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    Month: November 2023

    This Textured Darkness, #117

    She struck her hands together and the floor became a sea of blood, and from the sea rose hungry creatures.

    November 14, 2023November 6, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #116

    Instantly, all the candles went out, and the room was covered in darkness.

    November 13, 2023November 6, 2023 by joanspilman

    Silver Bottle, ‘This Will Never Stop” Chapter, Episode 28

    I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal savior thirteen times before your grandmother put a stop to my altar runs.

    November 13, 2023November 10, 2023 by joanspilman

    Silver Bottle, chap. “This Will Never Stop”, Episode 27

    The women wouldn’t let it die. For every unanswered question, they made up answer of their own, filling a stew pot fired by their tongues.

    November 12, 2023November 12, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #115

    Elymas strained at the knots. At least he knew who he was dealing with — a village witch who’d somehow learned of his plans and wished for a place in his coming reign.

    November 12, 2023November 12, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Will Never Stop, from the novel, Silver Bottle, Episode 26

    I want forgiveness, and if we were standing face to face, I wouldn’t have the nerve to ask for it. Maybe I was such a bad mother that I’ve no rights left.

    November 11, 2023November 8, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #114

    It was only a woman come to clean, who had somehow brought billows of purple smoke. Or maybe it was the candles. Two hundred candles, and by the time the wicks were burning low.

    November 11, 2023November 6, 2023 by joanspilman

    This Textured Darkness, #113

    Elymas placed the goblet on the tray and rubbed his eyes with his fists. Had he seen a woman sporting three boars’ heads at the entrance doors?

    November 10, 2023November 6, 2023 by joanspilman

    “This Will Never Stop” from Silver Bottle, Episode 25

    I wanted to cuddle the doll, but her eyes were now open and glittering with malice.

    November 10, 2023November 8, 2023 by joanspilman

    “This Will Never Stop”, Episode 24 from the novel, Silver Bottle

    Such a lot of motion in a two-syllable word. A shyly sensual sound at a time when sex wasn’t talked about, except by married women on porches in the summer twilight, or wildly exaggerated by teenage girls.

    November 9, 2023November 3, 2023 by joanspilman

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