Backlist and Chill

Backlist: RL Stine is here to keep the spooky season going with the last of the The Fear Street Saga trilogy: THE BURNING (published September 1993), subtile: Evil Wizards Fall in Love. Daniel and Nora? Never heard of them. In this house, we stan Simgelica, the Only Good Pairing in the Fear Street Saga. We're sure it will work out great for them. 

Chill: Ollie returns one last time with a Power Through Evil (Angry Orchard Peach Mango Hard Cider + lemon juice), but Cyna is changing it up with a breakfast-appropriate The Burning (orange juice + black vodka) Cyna - Ollie.

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.

Next time:  Season 9 begins! Whatever will it be???

Happy NaNo, yall!

(2h 30m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and extremely filthy language, discussion of gore, misogyny, death, abuse, and murder.)

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Backlist: Bob is back, and he's bring a SECRET (specifically, The Fear Street Saga #2: THE SECRET, published in September 1993). It's another hundred and fifty pages of ghosts, Goodes, spooky interludes, and skeletons fucking EVERYWHERE. Oh, and rest assured: the allosexuals are NOT okay.

Chill:  Back with some familiar faces! Cyna is drinking a Fier But If You Rearrange the Letters It Spells Fire (fireball whiskey + pumpkin spice apple cider), and Ollie is back with a Power Through Evil (Angry Orchard Peach Mango Hard Cider + lemon juice). Pics! Cyna - Ollie.

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.

Next time:  Season 8 Episode 3: THE FEAR STREET SAGA wraps up with #3: THE BURNING! Chiller and Chillest tier patrons will receive this episode before it goes public!

Vaccinate and mask up, y'all.

(1h 52m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of gore, misogyny, murder, suicide, emotional manipulation and gaslighting.)

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Backlist: We've reached the end of the Modern Faerie Tales with IRONSIDE (published 2007). Has Holly Black saved the best for last? Maybe. More importantly OMIGOD KAYE IS BACK! AND ROIBEN. AND CORNY! Hey, is that Luis???? Sweet!

Wait, where's Val? 

Chill: We're drowning our final book blues in a Dead Queen (red wine, bourbon, lemon juice, and pomegranate liqueur) and an Ironside (cold absinthe and watermelon mint sparkling water) Pics: Cyna - Ollie.

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.

Next time:  We've had it too good for too long.

Vaccinate and mask up, y'all.

(1h 53m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of physical and emotional abuse, violence, death.)

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Backlist: Hey look, it's another Holly Black book that manages to be GREAT despite some pretty big flaws, huge shock. This month's entry is VALIANT, published in June 2005, featuring a Clever Human Girl who must save a Soft Faerie Boy. This is what we're here for.

Please forgive our audio issues. We've been cursed by a witch, but we're working out a deal.

Chill: Our big takeaway from the book is that Nevermore is great and everyone should do it. To that end, we've created two liquid interpretations: Nevermore, a reskinned Gold Margerita (gold tequila, sour mix, triple sec, lime juice + edible glitter) and Glamour Riot (absinthe and Seagram's Ginger Ale over ice + edible glitter) Pics: Cyna - Ollie.

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.

Next time:  Season 7 Episode 2: IRONSIDE! Chiller and Chillest tier patrons will receive this episode before it goes public!

STAY VIGILANT OUT THERE, FRIENDS.

(2h 18m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of rape and sexual assault, child sexual assault, racism, homelessness, violence, drug use, homophobia, abuse, and animal death.)

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Backlist: We're welcoming the fae with open arms as we discuss Holly Black's debut Modern Fairy Tale TITHE (published, appropriately, in October 2002). You can tell we liked it because the episode is short.

Chill: Ollie has created the perfectly-named Glass Swamp (1 part absinthe + 3 parts Diet Ginger Ale + 3 rose petals)  and Cyna has personalized one of the million Green Pixies on the internet into a Kaye Fierch (sour apple schnapps, vodka, triple sec, Sprite, and lemon juice) Pics! Cyna - Ollie.

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.

Next time:  Season 7 Episode 2: VALIANT! Chiller and Chillest tier patrons will receive this episode before it goes public!

Stay safe y'all!

(1h 18m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of rape and sexual assault, racism, internalized misogyny and victim-blaming, homophobia, abuse and abusive relationships.)

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The fae have ARRIVED! Welcome to season seven, everyone, in which we are introducing longtime Stan of the Fae Ollie to the wicked world of Holly Black! Cyna could not be more thrilled. HOPEFULLY THIS AIR OF OPTIMISM IS JUSTIFIED.

Please join us as we familiarize ourselves with Holly Black's road to publication in preparation for The Modern Faerie Tales! 

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.  No booze was consumed in the making of this episode - we'll see you in Episode 1: Holly Black: Tithe!

This episode was co-edited by Annie. Welcome to the team!

Thanks for sticking with us folks, and stay safe! Chat with us on twitter @BacklistPodcast!

Backlist: And now, the finale! We discuss the FINAL BOOK in the Kiesha'ra series, WYVERNHAIL (published September 2007), by who else? Amelia Atwater-Rhodes! Just SO MANY FEELINGS about the series and Hai and this Extremely Necessary final book.

Chill: Cyna attempted to drink a Tears of the Prophet (Absolut Mandarin, pomegranate juice) and ended up with a Sad Prophet instead (triple sec, vodka, pomegranate juice, pineapple juice). Ollie is knocking back a shm'ecl'la'hai (absinthe + Ginger Ale Bold). PICS: Cyna - Ollie.

As mentioned: The PG-13 cover

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.

Next time:  Author Intro for season 7! PREPEARE THINESELVES.

Stay safe y'all and get vaccinated!

(1h 50m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of rape and sexual assault, racism, internalized racism, self-hate, and white supremacy.)

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Backlist: Hope you all like them beefy, because this one is a long'un. We are chatting about Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' WOLFCRY (published September 2006), a book that has become the very definition of "mixed feelings". Join us as we spend two and a half hours sorting them out, won't you?

Chill: Cyna has Frankenstein'd up a Wolf Shapeshifter (tequila, midori, pinapple juice, and Sprite), and Ollie is drinking a Sakkri'a'she (ginger ale + absinthe, but with the absinthe ON TOP). As usual, we got some sweet pics Cyna - Ollie.

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.

Next time:  Season 6 Episode 5: WYVERNHAIL! Chiller and Chillest tier patrons will receive this episode before it goes public!

Stay safe y'all and get vaccinated!

(2h 34m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of rape and sexual assault, genocide, suicide, classism, colonialism, racism and white supremacy, eugenics, ableism.)

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Backlist: It's time for volume three, baby! We're back to discuss FALCONDANCE by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (published in September 2005), a pretty good book with one BIG asterisk. A Big. Asterisk.

We'll see how it goes.

Chill: Cyna is knocking back a White Falcon (horchata, coffee liquor, and vodka), and Ollie is back to The Good Shit (ginger ale + absinthe). As usual, we got some sweet pics Cyna - Ollie.

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.

Next time:  Season 6 Episode 4: WOLFCRY! Chiller and Chillest tier patrons will receive this episode before it goes public!

Stay safe y'all.

(2h 09m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, classism, emotional and physical abuse, ritual scarification, torture, colonialism, racism and white supremacy, eugenics, ableism.)

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