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