For two powerful wizards, there is only one thing stronger than love: stubbornness. Final episode of Season 1! If you like what you've heard, leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Podchaser. Written by: Jonathan Cohen for the Lavender Tavern. Narrated by: Ben Meredith A Faustian Nonsense production ..read more

Auerbach's Destiny: Some people are born to greatness, destined to be saviors of their land. Others...not so much. Memorial: A cottage in the woods built for two. Three perfect coneflowers. And a single, fresh grave. Written by: Jonathan Cohen for the Lavender Tavern. Narrated by: Ben Meredith A Faustian Nonsense production ..read more

Forbidden: Don't go in the forest. Don't open your eyes after sunset. And don’t look behind the cellar door.... if you know what's good for you. (Trigger Warnings: Mental/emotional abuse, kidnapping) The Gods Above the Table: Each week, two men play at being gods. And each week, millions of tiny people live and die by their hands... Written by: Jonathan Cohen for the Lavender Tavern. Narrated by: Ben Meredith A Faustian Nonsense production ..read more

The Silver Thread: If you wake up with a silver thread attached to you, of course you're going to look for the other end. But what are you going to find there? Heart of a Soldier: Magic is remarkably good at putting injured soldiers back together. Even when the mages can't find all of the pieces. Trigger Warnings: Violence (Heart of a Soldier). Written by: Jonathan Cohen for the Lavender Tavern. Narrated by: Ben Meredith A Faustian Nonsense production ..read more

The Arbiter's Ruling - All Ministers are equal, and all Ministers are as one. Except those who would keep magical spells for themselves. Set in the same world as Myer's Helping Hand. Next Year in Elysium - Welcome to the wedding...Pour some ale, raise a glass, and join us in a toast. Next Year in Elysium! Trigger Warnings: Emotional abuse (The Arbiter's Ruling). Written by: Jonathan Cohen for the Lavender Tavern. Narrated by: Ben Meredith A Faustian Nonsense production ..read more

Gallants in Distress: Just as there are damsels in distress, there are gallants in distress. Hamlyn the street-ale vendor is about to find out how knights track down these distressed men. The Next Town Over: The Collective has forsworn violence. But how then to deal with the People, who have not? Written by: Jonathan Cohen for the Lavender Tavern. Narrated by: Ben Meredith A Faustian Nonsense production ..read more

The King's Cup-Bearer: For five years, the king and his cup-bearer have been trapped in the king's chambers. Now, finally, his servant is going to venture forth and find out what is really going on in the kingdom... The Merchant of Dreams: Every day Dimitri sold dreams to anyone who asked, but he could not dream himself. Written by: Jonathan Cohen for the Lavender Tavern. Narrated by: Ben Meredith A Faustian Nonsense production ..read more

There was one place where there were hundreds, perhaps thousands of magical ley lines that gathered and writhed like snakes. It was destiny that this should be the greatest city ever built: Frostford. Meet Myer, an absentminded young mage who works for the Ministry in Frostford. Now meet Myer's helping hand: Stepwise, the daemon he creates so that he can find the things he misplaces. Myer is about to discover that giving humanity the ability to search for anything, at any time, can lead to catastrophe. Part 2 of 2. Written by: Jonathan Cohen Narrated by: Trevor Schechter A Faustian Nonsense pr ..read more

Every world in this realm is crisscrossed by ley lines; filaments of earth energy that connect places of worship, monuments, and historical sites. You have passed through innumerable ley lines in your life: think of any desolate place you have been where the hair on the back of your neck stood up for no reason you could fathom... Meet Myer, an absentminded young mage who works for the Ministry in Frostford. Now meet Myer's helping hand: Stepwise, the daemon he creates so that he can find the things he misplaces. Myer is about to discover that giving humanity the ability to search for anything ..read more

It had been decades since the last dragon had been sighted in the region; Goodwife Bayliss was the oldest Baravian, and even she could only dimly recollect her grandparents telling tales of an ice dragon spraying the countryside with frost and icicles, freezing the cattle and sheep where they stood. Nobody had seen a dragon since then. Until now. Every town menaced by a dragon could use a knight. Every lonely wizard could also use a knight. What happens to a love affair when the dragon has been defeated? Written by: Jonathan Cohen Narrated by: Joe Cruz A Faustian Nonsense production. To read t ..read more