shortstory – Synecdoche

On today’s Mage: The Podcast we talk with author Antonios Galatis about his short story, “Life,” which appreared in the Truth Beyond Paradox anthology which you can purchase on Amazon or DriveThruRPG. You can also listen to “Life” here. We discuss how Antonios discovered role playing games and how he discovered Mage: The Ascension; whether Antonios is a storyteller or a player; nerds in Greece; how role playing games due to World of Darkness; the world of his protagnoist; Helenna; what “Life” is about; the upcoming supplment for Mage: The Ascension, “Gods and Monsters;” the importance of his editor, Atalanti Evripidou; te experience of recording “Life” for the podcast with his friend, Panos Skezos; the importance of describing things in stories and role playing games; Joseph Campbell and C.G. Jung and masculine and femine aspects of human nature; the timelesness of “Life;” Podcastle; the upcoming Mage: The Ascension shortfilm that will be fimed in Greece.

Join us again next Satruday when Lee Webb joins us to talk about the perils Paradox. Every modern-day fantasy story has to confront a fundamental question—if magic is real where has it been hiding all this time. The anwer to that question in Mage is Paradox.

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On today’s show we’re going to do something different. Instead of talking about Mage were going to hear the short story “Life” read by the author, Antonios Galatis. “Life” is from the Truth Beyond Paradox anthology and you can find on Amazon or DriveThruRPG.

I’m really excited about today’s show because ever since I heard the Walking Away from Arcadia Changeling podcast’s “Beyond the Mists” short story I’ve wanted to do something like on this show. Go listen to “Beyond the Mists,” it’s fantastic.

I’ve been a member of the Mage: The Ascension Facebook group for a couple of months and in that time I’ve met some really wonderful people. In fact, that’s show I met Satyros Brucato, the co-creator of Mage. When I discovered Antonios was also a member of the group I approached him about reading his short story for the show. I was thrilled that he agreed to do it and even more surprised that he went above and beyond to produce a professional recording of his story. Antonios could have recored it on his laptop or phone with a headset and I would have been happy with whatever I got. I’m floored that Antonios was so generous with his time to record “Life” and he’s set the bar for future short stories to appear on Mage: The Podcast.

We’ll also have Andonee as a guest on the show this Saturday at 10 AM Pacific on Zcast. As usual, you can join in in realtime with any questions you have for Antonios or post your questions on Twitter @magethepodcast or metal us at magethepodcast@gmail.com.

See you then!

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Antonios Rave-N Galatis, author of “Life”

Life by Antonios Rave-N Galatis