Episodes

  • Chapter 1 - Detritus Lane

    Chapter 1 - Detritus Lane
    Nov 5 2019
    Welcome to the Stealing from Wizards podcast. This is the free audiobook version of the children’s fantasy novel, Stealing from Wizards Volume 1. It’s a story of magic, mystery, theft, and friendship set at a school for young witches and wizards in the magical fairy lands of Canada. Chapter one joins our protagonist as he struggles to survive in the poorest of places in the magical lands, Detritus lane.
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    18 mins
  • Chapter 2 - The Master

    Chapter 2 - The Master
    Nov 12 2019
    Meet Phineas Hearn, the man that made Kuro into the thief he is. This week we learn more about how Kuro has come to be in his desperate situation, and how even when it seems you’ve hit rock bottom, there’s always farther to fall. Also, how a small act of kindness can sometimes change someone’s world.
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    18 mins
  • Chapter 3 - The Whispering Seashell

    Chapter 3 - The Whispering Seashell
    Nov 19 2019
    Living in the magical world, surrounded by wizards, elves, and fairies, doesn’t make life alone on the streets any easier. However, small victories are worth celebrating, and a good place to hide, a kindly ghost, and a furry friend can make all the difference in the world when your greatest hope is surviving till tomorrow.
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    16 mins
  • Chapter 4 - Thieves

    Chapter 4 - Thieves
    Nov 26 2019
    Of students, hounds, lightning, and loyalty. No good deed goes unpunished, and a kind heart is a fatal weakness. These were lessons taught to Kuro from his first moments, but even so they failed to sink in. A single, foolhardy act of loyalty turns Kuro’s life upside down and lands him in the hands of one of the most dangerous wizard hunters in the four kingdoms.
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    22 mins
  • Chapter 5 - The Principal and the Hound

    Chapter 5 - The Principal and the Hound
    Dec 3 2019
    Something that both children and imprisoned criminals have in common is that they are given little choice as to how or where they spend their time. Kuro, being both, has even less say in the matter. He is trapped, helpless and hopeless, watching adults decide his future for him. At least he is well fed.
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    30 mins
  • Chapter 6 - Lost and Found

    Chapter 6 - Lost and Found
    Dec 10 2019
    22 mins
  • Chapter 7 - The Ferry, Princess

    Chapter 7 - The Ferry, Princess
    Dec 17 2019
    Sometimes you get to choose your friends, sometimes they choose you, and sometimes it’s just down to who happens to sit next to you on the boat to your first day of school. Friends and enemies are made as Kuro takes the long ride across the water to Avalon Island, home of the school that will be his home and prison for the next ten months.
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    34 mins
  • Chapter 8 - Autumn Lodge

    Chapter 8 - Autumn Lodge
    Dec 24 2019
    Kuro arrives at Avalon Academy, school of magic, and prison for the young thief. What fresh horrors await him in the confines of the strange island, surrounded by the unfriendly youth of the magical world?
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    21 mins