WHAT'S THIS? An episode on a Wednesday that isn't an Episode Wednesday!? Yes, it's true! Last year we pitched in to help our esteemed colleagues at Strange Horizons with their Kickstarter by pledging to do a special episode if they reached a certain landmark amount of donations. This week, we're bringing you that episode and talking about three amazing short stories that Strange Horizons published! The tentpoles this week are “Hunting the Viper King” by Kathryn Harlan, “Regret, Return, Reignite” by Audrey R. Hollis, and “Truth Plus” by Jamie Wahls.


 


What We’re Into Lately


The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow


Altogether by Brill Harper


On Grand Strategy by John Lewis Gaddis


Hoshigaki by writer168


Five Kingdoms for the Dead by Evil Is A Relative Term


Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers


The Good Place


Hadestown


Good Omens


Connections (TV series)


Schitt’s Creek


The Great British Bake Off



Other Stuff We Mentioned


A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold


How We Got To Now by Steven Johnson


Connections by James Burke


Avatar: The Last Airbender


Supernatural


The Legend of Taliesin


Many Hearted Dog and the Heron Who Stepped Past Time


A Paradise Built in Hell 


What We Named the Needle” by Freya Marske, in Analog


The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin


Road: A Fairytale


Super Little Dead Girls” by Nino Cipri


Remains” by Basingstoke


Rogue One: A Star Wars Story


Wrap Me in Oceans Wide” by Marissa Lingen


Notes on a Resurrection” by Natalia Theodoridou


The Wind Whispers Secrets To The Sea” by Jordan Kurella


“Sequestration; Vitrification” by AJ Lucy


“The King’s Mirror” by M.K. Hutchins


“Cassandra Draws the Four of Cups” by Ruthanna Emrys


“Who Has Never Loved a Gentle House?” by Osahon Ize-Iyamu


“Sublet” by Ian Kappos


 


For Next Time


It's back to your regularly scheduled on-our-bullshit with next week's episode, which is still about The Untamed!


 


Transcription


The transcript for this episode is available here. BONUS THANKS to our scribes for taking on this bonus episode!