The Jill Hill | Deep Nectar: Rendezvous

Below is Part 9 of 16 monthly installments for Visitant. ◄◄ Read the prologue / introduction ◄ Read Part 8: Holding Patterns: Dowries Lateral dots et alia, I ditch anterior peruke, reconfigure dorsal ballast, and streamline for cultural pursuits as sleuth Dot Motley, Esq. Suited in dated sharkskin, I minimize drag and launch forward in full […]

The Jill Hill | Twist: In Parts

Below is Part 7 of 16 monthly installments for Visitant. ◄◄ Read the prologue / introduction ◄ Read Part 6: Rosemary Tisane: Cautionary Aura Divisa in partes tres, divided into three parts, Gaius Julius Caesar Most folks hear the word Caesar and think salad, but Gaius Julius (100-44 B.C.) was a conqueror talking all Gaul—France, […]

The Jill Hill | Rosemary Tisane: Cautionary Aura

Below is Part 6 of 16 monthly installments for Visitant. ◄◄ Read the prologue / introduction ◄ Read Part 5: Gulled: Flights of Fancy Peeved with William Shakespeare, I login my password, Motleydots, and google backstory on the pungent potherb, Rosmarinus officinalis. For remembrance, says sweet Ophelia to Hamlet, a Danish prince and the lousiest […]

The Jill Hill | Camo Stripes: Arcus Eyes

Below is Part 3 of 16 monthly installments for Visitant. ◄◄ Read the prologue / introduction ◄ Read Part 2: Blue x Five: Flu Shot as Lewis & Clark Expedition Camo Stripes: Arcus Eyes On time for the eye doctor, I pen DOT MOTLEY on the lined sign-in sheet. The waiting room is cold as […]

The Jill Hill | Blue x Five: Flu Shot as Lewis & Clark Expedition

Below is Part 2 of 16 monthly installments for Visitant. ◄◄ Read the prologue / introduction ◄ Read Part 1: Brainwash: Well-Water Primer Blue x Five: Flu Shot as Lewis & Clark Expedition As usual, I initial a side-bar of consent DM and sign the bottom of the form date-stamped 2018. With a name like […]

Introduction | The Jill Hill

Below is an introduction to the serialized novella, The Jill Hill by Charlotte M. Porter in 16 monthly installments for Visitant beginning Thursday, September 5th. Introduction: The Jill Hill In 1963, I, Dot Motley, then an adolescent, boarded an overnight train for New York City and, the next day, stood in line at the Metropolitan Museum of […]

Agnes Person | Slipper Moon Apts.

Below is Part 21 of 23 monthly installments for Visitant. ◄◄ Read the prologue / introduction: Meet Agnes Person ◄ Read the previous installment | The Dodie Medallions 21 Slipper Moon Apts. Ground-floor studio, sunny garden, heat incl., pets ok. Classifieds in hand, hair square-baled, Agnes Person stands before the gracious old apartment building and wonders if […]

Agnes Person | The Dodie Medallions

Below is Part 20 of 23 monthly installments for Visitant. ◄◄ Read the prologue / introduction: Meet Agnes Person ◄ Read the previous installment | Surfactants The Dodie Medallions Folding her hair into origami signets, Agnes Person celebrates summer’s close with a swan’s song. She will hum Mozart’s lighter operas and busy herself this long Labor Day […]

Agnes Person | Surfactants

Below is Part 19 of 23 monthly installments for Visitant. ◄◄ Read the prologue / introduction: Meet Agnes Person ◄ Read the previous installment | Eyestalks Surfactants Up early with morning sickness, Agnes Person pulls her ponytail offside and hunches over the toilet. TN cocks his head and thumps his tail against the tub. The dog is […]

Agnes Person | Eyestalks

Below is Part 18 of 23 monthly installments for Visitant. ◄◄ Read the prologue / introduction: Meet Agnes Person ◄ Read the previous installment | Succulents Eyestalks Four Eyes in accordion folds peer at Agnes and her hair, wavy with wind-blown Stars and Stripes for Independence Day, the Fourth of July. Agnes is back on the mat […]