Episode 27: Songs of Ash and Dawn: Chapter 1 - Gabrielle Wanek

We’re reading Chapter 1 of Matt Sean Bell’s sci-fi/fantasy epic The Aidaean Saga, Book 1 Triumph of Destiny. We jump right into the action as the town Dailen has known all his life is decimated. If yo...

21 Syys 19min

A lot of writers say they want “creative control.” Matt Sean Bell actually lived it. He wrote The Adean Saga, edited it through multiple rereads, built the cover art himself, printed physical copies i...

14 Syys 49min

We’re closing out our three-part, full-cast chapter read of 'The Songs of Ash and Dawn', Book 2; Chapter 1 "Of Masks and Monsters" by Gabrielle Wanek. After dismissing Nic from the temple, Elizabeth ...

7 Syys 20min

We pick up Part 2 of our Chapter 1 read from The Songs of Ash and Dawn Book 2 by Gabrielle Wanek.. Nick staggers in with news he can barely say out loud: a god, a young witch, and what might be a demi...

31 Elo 29min

A gold mask glints in candlelight as a ruined temple fills with chanting and the promise of “purity.” A bound mythos prisoner kneels in the firelit center, chained to stone, and muzzled. We’re back wi...

24 Elo 23min

They wanted one clean rush of freedom, one daring swim toward the deep, one moment where the rules couldn’t touch them. Instead, Calistya and Khrystal run straight into Border Patrol, and Chapter 6 of...

17 Elo 15min

A dead shoreline. A rusted power station. An underwater civilization that has every reason to fear the past; and one stubborn student who can’t stop reaching for it. We’re back with a solo story read ...

10 Elo 16min

This week, I sit down with David Deane Haskell to talk about the long arc of becoming an author, from finding his voice through music to discovering that fiction and nonfiction can both be a way to be...

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