2021-10

This time around, I'm joined by multiply-Hugo-nominated podcaster and author of the forthcoming novel, A Marvellous Light, Freya Marske (@freyamarske), thus completing the prophecy. Freya reads an excerpt of her story, "One Version of Yourself, at the Speed of Light," which leads us into a great discussion about using our day-job-expertise in our writing, the end of Be the Serpent, a hot take about historical fiction, and of course a lot of talk about fanfic.
 
Things we mention in this episode:
Be the Serpent 
Alexandra Rowland 
Jennifer "Macey" Mace 
Hurt/comfort 
The Kingston Cycle, by C. L. Polk
Edwardian England 
World War One 
The Hugo Awards 
Worldcon 
My episode being interviewed by Sharon Hsu 
The Archive of Our Own (AO3) 
Kudos (AO3)
Goodreads 
Crack fic 
AUs 
Five things fic 
Brooklyn Nine-Nine 
Ninefox Gambit, the first book of The Machineries of Empire series, by Yoon Ha Lee
A Memory Called Empire, by Arkady Martine
Battlestar Galactica 
Tumblr 
Ted Lasso 
Summer Sons, by Lee Mandello
Dark academia 
Friends at the Table (specifically Sangfielle, their current season)
Hellboy 
Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer
Seducing the Sorcerer, by Lee Welch
Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
The works of T. Kingfisher 
Freya's insta and website 
The Marvel Cinematic Universe 
Infinity Stones 
 
Join us again next month, when my guests will be Merc Fenn Wolfmoor and Nina Niskanen!

This time around, to open out our unintentional Oceana month, I'm joined by the delightful Rem Wigmore (@faewriter), whose novel, Foxhunt, is available now, wherever you get your books, from Queen of Swords Press. They read us a slightly-spoiler-y excerpt of the book (you can skip ahead 11:40 from the start of the reading if you'd rather not be spoiled) that leads us into some great conversation about banter, taking the piss, and how mythology might survive into the future.
 
Things we mention in this episode:
Hades (game)
Orpheus and Eurydice 
The Realm of the Elderlings series, by Robin Hobb
These Violent Delights, by Chloe Gong
Butcherbird, by Cassie Hart
Riverwitch, by Rem Wigmore
The Contemporary Witchy Fiction project
The Waikato River 
Rem's website 
 
Join us again on the 15th of October, when my guest will be Freya Marske!