The Writings of Geoff Micks

(1899 – 1917 CE · England)  Who was the boy in the silver picture frame? The Narrator describes the happiest time of his long life, and how it led to the worst day he can remember.  Based on Chapter 13 of End by Geoff Micks.                   Enjoying…

(~1842 – ~1890 CE · The United Kingdom & the Oceans of the World)  The Narrator discovered the ultimate evolution of the sailing ship, fell madly in love with it, and could not imagine it would ever go from revolutionary to obsolete in less than three decades. Based on the second half of Chapter 12…

(~1600 – ~1842 CE · The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, & the Oceans of the World)  The Narrator describes how capitalism in its infancy dabbles in mania, rewards inefficiencies, and funds great evils in the name of progress, even when people do not like the direction things are progressing with specific references to Tulip Mania,…

(1512 – ~1670 CE · Italy, Spain, & Northwestern Europe)  The Narrator talks about the Reformation and the rise of Mercantilism with notable appearances by a Spanish friar, Dutch land reclamation schemes, and the Banda Islands, among other things. Based on the second half of Chapter 11 of End by Geoff Micks.     Enjoying…

(~1400 – 1512 CE · Italy & Spain)  The Narrator remembers the end of the Middle Ages and the beginnings of the Renaissance. He also talks about the time he got to sit in the Sistine Chapel, looking up, as a cantankerous artist who owed him money painted a ceiling. Based on the first half…

(2015 · Northern India, &  ~1273- ~1330 CE · Baghdad, Cairo, Baghdad, & Timbuktu)  The Narrator finishes his game of famous Muslims unknown to most Westerners with the tale of Mansa Musa, an emperor who gave away so much gold on his pilgrimage to Mecca that he flooded the Eastern Mediterranean with the precious commodity,…

(2015 · Northern India, & 814 – ~1273 CE · Christendom,  Al-Andalus, Constantinople, Cairo, Baghdad, & Rum)  The Narrator resumes his story, this time with his unexpected guest listening as he works. To amuse himself, he tells stories of his time with al-Khwarizmi, Omar Khayyam, and Rumi, confident those giants of medieval Islamic thought will…

(2015 CE · Northern India) The Narrator and his mystery guest meet for a second time and agree he should finish recording his life’s story before they have the conversation that motivated her to seek him out on the far side of the world. Based on Chapter 9 of End by Geoff Micks. A photo…

(756  – 814 CE · Rome, Greece, Constantinople, & More)  The Narrator recalls a happy time in his life where he worked as a caterer and party planner, and how this dragged him against his will into the orbit of an orphaned girl who would one day become the only Empress to rule in her…

(~740 – 756 CE · Spain, France, and Italy)  The Narrator remembers his time living among the Franks, and especially one frigid morning where he acted as a translator between a little boy and a Pope who fled Italy in the depths of winter to borrow an army on the strength of one of history’s…