We’re kicking off Pride this year with none other than my good friend Jay Wolf! Jay reads a snippet about their best worst boys, Egan and Petrel before we get to talking about their newest book as M. Daniel McDowell, The Shepherd in Shadow, which releases June 28th!

Things we mention in this episode:

Valerie Valdes

The Gormenghast series, by Mervyn Peake

Inkfort Press Self-Publishing Derby

Bringer of the Scourge, by M. Daniel McDowell

Glen Cook

Fritz Leiber

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

The Colour of Magic and Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett

Beating Hearts & Battle Axes

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine

Julie Bell and Boris Vallejo

M.E. Morgan

X-Men ‘97

Forged in Fire

Jay’s socials and M. Daniel McDowell’s socials