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Skye talks with game designer Jay Dragon about playing with restrictions, engaging with paratext, the chessboard intruding into life, and what you can do with wizards.
Reading list:"A Dozen Fragments on Playground Theory," Jay Dragon: https://possumcreek.medium.com/a-dozen-fragments-on-playground-theory-684104bcb4ab (https://possumcreek.medium.com/a-dozen-fragments-on-playground-theory-684104bcb4ab)
Equal Rites, Terry Pratchett: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/equal-rites-terry-pratchett?variant=41392516956194 (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/equal-rites-terry-pratchett?variant=41392516956194)
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/a-wizard-of-earthsea (https://www.ursulakleguin.com/a-wizard-of-earthsea)Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/jonathan-strange--mr-norrell-9781526681553/ (https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/jonathan-strange--mr-norrell-9781526681553/)Goodreads' "Queer Cozy Fantasy" list: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/queer-cozy-fantasy (https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/queer-cozy-fantasy)
The Sandman, DC Comics: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/preludes-and-nocturnes_neil-gaiman/257933/ (https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/preludes-and-nocturnes_neil-gaiman/257933/)"The Defense," Vladimir Nabokov: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/119457/the-defense-by-vladimir-nabokov/ (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/119457/the-defense-by-vladimir-nabokov/)
The Name of the Rose, Umberto EcoEntangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566795/entangled-life-by-merlin-sheldrake/ (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566795/entangled-life-by-merlin-sheldrake/)
The Unicorn Hunters, Katherine Arden: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608879/the-unicorn-hunters-by-katherine-arden/ (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608879/the-unicorn-hunters-by-katherine-arden/)
Villain, Natalie Zina Walschots: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/villain-natalie-zina-walschots (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/villain-natalie-zina-walschots)The Three-Body Problem, Cixin Liu, translated by Ken Liu: https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-three-body-problem/ (https://torpublishinggroup.com/the-three-body-problem/)Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen"The Quarry's Secret Name," Jay Dragon: https://jaydragonwrites.itch.io/the-quarrys-secret-name (https://jaydragonwrites.itch.io/the-quarrys-secret-name)Wayfinder Adventures: https://wayfinderadventures.org/ (https://wayfinderadventures.org/)
Girl Frame, Isabelle M. Ruebsaat: https://anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frame (https://anxiousmimicrpgs.itch.io/girl-frame)
Under Hollow Hills, Meguey & Vincent Baker: https://lumpley.games/under-hollow-hills/ (https://lumpley.games/under-hollow-hills/)Benjamin Rosenbaum: https://www.the-unraveling.com/ (https://www.the-unraveling.com/)Sam Sorenson on simulationism: https://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3mqzvafznj22h (https://bsky.app/profile/samsorensen.bsky.social/post/3mqzvafznj22h)
The Fifth Head of Cerberus, Gene Wolfe: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250861009/thefifthheadofcerberus/ (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250861009/thefifthheadofcerberus/)"Thousand Year Old Campfire," Tim Hutchings: https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/collections/all/products/tyoc (https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/collections/all/products/tyoc)Jay's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/possumcreek (https://www.patreon.com/possumcreek)The Seven-Part Pact Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/seven-part-pact (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/seven-part-pact)Possum Creek: https://possumcreekgames.com/ (https://possumcreekgames.com/)Steve Jackson Games: https://www.sjgames.com/ (https://www.sjgames.com/)
17 Oct 2025
Shelf Life: Bitter Karella
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 (https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/bitter-karella/moonflow/9780316581936/).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/ (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/ (https://www.baader-meinhof.com/baader-meinhof-wagen/)
Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals: https://www.bitterkarella.com/midnightpals/ (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/9781668038079 (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/You-Werent-Meant-to-Be-Human/Andrew-Joseph-White/9781668038079)
What I was thinking was an SNL skit was actually "Crippling Levels of Manliness" by CollegeHumor: https://youtu.be/wogb2ctOfV4?si=5vcqvSFO3loUeULf (https://youtu.be/wogb2ctOfV4?si=5vcqvSFO3loUeULf)
"The Call of Cthulhu," H. P. Lovecraft: https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx (https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx)
Stalker (1979), Andrei Tarkovsky
Nothing But Trouble (1991), Dan Aykroyd
Annihilation, Jeff Vandermeer: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374104092/annihilation/ (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374104092/annihilation/)
The Ring (2002), Gore Verbinski
The Shining, Stephen King: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/92991/the-shining-by-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/ (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/ (https://horrifictales.co.uk/premium-novellas/a-song-for-the-end/)
Chasers, Mariah Darling & Eve Harms: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasers-mariah-darling/1146273289 (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasers-mariah-darling/1146273289)
These Kids Are Not Alright, T. L. Bodine: https://bookshop.org/p/books/these-kids-are-not-alright/8822374a4fd6ad52?ean=9781737465034 (https://bookshop.org/p/books/these-kids-are-not-alright/8822374a4fd6ad52?ean=9781737465034)
Wife Shaped Bodies, Laura Cranehill: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Wife-Shaped-Bodies/Laura-Cranehill/9781668098103 (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Wife-Shaped-Bodies/Laura-Cranehill/9781668098103)
City Infernal, Edward Lee: https://www.cemeterydance.com/edward-lee.html (https://www.cemeterydance.com/edward-lee.html)
16 Jun 2025
Shelf Life: Isaac Fellman
Host Skye interviews author and archivist Isaac Fellman about his book *Notes from a Regicide*, exploring framing devices, gender as a genre, and models of goodness.
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