The Teraura Saga
Paul of Teraura — Dima Grossman
Paul of Teraura — Chapter 1
“The Choosing.” A boy, a list of names, and two people who decided he should have a home — the opening of the grim sci-fi novel, Book One of the Teraura Saga.
Paul of Teraura — Chapter 2
“The Remote Post.” The summer Paul was six, Thomas took him east to the station — the only time. The road, the crawler, and the questions a father would not answer.
Blacksmith & Witches Classics
Chekhov — Five Complete Stories
From Selected Stories (Annotated), Classics Volume 1 — Constance Garnett’s translations.
Chekhov — The Darling
Olenka loves wholly — and disappears into whoever she loves. Complete.
Chekhov — Misery
“To whom shall I tell my grief?” The old cabman and the city that will not listen. Complete.
Chekhov — Rothschild’s Fiddle
The undertaker who counted life in losses, and the fiddle that outlived the counting. Complete.
Chekhov — The Man in a Case
Byelikov, his umbrella, and his galoshes — a whole life in a case. Complete.
Blacksmith & Witches Classics
Marcus Aurelius — Meditations, Books One to Three
From Meditations (Annotated), Classics Volume 2 — George Long’s 1862 translation.
Meditations — Book One
The emperor pays his debts: everyone he learned from, named one by one. Complete.
Meditations — Book Two
The morning resolve: expect the busybody and the ungrateful, and refuse to be surprised. Complete.
Meditations — Book Three
The short lease: life wasting daily — held close, not as gloom, but as a reason to act. Complete.
Blacksmith & Witches Classics
Plato & Machiavelli
Plato — The Apology of Socrates
The defence speech, complete, in Benjamin Jowett’s 1871 translation — from The Last Days of Socrates (Annotated), Classics Volume 4.
Machiavelli — The Prince
The Dedication and Chapters 1–3, in W. K. Marriott’s 1908 translation — from The Prince (Annotated), Classics Volume 5, in preparation.
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