My setting is fantasy, tech level roughly Dark Ages with some influence from Ancient Greece. There's magic, but it won't be relevant here ( Read more... )

This is the creepiest thing I have ever researched. Can you dye cloth using blood? Will it work? Or would it go all tacky and smelly? (It's not human blood, in the story, if that's any better). What color would it be ( Read more... )

Greetings O knowledgeable hive-mind ( Read more... )

Setting: Westminster ( Read more... )

Apologizes if someone has already asked this kind of question, but...

Setting: New England, Fall, Woods, no capacity to make fire:

What could you forage/catch fairly easily that could be eaten raw without it giving you really bad diarrhea or an upset stomach? Originally, I wanted my character to be eating a chipmunk completely raw, but that doesn't ( Read more... )

My historical novel is taking place from 1547 to 1566 in a village in Englanc (location yet to be determined.)

I searched on the internet using: hawking, tudor, renaissance, hunting, falconry. I also searched my city libraries, Amazon online and my local Chapters store.

I found some information at Wikipedia - Falconry Training and Technique, English ( Read more... )

Research ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm new here, a friend suggested someone in this community might be able to help, though I hope my query isn't too vague. I'm looking for an out-of-copyright hunting guide or manual, how to hunt/stalk a deer to be precise. I want to be able to quote from it as part of the short story I'm working on, so it has to be public domain or freely ( Read more... )

UK, early 19th century ( Read more... )

Hello!

Setting: 1990s suburban California, Bay Area, but the object in question is at least 20 years older in America. No alternative universe.
Research attempts: Googled variations of "antique/vintage/classic fishing tackle/rod/reel ( Read more... )