Episode 28 is available for streaming on Podbean, Spotify, iTunes, and more.
Segueing into Spooky Season, this week we’re bringing a seasonally-appropriate episode on witchy books! Focusing on The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke and Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper, we discuss the different takes on witches in both novels, their representation of magic-wielding lesbian and bisexual women, and how supernatural elements are used to underscore and develop the character relationships. (And also how a drag show act served as the seed of inspiration for this episode.)
Content warnings: car crash, parental death, homophobia
Other media mentioned
- The Sandman (comic)
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan
- The Sandman (Netflix show)
- Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco
- Hellblazer by Jamie Delano
- The Scratch Daughter by H.A. Clarke (upcoming)
- The Lost Coast by A.R. Capetta
- Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones