Presentation Slides! Now that the All Souls Con videos are live for all to enjoy, I can share these with everyone! (On the link, scroll down to… Read more “All Souls Convention 2018: Slides”
Author: stephenieeloise
Vermeer, Matthew
“A painting by Vermeer was propped up on a bookshelf next to a shell. It was unfamiliar – not one of the artist’s few known canvases. The… Read more “Vermeer, Matthew”
George Ripley’s The Compound of Alchemy
George Ripley’s ‘The Compound of Alchemy’ or ‘The Twelve Gates’ (written 1471) describes the processes necessary to achieve the Philosopher’s Stone. The manuscript copy in the Edinburgh… Read more “George Ripley’s The Compound of Alchemy”
The Unicorn Tapestry
Corra, Diana’s familiar, was clinging to the minstrels’ gallery with her talons, chattering madly and clacking her tongue. She waved hello to Matthew with her barbed tail,… Read more “The Unicorn Tapestry”
Hamish’s Hunting Lodge
‘He downshifted through the lime alley that had once led to a palace and now led nowhere, an odd remnant of a grand life no one wanted… Read more “Hamish’s Hunting Lodge”
Louisa in Yellow
Over the mantel there was an enormous portrait of a dark-haired, late-seventeenth-century beauty in a yellow gown. It had certainly been painted by Sir Peter Lely.