The Sicilian Job

by Phillip Riviezzo | Feb 11, 2018

Chapter One   October 29, 1636 Palermo, Sicily   Autumn chill nipped at Albrecht's ears as he stepped off the docks, and he pulled up the hood of his cloak to cover them. Palermo had changed in the years since he had left, and not for the better. Where the...

Greta’s Day Off

by Phillip Riviezzo | Jun 15, 2017

Night, May, 1636 A Road near Vesserhausen   She woke up. This was not strange, because Greta slept a lot when she was not dancing. She was in her wooden den, and it was moving. This was also not strange—when her den was moving, it meant she could rest, and would...

A Sucker Born Every Minute

by Phillip Riviezzo | Oct 2, 2014

March 1635 Naumburg   Lamplight flickered over the table as Jan partitioned out what profits they had made the past few days. After subtracting costs of buying more food, care for the horses, repairs to the wagons, and the requisite contribution to their...