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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

In the small town of Wolfwater, every door was always open to Finn, except for one... Finn can go through any door in the town of Wolfwater except one...because he's too fat to fit through it. But Finn is determined to find out what's behind the golden door. No matter what. Part 2 of 2. Written by: Jonathan Cohen Narrated by: Joe Cruz A Faustian Nonsense production. To read the transcript of this episode, go to...

In the small town of Wolfwater, every door was always open to Finn, except for one... Finn can go through any door in the town of Wolfwater except one...because he's too fat to fit through it. But Finn is determined to find out what's behind the golden door. No matter what. Part 1 of 2. Written by: Jonathan Cohen Narrated by: Joe Cruz A Faustian Nonsense production. To read the transcript of this episode, go to...

If you venture far enough to the west, the world comes to an end... On the edge of an endless fog, a lonely bartender welcomes a weary traveler. They've each got a tale to tell the other, but who's really telling the truth? Written by: Jonathan Cohen Narrated by: Joe Cruz A Faustian Nonsense production. To read the transcript of this episode, go to https://thelavendertavern.captivate.fm/episode/the-tavern-at-the-edge-of-the-world Content warnings: homophobia, sexism

There was a land, long ago, that had been scoured of magic. It is strange to say, it is strange to believe, but there it was: a world without runes, without sigils and even without potions. How did this happen? How it usually happens. With a decision by one man... Even though magic has been dead for a century, Edric, an old student of Clover Academy wants to convince his professor Sorrel that he's rediscovered it. Sorrel, however, wants to convince Edric that the magic he's performing is...

And then – and then Bernard saw a violet flash, something that he had never seen before... A man that has magically travelled from Bernard's future wants to help him avoid his mistakes, but Bernard finds that destiny has a mind of its own. Part 2 of 2. Written by: Jonathan Cohen Narrated by: Joe Cruz A Faustian Nonsense production. To read the transcript for this episode, go to https://thelavendertavern.captivate.fm/episode/the-scrying-eye-part-2 Content warnings: tobacco, alcohol

And then – and then Bernard saw a violet flash, something that he had never seen before... A man that has magically travelled from Bernard's future wants to help him avoid his mistakes, but Bernard finds that destiny has a mind of its own. Part 1 of 2. Written by: Jonathan Cohen Narrated by: Joe Cruz A Faustian Nonsense production. To read the transcript of this episode, go to https://thelavendertavern.captivate.fm/episode/the-scrying-eye-part-1 Content warnings: tobacco, alcohol

"No, you cannot wish for three more wishes. No, you cannot wish for an infinite number of wishes. And no, I cannot give you the power to grant wishes." Dear human, Akuma the demon has been trapped in a lamp for nearly 1,000 years. Now he's going to tell you HIS side of the story. Written by: Jonathan Cohen Narrated by: Trevor Schechter A Faustian Nonsense production. To read the transcript of this episode, go to https://thelavendertavern.captivate.fm/episode/the-demons-tale

In a city that stood on a hill by the sea, every child born was given a pair of dice... When everyone is born with a pair of dice that determines their fate, how can one man escape his destiny? Written by: Jonathan Cohen Narrated by: Joe Cruz A Faustian Nonsense production. To read the transcript, go to https://thelavendertavern.captivate.fm/episode/the-unlucky-gambler

Welcome to the Lavender Tavern Podcast. Come join us by the fire for original gay fairytales. In Season One... A man struggles against fate in a world where every child is born with a pair of dice that determines their success (or lack of it) at life...A demon who has been trapped in a lamp for nearly 1,000 years tells his side of the story...In a land where magic has been extinct for a hundred years, a student tries to convince his old professor that he has rediscovered it...On the edge of...