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Third: The Realms came to the attention of Jeff and others at TSR because of all of my articles in The Dragon (as DRAGON Magazine was known back then) mentioning it, so word had got around locally, hence visitors to the library asking…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019
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…various D&D questions. Most were gamers, a few were parents wanting to know more (sometimes concerned, more often aiming to buy D&D-related presents for their kids), and eventually, we got a few holy types who wanted to exorcise me or…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019
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…cast me out, or pray for me, or whatever. One being a local Catholic teaching father who wanted to know if black candles and calling on Satan was involved, and didn’t believe me when I said they weren’t. He made the mistake of saying, …— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019
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“Well, I can understand why this creeping cancer would come to lurk in a library: where else can one be assured, these days, of finding virgins?”
Of course, the luck of life being what it is, THAT was what my branch head overheard as she…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019
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…approached. And gave the cleric an extremely frosty, “I BEG your pardon? Young man, may I enlighten you that none of us on staff are, so far as * I * know, virgins. I AM curious as to why YOU want to know our…PERSONAL states.”
Whereupon…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019
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…I couldn’t resist. Ere he could reply, I said soothingly, “I think the Devil made him do it.”
And at that moment, one of our more daringly dressed young adult female patrons strode past, singing “Play with me, play with me…”
The man fled.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019
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Many more tales to come, but tomorrow, and tomorrow after that…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 20, 2019