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Welcome back to Blackwarren Reads, where we cconclude Season 2 with our latest release, David M. DeMar's "On the Air", the opening of his "Certified Gold" urban fantasy series. Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, next in line to be named king of the Dragons. Not that he ever wanted the job. He'd rather just listen to his vintage Joy Division LPs in peace. Ricky's been having an eventful semester. His roommate is a Satyr, and his polycule vacillates between constantly propositioning Ricky and eating all his snacks. The Sidhe noble in Ricky's accounting class has been tormenting him nonstop, threatening to turn him into a set of matched luggage. And the human girl at the library front desk has been hunting him on another playing field altogether! All he wants to do is listen to music and be left alone - and maybe get a job working behind the scenes at the college radio station. Ricky had hoped he could just have a normal life, but Fate had other plans. One night, he ends up behind the Allora University Radio's microphone instead of the soundboard. What began as a one-time event becomes a viral sensation. Things get even worse when he accidentally insults the father of a Sidhe noble on the air - the same noble who's been making his life miserable all semester. Now, all eyes are on him, and not in a good way. What's a young Dragon King to do? Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Ricky Konacsz, Misc ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kezz McDonald⁠: Anagen ⁠⁠Renard DeFleuraux⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Wyndham Summers, Chad Konacsz, Thomas Canmore, Misc ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Thorli Konacsz, Dagmar Konacsz, Amelia, Morrigan, Neira ⁠⁠⁠Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Rethas Summers, Mack Konacsz, Misc. Amistad: Jutte Argentus ⁠⁠⁠Listen to our interviews with Dave about On the Air here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy the book direct from Blackwarren⁠⁠⁠⁠

Welcome back to Blackwarren Reads, where we continue Season 2 with our latest release, David M. DeMar's "On the Air", the opening of his "Certified Gold" urban fantasy series. Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, next in line to be named king of the Dragons. Not that he ever wanted the job. He'd rather just listen to his vintage Joy Division LPs in peace. Ricky's been having an eventful semester. His roommate is a Satyr, and his polycule vacillates between constantly propositioning Ricky and eating all his snacks. The Sidhe noble in Ricky's accounting class has been tormenting him nonstop, threatening to turn him into a set of matched luggage. And the human girl at the library front desk has been hunting him on another playing field altogether! All he wants to do is listen to music and be left alone - and maybe get a job working behind the scenes at the college radio station. Ricky had hoped he could just have a normal life, but Fate had other plans. One night, he ends up behind the Allora University Radio's microphone instead of the soundboard. What began as a one-time event becomes a viral sensation. Things get even worse when he accidentally insults the father of a Sidhe noble on the air - the same noble who's been making his life miserable all semester. Now, all eyes are on him, and not in a good way. What's a young Dragon King to do? Cast: ⁠⁠⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Ricky Konacsz, Misc. Voices ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Caspian Greene: Anagen (Understudy) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Dagmar, Ellen, Misc. Voices ⁠⁠Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Wyndham, other male voices that aren't Ricky xD ⁠⁠Listen to our interviews with Dave about On the Air here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy the book direct from Blackwarren⁠⁠⁠⁠

Welcome back to Blackwarren Reads, where we continue Season 2 with our latest release, David M. DeMar's "On the Air", the opening of his "Certified Gold" urban fantasy series. Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, next in line to be named king of the Dragons. Not that he ever wanted the job. He'd rather just listen to his vintage Joy Division LPs in peace. Ricky's been having an eventful semester. His roommate is a Satyr, and his polycule vacillates between constantly propositioning Ricky and eating all his snacks. The Sidhe noble in Ricky's accounting class has been tormenting him nonstop, threatening to turn him into a set of matched luggage. And the human girl at the library front desk has been hunting him on another playing field altogether! All he wants to do is listen to music and be left alone - and maybe get a job working behind the scenes at the college radio station. Ricky had hoped he could just have a normal life, but Fate had other plans. One night, he ends up behind the Allora University Radio's microphone instead of the soundboard. What began as a one-time event becomes a viral sensation. Things get even worse when he accidentally insults the father of a Sidhe noble on the air - the same noble who's been making his life miserable all semester. Now, all eyes are on him, and not in a good way. What's a young Dragon King to do? Cast: ⁠⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Ricky Konacsz, Misc. Voices ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kezz McDonald⁠⁠: Anagen ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Ellen, Salka Delgado, Misc. Voices ⁠Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Niko, Wyndham, other male voices that aren't Ricky xD ⁠Listen to our interviews with Dave about On the Air here!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy the book direct from Blackwarren⁠⁠⁠⁠

Welcome back to Blackwarren Reads, where we continue Season 2 with our latest release, David M. DeMar's "On the Air", the opening of his "Certified Gold" urban fantasy series. Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, next in line to be named king of the Dragons. Not that he ever wanted the job. He'd rather just listen to his vintage Joy Division LPs in peace. Ricky's been having an eventful semester. His roommate is a Satyr, and his polycule vacillates between constantly propositioning Ricky and eating all his snacks. The Sidhe noble in Ricky's accounting class has been tormenting him nonstop, threatening to turn him into a set of matched luggage. And the human girl at the library front desk has been hunting him on another playing field altogether! All he wants to do is listen to music and be left alone - and maybe get a job working behind the scenes at the college radio station. Ricky had hoped he could just have a normal life, but Fate had other plans. One night, he ends up behind the Allora University Radio's microphone instead of the soundboard. What began as a one-time event becomes a viral sensation. Things get even worse when he accidentally insults the father of a Sidhe noble on the air - the same noble who's been making his life miserable all semester. Now, all eyes are on him, and not in a good way. What's a young Dragon King to do? Cast: ⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Ricky Konacsz, Misc. Voices ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Thorli, Misc. Voices Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Chad, Wyndham Summers, Earl Rethas, Misc. voices Listen to our interviews with Dave about On the Air here!⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy the book direct from Blackwarren⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy from Amazon, including hard copies

Welcome back to Blackwarren Reads, where we continue Season 2 with our latest release, David M. DeMar's "On the Air", the opening of his "Certified Gold" urban fantasy series. Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, next in line to be named king of the Dragons. Not that he ever wanted the job. He'd rather just listen to his vintage Joy Division LPs in peace. Ricky's been having an eventful semester. His roommate is a Satyr, and his polycule vacillates between constantly propositioning Ricky and eating all his snacks. The Sidhe noble in Ricky's accounting class has been tormenting him nonstop, threatening to turn him into a set of matched luggage. And the human girl at the library front desk has been hunting him on another playing field altogether! All he wants to do is listen to music and be left alone - and maybe get a job working behind the scenes at the college radio station. Ricky had hoped he could just have a normal life, but Fate had other plans. One night, he ends up behind the Allora University Radio's microphone instead of the soundboard. What began as a one-time event becomes a viral sensation. Things get even worse when he accidentally insults the father of a Sidhe noble on the air - the same noble who's been making his life miserable all semester. Now, all eyes are on him, and not in a good way. What's a young Dragon King to do? Cast: Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Ricky Konacsz ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kezz McDonald⁠: Anagen ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Renard DeFleuraux⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Byron ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Thorli, Morrigan Listen to Ricky's Halloween Night Nest Playlist!

Welcome back to Blackwarren Reads, where we continue Season 2 with our latest release, David M. DeMar's "On the Air", the opening of his "Certified Gold" urban fantasy series. Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, next in line to be named king of the Dragons. Not that he ever wanted the job. He'd rather just listen to his vintage Joy Division LPs in peace. Ricky's been having an eventful semester. His roommate is a Satyr, and his polycule vacillates between constantly propositioning Ricky and eating all his snacks. The Sidhe noble in Ricky's accounting class has been tormenting him nonstop, threatening to turn him into a set of matched luggage. And the human girl at the library front desk has been hunting him on another playing field altogether! All he wants to do is listen to music and be left alone - and maybe get a job working behind the scenes at the college radio station. Ricky had hoped he could just have a normal life, but Fate had other plans. One night, he ends up behind the Allora University Radio's microphone instead of the soundboard. What began as a one-time event becomes a viral sensation. Things get even worse when he accidentally insults the father of a Sidhe noble on the air - the same noble who's been making his life miserable all semester. Now, all eyes are on him, and not in a good way. What's a young Dragon King to do? Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Ricky Konacsz ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kezz McDonald: Anagen ⁠⁠⁠⁠Renard DeFleuraux⁠⁠⁠⁠: Byron ⁠⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Thorli, Morrigan

Welcome back to Blackwarren Reads, where we continue Season 2 with our latest release, David M. DeMar's "On the Air", the opening of his "Certified Gold" urban fantasy series. Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, next in line to be named king of the Dragons. Not that he ever wanted the job. He'd rather just listen to his vintage Joy Division LPs in peace. Ricky's been having an eventful semester. His roommate is a Satyr, and his polycule vacillates between constantly propositioning Ricky and eating all his snacks. The Sidhe noble in Ricky's accounting class has been tormenting him nonstop, threatening to turn him into a set of matched luggage. And the human girl at the library front desk has been hunting him on another playing field altogether! All he wants to do is listen to music and be left alone - and maybe get a job working behind the scenes at the college radio station. Ricky had hoped he could just have a normal life, but Fate had other plans. One night, he ends up behind the Allora University Radio's microphone instead of the soundboard. What began as a one-time event becomes a viral sensation. Things get even worse when he accidentally insults the father of a Sidhe noble on the air - the same noble who's been making his life miserable all semester. Now, all eyes are on him, and not in a good way. What's a young Dragon King to do? Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Ricky Konacsz Kezz McDonald: Anagen ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Chauncey ⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Dagmar Konacsz ⁠⁠⁠Listen to our interviews with Dave about his first novel here!⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Buy the book direct from Blackwarren⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Buy from Amazon, including hard copies

Welcome back to Blackwarren Reads, where we continue Season 2 with our latest release, David M. DeMar's "On the Air", the opening of his "Certified Gold" urban fantasy series. Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, next in line to be named king of the Dragons. Not that he ever wanted the job. He'd rather just listen to his vintage Joy Division LPs in peace. Ricky's been having an eventful semester. His roommate is a Satyr, and his polycule vacillates between constantly propositioning Ricky and eating all his snacks. The Sidhe noble in Ricky's accounting class has been tormenting him nonstop, threatening to turn him into a set of matched luggage. And the human girl at the library front desk has been hunting him on another playing field altogether! All he wants to do is listen to music and be left alone - and maybe get a job working behind the scenes at the college radio station. Ricky had hoped he could just have a normal life, but Fate had other plans. One night, he ends up behind the Allora University Radio's microphone instead of the soundboard. What began as a one-time event becomes a viral sensation. Things get even worse when he accidentally insults the father of a Sidhe noble on the air - the same noble who's been making his life miserable all semester. Now, all eyes are on him, and not in a good way. What's a young Dragon King to do? Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Ricky Konacsz Kezz McDonald: Anagen ⁠⁠⁠⁠Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠: Wyndham Summers, Chad, Mack, Misc. Voices ⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠: Dags, Thorli Konacscz, Ellen, Misc. Voices ⁠⁠Listen to our interviews with Dave about his first novel here!⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Buy the book direct from Blackwarren⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Buy from Amazon, including hard copies

Welcome back to Blackwarren Reads, where we begin Season 2 with our latest release, David M. DeMar's "On the Air", the opening of his "Certified Gold" urban fantasy series. Welcome to Allora University, the Argent City's premier institute of higher learning! You'll find all kinds of mythic creatures here - including Allora University's newest freshman, Ricky Konacsz, next in line to be named king of the Dragons. Not that he ever wanted the job. He'd rather just listen to his vintage Joy Division LPs in peace. Ricky's been having an eventful semester. His roommate is a Satyr, and his polycule vacillates between constantly propositioning Ricky and eating all his snacks. The Sidhe noble in Ricky's accounting class has been tormenting him nonstop, threatening to turn him into a set of matched luggage. And the human girl at the library front desk has been hunting him on another playing field altogether! All he wants to do is listen to music and be left alone - and maybe get a job working behind the scenes at the college radio station. Ricky had hoped he could just have a normal life, but Fate had other plans. One night, he ends up behind the Allora University Radio's microphone instead of the soundboard. What began as a one-time event becomes a viral sensation. Things get even worse when he accidentally insults the father of a Sidhe noble on the air - the same noble who's been making his life miserable all semester. Now, all eyes are on him, and not in a good way. What's a young Dragon King to do? Cast: ⁠⁠⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠: Ricky Konacsz ⁠⁠Kyrone Rustmore: Wyndham Summers Skye Sisk⁠⁠: Thorli Konacscz, Ellen, Misc. Voices ⁠Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠⁠: Chad Konacsz, Naveen, Misc. Voices Listen to our interviews with Dave about his first novel here! Buy the book direct from Blackwarren Buy from Amazon, including hard copies

Skye talks with writer Bitter Karella about the psychosis of Californian Republicans, getting lost in the woods, the pursuit of themes, what the big tits signify, and her first full-length novel, Moonflow.This episode's reading list:"More Than 200 Dead Bodies Have Been Left Behind on Mount Everest, and Many Mark the Path to the Summit," Rachel Nuwer: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-than-200-dead-bodies-have-been-left-behind-on-mount-everest-and-many-mark-the-path-to-the-summit-146904416/"Baader-Meinhof Wagen," https://www.baader-meinhof.com/baader-meinhof-wagen/Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals: https://www.bitterkarella.com/midnightpals/You Weren't Meant to Be Human, Andrew Joseph White: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/You-Werent-Meant-to-Be-Human/Andrew-Joseph-White/9781668038079What I was thinking was an SNL skit was actually "Crippling Levels of Manliness" by CollegeHumor: https://youtu.be/wogb2ctOfV4?si=5vcqvSFO3loUeULf"The Call of Cthulhu," H. P. Lovecraft: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspxStalker (1979), Andrei TarkovskyNothing But Trouble (1991), Dan AykroydAnnihilation, Jeff Vandermeer: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374104092/annihilation/The Ring (2002), Gore VerbinskiThe Shining, Stephen King: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/92991/the-shining-by-stephen-king/"The Midnight Meat Train," Clive Barker: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/338960/clive-barkers-books-of-blood-1-3-by-clive-barker-with-an-afterword-by-grady-hendrix/A Song for the End, Kit Power: https://horrifictales.co.uk/premium-novellas/a-song-for-the-end/Chasers, Mariah Darling & Eve Harms: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasers-mariah-darling/1146273289These Kids Are Not Alright, T. L. Bodine: https://bookshop.org/p/books/these-kids-are-not-alright/8822374a4fd6ad52?ean=9781737465034Wife Shaped Bodies, Laura Cranehill: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Wife-Shaped-Bodies/Laura-Cranehill/9781668098103City Infernal, Edward Lee: https://www.cemeterydance.com/edward-lee.html

Skye talks with trans archivist and author Isaac Fellman about his newest book, Notes from a Regicide, as well as framing devices, gender-as-genre, feeling bad about a document, aesthetic maximalism, Enjolras and Grantaire, and models of goodness.This episodes To Be Read list:The Princess Bride, William Goldman: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-princess-bride-william-goldmanBorges on Writing, Jorge Luis Borges, N.T. di Giovanni, & Frank McShane: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/borges-on-writing-9780880013680Aqueduct Press: https://www.aqueductpress.com/Portraits, John Berger: https://www.versobooks.com/products/151-portraits?srsltid=AfmBOopRe4O0_uB_i9uu6zfEMeCsqjrg0t6Fz2hG5JbkVhNHtiuvdDZcA Face to the World, Laura Cumming: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-face-to-the-world-on-self-portraits-laura-cumming?variant=32245024489506Les Misérables, Victor Hugo: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/537593/les-miserables-by-victor-hugo-translated-with-notes-by-christine-donougher-introduction-by-robert-tombs-cover-illustrated-by-jillian-tamaki/The Stranger's Child, Alan Hollinghurst: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/81879/the-strangers-child-by-alan-hollinghurst/The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/line-of-beauty-9781582346106/"My Father's Fashion Tips," Tom Junod: https://www.gq.com/story/fashion-generation-tips-national-magazine-awardThe Blazing World, Siri Hustvedt: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Blazing-World/Siri-Hustvedt/9781476747248The Gormenghast series, Mervyn Peake: https://www.mervynpeake.org/gormenghast/The Book of the New Sun series, Gene Wolfe: https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-complete-book-of-the-new-sun/?isbn=9781250179111&format=ebookItalo Calvino: https://www.harpercollins.com/collections/italo-calvinoChina Miéville: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/20568/china-mieville/The Starving Saints, Caitlin Starling: https://www.caitlinstarling.com/books#StarvingSaintsFawn's Blood, Hal Schrieve: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/783176/fawns-blood-by-hal-schrieve/The Ephemera Collector, Stacy Nathaniel Jackson: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324093404Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/222980/tess-of-the-durbervilles-by-thomas-hardy/The Raymond Chandler Papers, Raymond Chandler, Tom Hiney, & Frank MacShane: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-raymond-chandler-papers-selected-letters-and-nonfiction-1909-1959-tom-hiney/12488660The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Michael Chabon: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-yiddish-policemens-union-michael-chabonThe Aspern Papers, Henry James: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317451/the-aspern-papers-and-other-tales-by-henry-james/Ulysses, James Joyce: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/797588/ulysses-by-james-joyce/Detransition, Baby, Torrey Peters: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/621886/detransition-baby-by-torrey-peters/Stag Dance, Torrey Peters: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708446/stag-dance-by-torrey-peters/Moby Dick, Herman Melville: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/moby-dick-collins-classics-herman-melvillePale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pale-fire-vladimir-nabokov/581281?ean=9780679723424&next=tWar and Peace, Leo Tolstoy (Maude translation): https://global.oup.com/academic/product/war-and-peace-9780199232765RuPaul's Drag Race: https://www.youtube.com/@rupaulsdragraceDaniel Lavery: https://www.danielmlavery.com/Several People Are Typing, Calvin Kasulke: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671445/several-people-are-typing-a-gma-book-club-pick-by-calvin-kasulke/Zoë Selengut: https://bsky.app/profile/queenofbithynia.bsky.socialIsaac's Law: https://isaacs-law.ghost.io/

Welcome to Shelf Life, a Blackwarren Books production! Join host Skye Sisk, editor extraordinaire, as she delves into the literary world with fascinating authors. In this episode, Skye sits down with M.J. Baerman to discuss her captivating book, 'Aether's Call,' and explore the vibrant world of Steampunk. M.J. shares insights into her background within the community, her passion for cosplay, and the welcoming spirit that makes Steampunk so unique. Prepare for a journey into imaginative worlds and the stories that bring them to life.Aether's Call on Blackwarren Books⁠⁠Aether's Call on Amazon⁠Where to find M. J. Baerman:⁠Bluesky⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠FacebookOpening theme arranged by Vaughn R. Demont

Blackwarren Books is proud to announce our next roundtable discussion! Hot on the heels of our very popular queer horror fiction roundtable, our new podcast focuses on representation in tabletop roleplaying from an intersectional point of view. Our esteemed guests for this Saturday include: Alison Cybe (they/them): Returning from our horror podcast, Alison is a prolific game contributor, having written for Call of Cthulhu, the Fallout RPG, Starfinder, Vampire the Masquerade, Blue Rose, the most recently published Shield Maidens, and many more. Alison is also a fiction author and avowed Gunpla addict. Read more about Alison here. Chris Bissette (they/them): Chris is the owner of Loot the Room, an ENnie Nominated blog providing free resources and articles for tabletop RPGs every week. They’re also responsible for creating The Wretched, A Dungeon Game, and adventures for Troika! and MÖRK BORG. Chris is also an accomplished musician. Their most recent release is The Moss Mother’s Maze, a standalone module for A Dungeon Game. Linda Codega (they/them): A journalist writing for Gizmodo, Dicebreaker, and others, Linda was the first to break the story this spring about Wizards of the Coast breaking the OGL. They’ve also recently written about has also recently written about trans representation in Nintendo, racism in Magic: the Gathering, and Critical Role’s “Candela Obscura” game. You can find Linda on Twitter @lincodega. Savan Gupta (he/him): CEO of multimedia company Steam-Funk Studios and editor-in-chief of fandom anthropology journal The Unconventional, Savan is a former WotC employee turned business analyst and marketing consultant for conventions and related businesses. His background includes stage performance and improv, project management and LARP production with years of industry experience, championing diverse representation in gaming. Steam-Funk’s magnum opus, The Living Multiverse tabletop RPG setting, is currently developing actively. As always, our Allora Public Radio roundtable will be moderated by our APR host Chris. More info can be found at the Blackwarren Books Discord. See you there!

Blackwarren Reads returns with the finale of the publisher's debut anthology, Samhain Secrets: World Premiere. In the Argent City, where supernatural creatures like dragons, fae, and tricksters live alongside blissfully unaware humanity, Halloween Night remains the craziest night of the year. A dragon who would be king struggles to establish his identity and find his passion in hosting a popular radio show, while the wily Kitsune seek to unmask a conspiracy against the feuding Tricksters of the City, where anyone could be the culprit. Across the City, a pair of Fae entrepreneurs stake their future on cleansing a murder site for the police, but a nosy Brownie can't accept the given cause of death and suspects murder. And finally, a hopeful actress takes a chance at scoring the lead in the reboot of a much-beloved vampire action series, only to find the audition process far more bizarre, and deadly, than even the most committed actor would expect. Secret McQueen returns! At least on television, that is. With the revival of Bloody Good making its world premiere Halloween Night the question on every fan's mind is who will step into Ashley Carpenter's shoes as the new Secret McQueen? Monique, working actress and Bloody Good superfan, sees an ad for an open call for the lead role. Is it too good to be true? And aren't the producers just a little too Method for an audition for a vampire hunter show? How far would you go for the role of a lifetime? Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Monique, Grace ⁠⁠⁠⁠Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Elder, Titan ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Renard DeFleuraux⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Dragomir ⁠⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Horatio Chris Shaffer⁠⁠: Dark-haired Vampire ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kezz McDonald⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Khalea Want to follow along? Find Sierra Dean here! Want to read Secret McQueen? Find her here on Amazon! ⁠⁠⁠⁠Blackwarren Books (epub format)⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Smashwords⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social media! ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠

Shout out to the Goblins out there! Blackwarren Reads returns with the publisher's debut anthology, Samhain Secrets: World Premiere. In the Argent City, where supernatural creatures like dragons, fae, and tricksters live alongside blissfully unaware humanity, Halloween Night remains the craziest night of the year. A dragon who would be king struggles to establish his identity and find his passion in hosting a popular radio show, while the wily Kitsune seek to unmask a conspiracy against the feuding Tricksters of the City, where anyone could be the culprit. Across the City, a pair of Fae entrepreneurs stake their future on cleansing a murder site for the police, but a nosy Brownie can't accept the given cause of death and suspects murder. And finally, a hopeful actress takes a chance at scoring the lead in the reboot of a much-beloved vampire action series, only to find the audition process far more bizarre, and deadly, than even the most committed actor would expect. "Whether you're cleaning up after a party, staging a condo for sale, or cleaning up a crime scene, call G&C Ablutions! There's no mess we can't address!" Claire Lascelles, a Brownie with a housekeeping pedigree and an Ivy League business degree, is still struggling to get her company, co-run with her friend and partner Gunnar "Gunny" MacNamara, to a level beyond advertising on social media. When called in by the police to clean a crime scene about to be released, Claire's obsession with hard-boiled whodunits comes out. Did the occupant die of natural causes as suspected? Or was it murder? Join Claire to find out and solve the mystery with her in this two-parter from Blackwarren Reads! Recorded Friday, May 12th, 2023 Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Claire Lascelles ⁠⁠⁠Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Gunnar MacNamara ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Renard DeFleuraux⁠⁠⁠⁠: Constable Thomas Canmore ⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠: Liam O'Shea, Landlord ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kezz McDonald⁠⁠⁠⁠: Julia Reeve, Anne Swanroad, Hope Ellie DeMar: Casey Want to follow along? ⁠⁠⁠Blackwarren Books (epub format)⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Smashwords⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social media! ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Tumblr

Shout out to the Goblins out there! Blackwarren Reads returns with the publisher's debut anthology, Samhain Secrets: World Premiere. In the Argent City, where supernatural creatures like dragons, fae, and tricksters live alongside blissfully unaware humanity, Halloween Night remains the craziest night of the year. A dragon who would be king struggles to establish his identity and find his passion in hosting a popular radio show, while the wily Kitsune seek to unmask a conspiracy against the feuding Tricksters of the City, where anyone could be the culprit. Across the City, a pair of Fae entrepreneurs stake their future on cleansing a murder site for the police, but a nosy Brownie can't accept the given cause of death and suspects murder. And finally, a hopeful actress takes a chance at scoring the lead in the reboot of a much-beloved vampire action series, only to find the audition process far more bizarre, and deadly, than even the most committed actor would expect. "Whether you're cleaning up after a party, staging a condo for sale, or cleaning up a crime scene, call G&C Ablutions! There's no mess we can't address!" Claire Lascelles, a Brownie with a housekeeping pedigree and an Ivy League business degree, is still struggling to get her company, co-run with her friend and partner Gunnar "Gunny" MacNamara, to a level beyond advertising on social media. When called in by the police to clean a crime scene about to be released, Claire's obsession with hard-boiled whodunits comes out. Did the occupant die of natural causes as suspected? Or was it murder? Join Claire to find out and solve the mystery with her in this two-parter from Blackwarren Reads! Recorded Friday, April 28th, 2023 Cast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Claire Lascelles ⁠⁠Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠⁠⁠: Gunnar MacNamara ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Renard DeFleuraux⁠⁠⁠: Constable Thomas Canmore Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠: Liam O'Shea, Landlord ⁠⁠⁠Kezz McDonald⁠⁠⁠: Julia Reeve, Anne Swanroad Want to follow along? ⁠⁠Blackwarren Books (epub format)⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Smashwords⁠⁠ Follow us on social media! ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Tumblr

This week, Chris interviews our newest assistant editor and budding voice artist, Skye Sisk, on her journey into creative writing and publishing, lifting the hood on a manuscript to help fine-tune the language, her minor font obsession, advocacy for a writer's voice, and love of her two American Akitas. Skye discusses writers and editors she admires, influences, fantasy nerdery, and the importance of well-executed symbolism and metaphor. ⁠⁠Learn more about Skye here at Blackwarren Books ⁠ ⁠Hear some of Skye's voice work in Blackwarren Reads Read Skye's blog articles on Representation and Character Identity in tabletop gaming. Find Skye on Twitter

Shout out to the Goblins out there! Blackwarren Reads returns with the publisher's debut anthology, Samhain Secrets: World Premiere. In the Argent City, where supernatural creatures like dragons, fae, and tricksters live alongside blissfully unaware humanity, Halloween Night remains the craziest night of the year. A dragon who would be king struggles to establish his identity and find his passion in hosting a popular radio show, while the wily Kitsune seek to unmask a conspiracy against the feuding Tricksters of the City, where anyone could be the culprit. Across the City, a pair of Fae entrepreneurs stake their future on cleansing a murder site for the police, but a nosy Brownie can't accept the given cause of death and suspects murder. And finally, a hopeful actress takes a chance at scoring the lead in the reboot of a much-beloved vampire action series, only to find the audition process far more bizarre, and deadly, than even the most committed actor would expect. We resume with "The Kit Gloves Are Off", by Chris Shaffer, and the kitsune protagonist Makoto "Mac" Minocci, journeyman trickster, and protege of Shiko Akimura, demon hunter, and de facto leader of the Foxes of the Argent City. Halloween is no reason to stop feuding clans of rogues, swindlers, and charlatans from targeting each other, but tonight's trick seems closer to starting a war. With the culprit finally unmasked, can Mac, Kaz, and Shiko stop their plan before the Kitsune are framed for an assassination? Recorded Friday, April 21st 2023 Cast: ⁠Chris Shaffer⁠: Makoto "Mac" Minocci ⁠⁠⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠⁠⁠: Shiko Akimura, misc. voices ⁠⁠⁠⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠⁠: Kazuhiro "Kaz" Watanabe ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kezz McDonald⁠⁠⁠⁠: Kyoko Narita, misc. voices Want to follow along? ⁠⁠⁠Blackwarren Books (epub format)⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Smashwords⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social media! ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Tumblr

This week, Chris interviews editor Renard De Fleureaux about his background, education, his work in education, his love of history and theater, and the importance of pathos in literature, now more than ever. ⁠Learn more about Renard here at Blackwarren Books Hear some of Renard's voice work in Blackwarren Reads Find Renard on social media Read Renard's blogs on Disney and French history

Shout out to the Goblins out there! Blackwarren Reads returns with the publisher's debut anthology, Samhain Secrets: World Premiere. In the Argent City, where supernatural creatures like dragons, fae, and tricksters live alongside blissfully unaware humanity, Halloween Night remains the craziest night of the year. A dragon who would be king struggles to establish his identity and find his passion in hosting a popular radio show, while the wily Kitsune seek to unmask a conspiracy against the feuding Tricksters of the City, where anyone could be the culprit. Across the City, a pair of Fae entrepreneurs stake their future on cleansing a murder site for the police, but a nosy Brownie can't accept the given cause of death and suspects murder. And finally, a hopeful actress takes a chance at scoring the lead in the reboot of a much-beloved vampire action series, only to find the audition process far more bizarre, and deadly, than even the most committed actor would expect. We resume "Climbing the Charts", by David M. Demar, and the protagonist Ricky Konacsz (CONE-ax), future Dragon King, freshman at Allora University, and vinyl aficionado taking his first steps into broadcasting. Nothing succeeds like success. After a harrowing (for him) night, Ricky learns his set on the Night Nest was a hit! With the Night Nest offered (not forced) on him, it's up to Ricky to prove he wasn't a fluke, help his sister Dags get revenge on her ex-boyfriend with an epic playlist of break-up songs, and eventually do a live broadcast Halloween Night. With every episode, Ricky's profile grows ever higher, more visible, and when the story comes full circle to the beginning, the future Dragon King will learn it's a long way down. Recorded Friday, March 24th 2023 ⁠Want to hear the playlist that Ricky put out in this episode?⁠ Cast: ⁠⁠⁠Dave DeMar⁠⁠⁠: Ricky Konacsz, Chad Konacsz, Chad Konacsz, Davinicus, Misc. Voices ⁠⁠⁠Kezz McDonald⁠⁠⁠: Anagen ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ally DeMar⁠⁠⁠: Thorli Konacsz ⁠⁠Renard DeFleuraux⁠⁠: Byron ⁠⁠Skye Sisk⁠⁠: Dags Konacsz ⁠Vaughn R. Demont⁠⁠⁠: Summers, Chauncey, Misc. Voices Want to follow along? ⁠⁠Blackwarren Books (epub format)⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Smashwords⁠⁠ Follow us on social media! ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Tumblr