We read read truly one of the most baffling books we've ever tackled with special guest Sophie Abromowitz! Oh and a Wheel of Time cut chapter too.

Sophie's Vampire Short Story: https://thebrooklynreview.com/2025/10/31/rules-for-vampires-sophie-abromowitz/
Sophie Substack: https://abromowitz.substack.com/

Seriously everyone check these out, Sophie has very quickly become one of my favorite writers.

Sophie Website: https://sophie-abromowitz.com/

Content warnings for this episode: auditory hallucinations, betrayal, bleeding, bullying, cheating/infidelity, child endangerment, child death, conspiracies, death, duels, gender dysphoria, god kings, human sacrifice, imprisonment, insanity, lying, mental illness, mind control, murder, neglect, nuclear weapons, oligarchy, prisons, religion, royalty, self harm, self hatred, stabbing, tech billionaires, torture, undeath, wounds, xenophobia

Next month we'll be reading Steelheart! Episode airs, November 18th.

Other Media

The Coen Brothers Intolerable Cruelty

Milwaukee PD Surviving Edged Weapons - Content Warnings Abound here

God Emperor of Dune

Wii Sports Resort

Guilty Gear

Guild Wars 2 - Ghosts and Ascalon and The Sea of Sorrows

The Book of Atrus - Myst - Rand Miller

Revenge of the Sith - Russel Stover

Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis - Giri Nathan

Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, Jesus Is Alive! - Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Hot Streak Board Game

The West Passage - Jared Pechaček

Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway

Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway

This show is created by Graham Gillman, Taylor Lane, and Jack McLaughlan.

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