Fiction Fans

Continuing their Spooky Month theme, your hosts are joined by Rus Wornom to talk about his new dark fantasy novel, Ghostflowers. They discuss the genesis of the novel ("the vampires of Madison county"), the differences between horror in short stories vs horror in novels, and music as a narrative device.

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- Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod

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In this spooky month episode, your hosts discuss Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle, notorious parody erotica author. This book, however, has a lot more bugs and a lot less sex. They talk about how important it is to pace info in horror stories, the inherent horror of gay conversion camps, and whether this book even counts as a horror novel at all. But on one thing they do agree - it sure is spooky.

This episode includes discussion of homophobia and religious trauma.



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- Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod

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Your hosts are once again joined by Hannah and Laura from On Wednesdays We Read Podcast for another episode of Nostalgia Book Club. They discuss “Which Witch?" a kids’ book that’s half love story, half witchcraft exhibition, and half earthworms (yes, this was a Lilly choice). They talk about the value of dark themes in children's lit, the unremarkable love interest, and framing dated stories for young readers. There’s also a Words are Weird segment about the same words getting used for VERY different purposes in American vs British English.

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- Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod

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The people have spoken! Your hosts let their patreon subscribers choose the book for this episode, which means they’re diving into the Dungeons & Dragons world of Krynn with a discussion of “Dragons of Autumn Twilight” by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. To be honest, they’re not too impressed by the blandly unlikeable characters in this first Dragonlance novel, but they both agree that they would continue reading the series, maybe. They throw around some comparisons to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and also fix the love triangle situation.

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- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”
- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”

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In this episode, your hosts discuss The Return of the King by J.R.R.Tolkien and come up with some better names for both this book and the series as a whole. They also talk about fantasy depictions of PTSD, the romanticism of Aragorn, and Eowyn’s flaws. Lilly complains a lot about monarchies. They manage to agree that Lobelia Sackville-Baggins gets a bad rap. Sara compares the “Rings of Power” adaptation to fanfiction. References to “My Immortal” are thrown around. 

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- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”
- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”
- Scott Buckley for the use of “Twilight Echo”

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In this episode, Sara cheats you out of many very funny "horologist" puns while your hosts discuss "Thief of Time" by Terry Pratchett. Your hosts also talk about the inner workings of Igors, what makes a good pun, and the alarming lack of Susan in what is theoretically a book in the Death series of Discworld novels.

Content warning: mention of fictional suicide

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This week your hosts discuss “Debunked” by Dito Abbott, an action-packed YA adventure across the sci-fi and fantasy genres (which one is it? No one knows). They talk about young readers, dinosaur kidnappers, and sand pits. Lilly continues to have a soft spot for Amnesia in any form. They also debate important topics such as: Does the robot dog have laser eyes? Or is that just a rumor?

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- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”
- Scott Buckley for the use of “Twilight Echo”

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This whole episode contains spoilers.

This week your hosts discuss The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. Is it the second book in the Lord of the Rings series, or a combination of books three and four? Probably the former. They also talk about Tolkien having standards for his Kings, sympathy for the ents, and Lilly negs King Theoden. This episode also has a Words are Weird double feature.

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In this episode, you hosts discuss “The Delve” by Dani Finn. They talk about introductions to fantasy worlds, inevitable comparisons to Tolkien and D&D (even when the work is entirely unique, or perhaps especially then), and magic sex toys. This episode also features a Pet Peeve Corner.

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Your hosts take another step on their journey to the center of the Discworld with “The Truth” by Terry Pratchett. They argue quite a bit about books as content vs. physical object and it is tenuously related to the text, we promise. They somehow end up referencing Percy Shelley more than once, and they also discuss whether this book belongs in the “Industrialization” Discworld series, vampires fitting in, and puppies not drowning.

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- Amarià for the use of “Sérénade à Notre Dame de Paris”
- Josh Woodward for the use of “Electric Sunrise”

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