In which Jenn and Preeti talk about martyr complexes vs. sidekick syndrome, Mary Stewart: Action Writer, how epic this last section is, and one hell of an Author's Note.

For those reading the ebook version, which doesn't have the Author's Note, we've got a PDF for you complete with Preeti's chicken scratch notation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xSJUeKDqdxwoFijBlCk0UQE6SN6Lv-aX/view?usp=share_link (Copyright holders, please don't sue us! It's just too good not to share!!)

Daniel José Older, Half-Resurrection Blues

The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, Ursula K Le Guin (either stand-alone or in Dancing at the Edge of World)

Castiel (June)

House of Harkness (July)

DragonCon (September)

He's Just Some Guy (January 2027) - preorder now!

Next episode: Disney's The Sword in the Stone (with a side of T.H. White's Once and Future King)

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In which Merlin realizes how bad he is at people, two times over, and we talk about pivotal moments in Arthurian lore, three generations of unacknowledged royal boys, and .... apples?

Castiel (June)

House of Harkness (July)

DragonCon (September)

Next episode: The King: Sections 6 - 11 inclusive

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In which Merlin is bad at people in several ways, we love Cador of Cornwall, and the atmospheric writing is off the chain.

Castiel (June)

House of Harkness (July)

DragonCon (September)

Next episode: The King: Sections 1 - 5 inclusive

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