Echoes of Dead Worlds

For All the Haters Out There…

July 26, 2020 Saxo

“Nor is it a good thing when listeners find fault with a story just because it happens to be uninformative or clumsily told.” […]

Satan Exalting

July 25, 2020 Saxo

“Following the devil’s instruction, [the human race] sacrificed to trees, springs, and rivers, and did not know God.” […]

The Blood of a King for the Life of the People

July 23, 2020 Saxo

“Then the chieftains held a council, and they agreed that the famine probably was due to Domaldi, their king, and that they should sacrifice him for better seasons.” […]

A Dead Man’s Riposte

July 21, 2020 Saxo

“The severed head, speaking with its own lips, at once replied.” […]

The Empress’ Scandalous Past

July 19, 2020 Saxo

“When they wearied of the sport, she would approach their servants, perhaps thirty in number, and fight a duel with each of these; and even thus found no allayment of her craving.” […]

Swindled by a Starving Man

July 16, 2020 Saxo

“When his companions met him and realized what he had done, some of his friends began to laugh at him, while other censured him, but all agreed that he was out of his mind.” […]

To Kiss a Viking

July 14, 2020 Saxo

“He hewed off his lip and chin all the was down so that his teeth flew out of his head.” […]

“The Count set spurs to his horse and rode off, turning his head to look back for fear the Cid should change his mind – a thing that famous man would not do for anything in the world, for never in his life had he gone back on his word.” […]