Writing Sya: Foxfire

Foxfire
Copyright © 2005, S. Y. Affolee

who
can blame her for hunkering
into the doorwells at night,
the only blaze in the dark
the brush of her hopeful tail,
the only starlight
her little bared teeth?

- Lucille Clifton

The entire novel can be downloaded here (rtf, 490 kb).

1. To the Open Sea

2. Down Tupet Road

3. The Letter

4. Settling the Estate

5. Sandwiches

6. Southmore's Offer

7. Tarts

8. Shepherd's Lane

9. Box 802

10. The Challenge

11. Rational Explanation

12. At the Park

13. Last Notes

14. Cross Section

15. The Rubbing Effect

16. Eels and Leeches

17. Museum Galleries

18. Stonewall

19. Hint of Claw

20. Herbal Tea

21. No Play

22. Watching Tithe Night

23. Danaides

24. The Latest Crack

25. Restraint

26. Claw to Face

27. Household Disorder

28. Never Called Son

29. Tagging Along

30. False Demons

31. A Hungry Temple God

32. Drunk Monk

33. The Cabal

34. Little Baggage

35. Breakfast Chat

36. Poppycock

37. Blowing a Gasket

38. Warning Advice

39. A Black Needle

40. Under a Rosebush

41. Fish and Sausages

42. Binding

43. Collared

44. Fire and Smoke

45. Gray as the Clouds