Craig talks to CSE Cooney and Carlos Hernandez

CSE Cooney met Wolfe early in her career, and he became something of a mentor to her. Craig caught up with her and her husband at Gen Con where they were releasing and demo-ing their new narrative role playing game Negocios Infernales (all about aliens infiltrating 16th century European culture). Check out her collection Bone Swans or the novel Twice Drowned Saint for a first read.

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Sample story: "The Bone Swans of Amandale"

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Links:

Her website

Her substack

Negocios Infernales

Her music (and this week's outro...)

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* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

* Outro from "Lysistrata, Strut Your Stuff" Brimstone Rhine (Cooney's musical project)

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Listener comments end at: 10:05

The Sword of the Lictor Cyriaca flashbacks in Chapters 11 and 12

No. You did not miss an episode. We have skipped Severian's actions immediately after leaving the party to discuss the end of Severian and Cyriaca's tryst -- related to Dorcas in her little motel room.

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* Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow

* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

* Outro from "Bye-Bye" by Sarah Vaughan

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Listener comments end at: 21:45

The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 7 "Attractions"

Severian and Cyriaca keep flirting until Abdesius shows up.

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* Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow

* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

* Outro from "I Hurt You" by The Pretenders

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Ryan Leslie Interview

Ryan Leslie is a writer whose third book, The Garden of Before, is coming out on September 23, 2025. We discuss his other books The Between and Colossus (which Craig narrated for him -- the audiobook is available on Audible).

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* The Between

* Colossus

* Audiobook of Colossus (narrated by Craig)

* Incubus (Shatner's Esperanto movie)

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• Sponsor ad background music from "My Name Is" by Eminem
• Outro from "Colossus" by Magic Sword
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Listener comments end at: 18:10

The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 6 "The Library of the Citadel"

Severian and Cyriaca keep each other company while Cyriaca relates a strange story that is also vaguely familiar.

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* Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow

* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

* Outro from "Timemachine" by Suburbs

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Listener comments end at: 14:45

The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 5 "Cyriaca"

Severian goes to a party and chats up a girl in a nun costume.

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* Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow

* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

* Outro from "Garden Party" by Ricky Nelson

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Listener comments end at: 30:32

The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 4 "In the Bartizan of the Vincula"

Severian has a project management meeting with his boss.

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* Pre-Intro from Absolutely Sweet Marie by John Craigie

* Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow

* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

* Outro from "Two Tone Feather" by Dion

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Listener comments end at: 23: 50

The Sword of the Lictor Chapter 3 "Outside the Jacal"

Severian sets up Dorcas in a cheap motel, tries to explain himself, gets lost (of course), and ends up outside of some poor people's house.

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* Pre-Intro from Absolutely Sweet Marie by John Craigie

* Intro from The Alligator, Annihilation soundtrack by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow

* Break Music from Symphony #2 - I by Arvo Pärt, performed by NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic

* Outro from Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by Nina Simone

* Logo art by SonOfWitz

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