Pledge Week: The Devil Comes to Milan

Hi everyone, this week we’re doing things a bit different. I’ll be back from my mid year break with new episodes in two weeks’ time. In the meantime we’re running a pledge week for the Patreon channel. Tuesday through Friday I’ll be dropping on old Patreon minisode per day - today we visit Milan, the year 1630. A comet blazing across the sky spooks the people. Augurers spoke, the comet portends death - in one form or another. Then people started dying. This reminded the folk of an ancient legend… That one day, The Devil himself would come to Milan.    Check out my Patreon! For just $2 a month* you get a minimum of one tale every month  (we’re committed to 20 a year there this year, and will start releasing two a month every month when we hit the first stretch target.) As a patron you are helping to keep independent creators like me keep going. This includes occasionally putting down a month’s membership on some paywalled newspaper or other. This episode was penned a long time ago, and I’ve since lost the bibliography - but am pretty sure it grew out of something paywalled I found in the Washington Post.  Unsure if you want to join up yet? Try a 7 day free trial.  *Dollars quoted in USD…