There will be no new episode of The History of the Twentieth Century this week. The podcast will return next week as usual with episode 150, “Caporetto.”

In the meantime, if you miss the sound of my voice, you can listen to this presentation I made at Mythmoot V, concerning my short story, “The Boy Who Didn’t Know How to Recognize a King,” in which I read an excerpt from the story and talk about how I came to write it. You can read the complete story here.