrose on 3 Sep 2024 in The Latest

All the Latest from Torsade!                                   Am episode of “The Tambinder Engine”, with Deenie fearing Lynn has come to find her. The last of the “Chess” arc in the Eight series, “Queen’s Rook”.  A translation of a Victor Hugo […]

Yoharie (part eighteen)

Posted by ractrose on 30 Aug 2024 in Fiction, Novels

Yoharie Stalking (part eighteen)               She sipped, and waited for Trevor to stop chewing. “What are you proposing?” “You want half a cheeseburger…?” “Oh, no. Maybe a bite.” Adapting, she bit, and traded the cheeseburger for a napkin. “My proposal… Take the rest.” He scooted the fries. “I have […]

Right Understanding (poem)

Posted by ractrose on 29 Aug 2024 in Art, Poems

      Right Understanding   Listen, hearing What’s attached to your head, make advance patrols, trailblazers Of surrounding space Hair networks your scalp not for nothing, let the air inform you Whether something’s in it Let your ears tell how much at-battle the noise is Let the holes of your piercings convey as wind […]

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

Posted by ractrose on 27 Aug 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred forty-nine)             Pearletta was beating rugs, a chore to keep busy during the vigil…a death vigil not quite… A waiting, to hurry Samuel back to Clarks, if he wandered home and wanted to […]

The Totem-Maker (part forty-nine)

Posted by ractrose on 25 Aug 2024 in Fiction, Novels

  The Totem-Maker Chapter Six A First Road (part forty-nine)                   “My hegnedre carried this, and was told by a woman there, Larsa, do you know her…? Yes. That Lom named you to have what was his at death. We learned, so, that he was dead. In […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred forty-eight)

Posted by ractrose on 23 Aug 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred forty-eight)             “However. Two deaths from typhoid. Typhoid is a matter for the county health officer, and that is what I will tell Dr. Magnusson. He is required to make his report to […]

All Bedlam Courses Past (part one hundred forty-seven)

Posted by ractrose on 21 Aug 2024 in Fiction, Novels

          All Bedlam Courses Past   Chapter Six Short Days (part one hundred forty-seven)             ii. Tend your business     It was a great deliverance, Mangin himself finding them. Lawrence thought so in a spirit hopefully devout. He allowed God might count him failed. He […]