It's Halloween in July on DRAGONS DADDIES DEEP SPACE, as the lesbian vampires of V.E. Schwab's Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil glamour Jacob and William's socks off. But first, William mourns the loss of his beloved Kindle Oasis (discontinued), while Jacob finally confronts William over his nefarious space/time monkey business. Then your hosts get knee-deep in the fecund loam with as they discuss the first 100-125ish pages of BOBITMS.

It’s time for the biggest news story of June, 2025–William and Jacob are unleashing their full-spoiler, no-holds-barred review of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie. But first, William describes a harrowing experience at his first county fair and pines for hot milk, while Jacob says a prayer of thanks to Peirce Brown’s Red Rising audiobook for getting him through his apartment move. And just like that, they’re back in weird Europe, charting the highs, lows and mehs of The Devils. Be sure to stay tuned until things go off the rails as your hosts fancast the forthcoming James Cameron blockbuster adaptation of the novel.

William and Jacob are back in the land of page-to-screen, sharing their hot takes on the new How to Train Your Dragon live-action remake. But first, William belatedly realizes the pun inherent in The Wandering Inn, Jacob shares an update on his journey to The Well of Ascension (Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn 2, to the uninitiated), and then stuns William with an unexpected foray into Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse. Keep listening to the end for digressions into the Wings of Fire series by Tui T. Sutherland, and William's original Borrowers-style universe elevator pitch.

UPCOMING EPISODES:

• June 27th: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, Full Spoilers Review
• July 3rd: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E.Schwab–The First Hundred Pages

William and Jacob are feeling digressive today. William gives a spoiler-free movie review of Bring Her Back, and then reveals his latest before-bed book obsession, The Wandering Inn, a series of fantasy LitRPG doorstops. Jacob and William live-react to the new trailer for Wicked: For Good before they finally get to the alleged point of the episode and discuss the first five episodes of Apple TV+’s Murderbot. But don’t think the digressions stop there–both Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials and Sally Lockhart trilogies get a spotlight.

UPCOMING EPISODES:

June 19: How to Train Your Dragon

June 26: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie Full Review

Jacob and William celebrate the beginning of pride month by retooling our podcast format (shorter episodes! Less recapping! Fun, exciting new things!). And then we’re onto the most anticipated fantasy book release of the summer as we discuss Part One of Joe Abercrombie’s THE DEVILS! It has a fantasy world x historically fictitious Greco-Roman Europe mashup, a gender-flipped Catholicism, and all the throwback early-2000s horror/fantasy/action/adventure summer blockbuster energy you didn’t know you missed. It’s gory, it’s horny, and it may or may not have evil cannibalistic Elves.

We’re thrilled to welcome our very first author guest, Jenn Lyons, to talk about her wildly inventive, thoroughly modern, and gloriously queer A CHORUS OF DRAGONS series. We dig into queering the epic fantasy genre, the joy of seeing ourselves in these kinds of stories for the first time, the many different kids of dragons across fantasy, and what exciting new Jenn Lyons projects we have to look forward to this year and next.

JENN LYONS BOOKS:

• The Sky on Fire
• A Chorus of Dragons
• Green and Deadly Things (coming 2026!)

UPCOMING EPISODE:

• June 5: Part 1 of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie

William reels from the kill-a-palooza that was Final Destination: Bloodlines, we debate whether or not SFF books should have their own section at bookstores, and Jacob immediately dives head-first into the next book in the A CHORUS OF DRAGONS series. And then we’re onto the wonderful twisty final section of Jenn Lyon’s THE RUIN OF KINGS! We find out who Kihrin *really* is (we think), evil villains’ sinister plans are finally revealed, and we both become the math lady meme again and again as we find out who lived, who died, and who didn’t actually stay dead.

UPCOMING EPISODES:

• May 29: Author Interview with Jenn Lyons
• June 5: The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, Part One

Jacob shares the scary sci-fi-ification of ChatGPT and gets carried away with an impression of the alien Pleiadadian language, before William discovers the writings of author Lois McMaster Bujold, and discusses how fantasy bro author Patrick Rothfuss ALLEGEDLY scammed his fans out of a million dollars. And then on to part two of Jenn Lyons' THE RUIN OF KINGS, where in one timeline, Kihrin is on island time having bb orgies and taking lessons from a bartender and on the other, he is discovers its all in the family as he meets abusive dads, kooky aunts, annoying little brothers, and horny body-swapping stepmoms.

NEXT EPISODE:

May 22: The Ruin of Kings Chapters 59–Epic Conclusion