I’ve prepared and uploaded these early, so that I have the decks clear for the Magonomia Bestiary Kickstarter in late October 2022.
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Cellini in Paris
This week we return to the biography of Benvenuto Cellini. At this stage Cellini has made his way to Paris and entered the service of King Francis the First. King Francis gives him use of a castle in Paris but, and this is why I included it, you’ll notice when he says someone alreadylives there…
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The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton
This the last episode in our Hallowe’en Week, which is in September because late in October the podcast will switch to supporting the Kickstarter for the Magonomia bestiary. The Magonomia bonus episodes will go live: two a week for five weeks which is the 30 day period that the Kickstarter is active. I’m sharing the…
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Gloramone by Madison J. Cawein
A little poem to continue Hallowe’en Week, from Madison Cawein. This recording was released in the public domain through Librivox. The moonbeams on the hollies glow Pale where she left me; and the snow Lies bleak in moonshine on the graves, Ribbed with each gust that shakes and waves Ancestral cedars by her tomb…. She…
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The Dance of Death by Baudelaire
A further seasonal poem, read into the public domain by mathemagic through Librivox. Carrying bouquet, and handkerchief, and gloves,Proud of her height as when she lived, she movesWith all the careless and high-stepping grace,And the extravagant courtesan’s thin face. Was slimmer waist e’er in a ball-room wooed?Her floating robe, in royal amplitude,Falls in deep folds…
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Jedburgh Castle and the Red Death
This was produced for a Hallowe’en Week post-a-day, but when that crossed over with the Magonomia Bestiary Kickstarter, I moved it to September. In the episode I mention “older episodes” based on a book called “Haunted Homes”. Those haven’t been released yet: they are pencilled in for September 22, September 29, and October 13. I…
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The Dark Pool by Francis Hard
A little Halloween poem, read by Dale Grothmann. It lies beneath a sunless sky,Deep in the entrails of a bog;Gnarled willows hide it, lifting highTheir tortured arms; and never frog,Nor newt, nor toad, nor dragonflyDare come within its deadly fog.For evil spirits there are boundWithin its slime: an impious runeThey chant, nor is there other…
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Fata Morgana by Henry Wordsworth Longfellow
I have tried several times to use this poem for Ars Magica or Magonomia, and I have failed each time. I’m sending it out into the universe so that it returns as something new and strange. Thanks to the Librivox production team. You’ll get a short episode every day this week to celebrate the festive…
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Herne’s Oak
A note: Halloween Week comes early this year. I’d prepped a little episode for each day, and then noticed it overlapped with the Magonomia Bestiary Kickstarter. For that Kickstarter, which is month long, I’d prepared eight episodes. Adding another week of dailies was just too much, so I’ve moved all of it up into this…
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“The White Witch” by James Weldon Johnson
A short poem for our monster of the month. Thanks to Thomas Peter for the reading. *** O brothers mine, take care! Take care!The great white witch rides out to-night.Trust not your prowess nor your strength,Your only safety lies in flight;For in her glance there is a snare,And in her smile there is a blight.…
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Games From Folktales 