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In early Elizabeth’s England, if you want to make a fast getaway, you use a horse, except if you are in London, where you slope down to the river and embark surreptitiously, with the help of a convenient waterman. You don’t, surprisingly, use a carriage. That being said, at the end I’ll discuss some ways…

This week a little sliver of Venice. This is from my recording of the biography of the dogaressas of Venice for Librivox. It’s the story of the daughter of a doge who was married into a rival family. When the rival family rebelled anyway she, and all of her children, and anyone who was married…

This is our monster for the month. He’s clearly a faerie who sells Arcane Connections. Stats eventually. This recording was released through Librivox by Dale Grothmann. Thanks to Dale and his production team. *** The Vendor of TearsBy William M . ConselmanThe little old man closed my library door and stepped nimbly forward. He bowed…

If we were doing a proper product here, I would not be the guy to write this: I know at least two of the old Ars Magica gang who would be better choices. That being said, there are plot hooks here we can use, and I’d like to flag them for your table. So, in…

A huge chunk from the Autobiography of Benevenuto Cellini in this episode. There’s some period magic here which is what originally drew me to this author. In this section I initially didn’t include the bit at the end about the assassin, but I want to be able to call back to it when, later. In…