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Sunday, November 15, 2026 · A publication of Blacksmith & Witches

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Read it free first: the Reading Room is open

By the Blacksmith & Witches news desk ·

Before anything is bought, it can be read. The house Reading Room carries the opening of the saga free — Paul of Teraura, chapters 1–9 — alongside a growing shelf of philosophy chapters from the Classics line, among them the complete Enchiridion of Epictetus. There is no account to make and nothing to install: the pages are ordinary web pages, made to be read in a browser and shared by link. It is the house's standing answer to the hardest question a new reader asks an unknown author — why should I start? Start free, and see.

Enter the Reading Room →