Episodes
And here you thought that the Twitter announcement on April Fool's Day about our upcoming shark episode WAS the joke! No! The joke is on us because we had to watch Sharknado for this prank! Also Jaws and Deep Blue Sea.
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If They Haven’t Learned Your Name by silentwalrus
Succession
The Big Bad Wolf series by Charlie Adhara
The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
“A Cornstalk Fiddle” by...
Published 04/07/22
On this week's episode, we have a two-hour special to answer questions sent in by our darling listeners! Thank you to everyone who has been with us through the last four years! The Great Hiatus begins now, but we will return for at least one more episode next year! Get hype!
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My Name
Beyond Evil
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
All the Feels by Olivia Dade
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
And This, Your Living Kiss by opal_bullets
The Courtier’s Love Affair...
Published 12/01/21
On this week's episode, we're celebrating the release of Freya's debut book by talking about detectives in love! The tentpoles are Of Dragons, Feasts, and Murders by Aliette de Bodard, A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske, and the fanfic If Life Was A Movie We’d Have A Better Soundtrack Than This by galaxysoup.
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Dark Rise by C. S. Pacat
The Saint of Steel series by T. Kingfisher
that ruthless love by alherath
The Warrior of the Third Veil by Victoria Goddard
The...
Published 11/17/21
Happy (slightly belated) spooky season, darling listeners! On this week's episode we're talking about afterlife career plans and... well, ghosts! Tentpoles this week are Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, the film Ghost, and the Inception fic, “The Boy Who Spoke With Ghosts” by AvocadoLove.
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Squid Game
The Discord of Gods by Jenn Lyons
A Chorus of Dragons series by Jenn Lyons
The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
My Words Will Be Your Light by Page161of180
The...
Published 11/03/21
On this week's episode, we're discussing music! Musicians! Being gripped by the madness of creation! Selling one's soul for art! The tentpoles this week are the film Amadeus, the fanfic "String Theory" by toft, and Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars.
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The Hellion’s Waltz by Olivia Waite
Peter Cabot Gets Lost by Cat Sebastian
The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
Symphony for the City of the Dead by M. T. Adderson
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach...
Published 10/20/21
On this week's episode, we're discussing body swap fic! Swapping bodies! Trading meatsuits! It's all fun and comedy, right? ...Or is it? Anyway, the tentpoles for this episode are the anime film, Your Name, the fanfic Vinculum by Skadiseven, and the Farscape episode, "Out of Their Minds."
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Bombshell by Sarah MacLean
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
Schmigadoon! (on Apple TV)
Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells
Pressure Machine by the...
Published 10/06/21
On today's episode we're doing another deep dive on the marvelously sapphic fantasy novel The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri!
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The Secrets of Charlotte Street series by Scarlett Peckham
- book 2: The Earl I Ruined
- book 3: The Lord I Left
Seducing the Sorcerer by Lee Welch
The Bachelor’s Valet by Arden Powell
Game of Thrones fanfic
Hunger Makes the Wolf by Alex Wells
cast your bitterness into the sea by Kilerkki
Campaign Skyjacks
Till Human...
Published 09/22/21
On this week's episode, Macey is forcing us to put on our hiking shoes and dragging us out into the forest to look at some "really nice moss." The tentpoles we’re discussing are Princess Mononoke, Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh, and Ursula K. Le Guin’s story ‘Vaster Than Empires and More Slow.’
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‘a kind of dwell and welcome’ by leupagus
Reputation by Lex Croucher
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
orange_crushed ‘s Untamed fics (esp Pentimento.)
And What Can We...
Published 09/08/21
On this week's episode we're discussing the glamorous authorial life -- authors (and other publishing professionals) through the lens of how they're depicted in media. Tentpoles this week are the film Stranger Than Fiction, the K-Drama Romance Is a Bonus Book, the story “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” by Ken Liu and The Unstrung Harp by Edward Gorey.
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Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
Sorrowland by...
Published 08/25/21
On today's episode, we're bursting into song at socially inappropriate times to talk about... musicals! Our tentpoles are the Bollywood musical Aaja Nachle, the first two episodes of Galavant, and the musical Wicked.
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Battle Royal by Lucy Parker
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
Penric’s Demon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Red Azalea by CeNedraRiva
The Changeling by Annerb
The Armistice series by Annerb
World Ain’t Ready by...
Published 08/11/21
On this week's episode we’re discussing classics rewritten by women! The tentpoles are Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott, The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, and Beowulf, translated by Maria Dahvana Headley.
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Subtle Blood by KJ Charles
For the Wolf by Hannah F. Whitten
Luca
“Choosing” by Susan Taitel
The Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes
Victoria Goddard’s books:
Tales of the Nine Worlds series
Greenwing & Dart series
Other Stuff We...
Published 07/28/21
On this week's episode, we are once again answering YOUR burning questions, dear listeners!
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The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Bareknuckle Bastards series by Sarah MacLean
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis
The Untamed fanfic
“vinculum” by Skadiseven
Heaven Has A Road But No One Walks It by Silvestris
The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria...
Published 07/14/21
On today’s episode, we're finally getting around to doing our Diana Wynne Jones Episode! Well, sort of -- it's not exactly a deep-dive. Our tentpoles this week are Howl’s Moving Castle, Howl’s Moving Castle, and two Howl’s Moving Castle fanfics — “Hearts and Their Consumption” by setepenre_set and “Second Time Lucky” by labellementeuse.
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Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
Sistersong by Lucy Holland
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
A Taste of Gold...
Published 06/30/21
On today's episode we are talking about dystopian stratified societies and "layered cities". Our tentpoles this week are An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, the Snowpiercer movie (the original one), and “To the Victor, The Spoil” by Annakovsky.
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Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
The Devil Comes Courting by Courtney Milan
Empress of Forever by Max...
Published 06/16/21
On this week's episode, we're discussing those models of decorum and tranquility: Games, and game-adjacent narratives! The tentpoles this week are the C-drama version of Hikaru no Go, the film Jumanji: Into the Jungle, and the fanfic you wait and you wonder who’ll take on your odds by paperclipbitch.
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The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrum
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid
All the Murmuring Bones by...
Published 06/02/21
On this week's episode, we're discussing jobs, occupations, and vocations, both fantastical and mundane despite the fantastical settings. The tentpoles for this episode are Rupert Wong, Cannibal Chef by Cassandra Khaw, Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots, and “Always Near” by afrai.
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A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole
Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke
The Gauntlet by Karuna Riazi
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
Hiding in the Leaves by aventria...
Published 05/19/21
On today's episode, we're getting unseasonably spooky as we talk about Gothic novels! The tentpoles for this episode are Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the film Crimson Peak, and the Untamed fanfic Imago by astrophyllite.
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Word of Honor
The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta
Die, Volume 1 by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Don’t Look Back series by acuteneurosis
ShuoshuoChinese
Trading for a Living:...
Published 05/05/21
On this week's episode, we're talking about postapocalyptic fiction, specifically stories set in the wake of a climate apocalypse. The tentpoles are Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse, the fanfic "Moebius" by AuroraNova and Mad Max: Fury Road.
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The House of Niccolò series by Dorothy Dunnett
Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
Parks and Recreation
The World Figure Skating Championship
A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge
love, in fire and blood by...
Published 04/21/21
On today's episode we're buckling on our space shoes, picking up our space harpoons, and charging up our space laser guns, because we're doing a deep dive on the new South Korean scifi film, Space Sweepers.
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An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
The House of Always by Jenn Lyon
Disarmed by Sarah Rees Brennan
Word of Honor
The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno Garcia
Boku no Hero Academia fanfic of the Star Wars crossover variety
Mòxiāng...
Published 04/07/21
On this week's episode, we're getting the gang back together to talk about girl gangs, teen squads, and spooky witchy girls! The tentpoles this week are The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke, Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark, and the fanfic “21st Century Girls” by springgreen.
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Foul is Fair by Hannah Capin
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston
The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting by K.J. Charles
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi
Dawn by...
Published 03/24/21
On this week's episode, we're discussing a few changes we're making in our approach to the podcast, and we're gushing about some of our favorite recent and upcoming works, including Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko, The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan, and She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan.
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Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard
Fireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian
A Spindle...
Published 03/10/21
On this week's episode, we're bringing you an extra-long, extra special surprise: We're playing a one-shot of an RPG, using a game system designed by Alex, which uses a tarot deck rather than dice! Enjoy!
As per the outro of this episode, the links to our statements in response to feedback we received on Episode 71:
Macey’s statement RE BTS ep 71
Freya’s statement RE BTS ep 71
Alex’s statement RE BTS ep 71
For Next Time
We're taking a week off our regular release schedule. Never fear, we...
Published 02/10/21
This week we're talking about new technologies, platforms, and formats of storytelling! The tentpoles this week are the first episode of Campaign Skyjacks, the interactive fiction game Stay by E. Jade Lomax, and the twitter threadfic Still Waters aka Turtle Creek.
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Untamed by Anna CowanThe Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThese Violent Delights by Micah NemereverQi hunHadesYesterday Upon The Stair by PitViperOfDoom24 Hours in...
Published 01/27/21
On this week's episode, we're discussing celebrity culture, the cost of fame, and three brilliant tentpoles: A Knight’s Tale, Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade, and “#bakudeku” by rageprufrock.
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The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
CryoBurn by Lois McMaster Bujold
Eager by Ben Goldfarb
live from new york by varnes
The Murder of Crows by cerbykerby
Hades
My Hero Academia
Other Stuff We Mentioned
Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri
The...
Published 01/13/21