[Warning] This episode contains explicit language and explicit themes. Listener discretion is advised.

It is always good to revisit what helped inspire. It's been roughly five years since Danny returned to the realm of literature and one author that helped revitalize a lost love was Kelly McCullough. He has been there since the inception of The Broken Shelf but his series "The Fallen Blade" has not been discussed as much as the others. This fact had to be changed because it is in fact this series that led Danny to "Webmage" and later to The Broken Shelf. That said, this revisit was a tough one for Danny because the last five years have, frankly, morphed him into a better and different person. So, how does he feel about this series now? For the first half of the episode Danny goes solo and discusses the positives and negatives of the first book of the series: how and why the mirror antagonists works; how McCullough's dark fantasy is so vibrant in the darkness; the imaginative magic and brutal choreography; but also the negatives of pacing and depression. Then in the second half he is joined by Spangar and they debate the book. No matter what though, it is an interesting journey for the hosts and they discuss the intricacies of making great fantasy.

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~Credits~

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Music - "Led Foot"

Artist - Ethan Meixsell

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