In this episode, Calvin brings you up to date on his reading from the past couple weeks. You'll hear his thoughts on WARRIOR OF THE ALTAII by Robert Jordan, EMBERS OF WAR by Gareth Powell, SMUGGLER'S FORTUNE by Angela Boord, BLADE'S EDGE by Virginia McClain, and DAUGHTER FROM THE DARK by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko. You'll also hear what's on deck for Calvin this week, beginning with a book he's nearly completed, THORNBOUND by Stephanie Burgis and moving on to THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY by Alix Harrow. After that, he points you to some discussion on r/Fantasy beginning with Krista D. Ball's annual post on recommendations. Then it's some quick thoughts on a couple video games before Calvin wraps up. 

In this episode Calvin sits down with Alicia Wanstall-Burke, current SPFBO finalist, to talk about her books BLOOD OF HEIRS and LEGACY OF GHOSTS.

Calvin shares with you his 15 top novels of 2019...and there are more than one where words to describe how great they are fail him. 

Calvin goes through his top 5 artwork for covers from 2019! Take a listen!

After wishing listeners happy holidays, Calvin jumps into his reads from the past week, including CURSEBREAKER by Carol A. Park and THE LIGHT OF ALL THAT FALLS by James Islington. He doesn't have his normal on deck plans, and instead jumps to a bunch of items of interest including Rise of Skywalker (no spoilers!), The Witcher, r/Fantasy's Stabby Nominations and several others. At the end, Calvin fills listeners in on a couple special episodes they can expect in the next two weeks. 

In this episode, Calvin sits down with K.D. Edwards, author of THE LAST SUN and THE HANGED MAN, to talk about his writing process, what was different between writing THE LAST SUN and writing THE HANGED MAN, sexuality and representation in his books, and a whole host of other topics. Farscape is also mentioned! 

In this episode, Calvin celebrates his 100th read before diving into his two reads from the past week. The first (#99) is LIMBO by Thiago D'evecque and the second (#100) is LEGACY OF GHOSTS by Alicia Wanstall-Burke. Then it's on to what's on the docket for the upcoming week: CURSEBREAKER by Carol A. Park and THE LIGHT OF ALL THAT FALLS by James Islington. But there's also another of Calvin's most anticipated novels of the year dropping this week, THE HANGED MAN by K.D. Edwards. From there Calvin recs an episode of The Fantasy Inn Podcast and mentions an upcoming video game he's excited about (Dark Alliance). 

In this episode, Calvin sits down with Carol A. Park to talk about her Heretic Gods series. The two also touch on what makes fantasy so timeless as a genre, magic systems and gods, hope, and a whole host of other topics. 

In this episode Calvin gives a surprise review of Frozen II before moving onto his week in review. He finished THE SHADOW KING, DRAGONS OF AUTUMN TWILIGHT, and OF SHADOW AND SEA over the last week. On deck is LIMBO by Thiago D'Evecque and LEGACY OF GHOSTS by Alicia Wanstall-Burke. From there it's on to some talk about two upcoming releases that Calvin is incredibly excited for: THE LIGHT OF ALL THAT FALLS by James Islington and CURSEBREAKER by Carol A. Park. Some talk about Stargate and the #WeWantStargate hashtag rounds out the episode before a couple house keeping items. 

In this episode, Calvin interviews Darian Smith, author of KALANON'S RISING, a current SPFBO finalist. The two talk some specifics about Darian's process and books, his plans for his series moving forward, and some of what draws him to the fantasy genre.