Beneath a Persian blue comforter patterned with scattered nosegays of mauve, magenta and dusky pink roses, Skye lay on her side in the darkening bedroom. Her eyes scanned the familiar room, moving from the walls, painted a light cornflower blue, to the framed reproductions of Degas’ Dancers at the Barre and Two [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Part One•Section XXXVII•Paragraph One
Posted in Part One, Section 37, tagged anorexia, counterpane, comforter, hue, value, hunger on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Part One•Section XXXVI•Paragraph 1
Posted in Part One, Section 36, tagged cell phone, Domine, fiction, loss, Parce, Shiraz, soup on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reminded, suddenly, by his phone’s vibrating in his pocket, that he hadn’t yet picked up the message from Arden, Rennie groaned audibly, “C’mon, you old fleabag, you. Let’s go face the music.” Talisker pushed ahead of him as he entered the unlit vestibule. He called out, but no one answered. He [...]
Part One•Section XXXV•Paragraph 1
Posted in Part One, Section 35, tagged chrysanthemum, disapproval, fiction, sisal on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Talisker nudged his hand and leaned against his leg as Rennie stood looking at the front of the house, thinking about how he had tentatively touched the newly painted deck, just as his father had gently tested the surface of the boat, to be sure it was dry. If he hurried, he [...]
