Giovanni

the middle of nowhere part three: the middle of nowhere Night unknown The cargo hold of the Pride of Roderigo Somewhere on the Atlantic Ocean Once again, despite his wishes, the dead man woke. Trapped

dig your own hole part two: dig your own hole The cowled figure stepped forth from the shadows, seeming to pour out of them like wine from a pitcher. It surveyed the surroundings, sniffing a bit in th

Kissing Cousins Introduction: Kissing Cousins Boston, April 4th It was late afternoon when Kay Polerno arrived at the Boston mansion of her mother’s family. She was nervous. She had met her maternal c

Mortal Roots Chapter One: A Familiar Conceit of us who became Kindred are just a little different from what’s normal. If you ask me, you got no reason even trying to figure out why God wants Kindred s

Before History No idea, huh? See, you’ve just gone from being ignorant kine (that’s what we vampires refer to humans as, see) to ignorant Kindred. That’s what most vampires refer to themselves as. Yea

Toward The Renaissance — in Two Forms After the Becoming, Giovanni history once again grows quiet for a few hundred years. This was a period in which the family was simultaneously conducting two calcu

The Eternal City This is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to the geography of Rome or a sort of 17th century Rome By Night. Rather, it is a sketch of the major regions of the city, including t

No Rest For the Wicked After the resolution of that particular hysteria, things calmed down… until Charlemagne came onto the scene. See, at the end of the eighth century, the Lombard king Desiderius d