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February 3, 2023 50 mins

This time around, it’s my joy to welcome back World Fantasy Award winner and fantastic human being C.L. Polk (@clpolk@wandering.shop) to talk about their newest novella, Even Though I Knew The End. After hearing an excerpt from the book’s first act, we get into its unexpected origin story, the things we write for our nine (9) goblin friends, and an introduction to Cee’s other books!

 

Things we mention in this episode:

 

The Kingston Cycle and The Midnight Bargain, by C.L. Polk

Detroit Red Wings

Chicago Blackhawks

Supernatural

AO3

Hardboiled fiction

The Magicians

Discord

Guy Noir, Private Eye

A Prairie Home Companion

Phillip Marlowe

Raymond Chandler

An American Werewolf in London

Hermie (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer)

The Witching Hour, by Anne Rice

Masters of Magic

Dragon Age

Dragon Age: Absolution

The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal

The Lady Astronaut series, by Mary Robinette Kowal

Cee’s website

Groundhog Day

 

Join us again in two weeks, when my guest will be Aimee Ogden!

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