One Dark Window's Rachel Gillig: Bad Boys, Nightmares & Nihilistic Penguins

House of Maher

Wave

Society & Culture, Sports, Comedy, Rugby

4.9 • 569 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Welcome to the family Rachel Gillig!!! Wow, we loved this conversation sooo much. Take off your cloak and get cozy: Our fourth Maher sister today is an author whose hauntingly beautiful stories feel like they’ve been unearthed from an ancient library. She writes with a depth and atmosphere that has captivated millions, creating worlds that are as beautiful as they are dangerous. She’s the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shepherd King series as well as The Stonewater Kingdom series, and she is the author of our Tall Tales Book Club's debut book of the month: One Dark Window, a story about a girl who fights to save her town from an encroaching mist while living with an ancient spirit in her mind. Support the show by supporting our sponsors! AG1: For a limited time only, go to https://drinkag1.com/Maher to get a FREE AG1 Flavor Sampler and AGZ Sampler to try all the flavors, plus FREE Vitamin D3+K2 and AG1 Welcome Kit with your first AG1 subscription order!Peloton: Let yourself run, lift, sculpt, push, and go. Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ at https://onepeloton.comSharkNinja: Use code MAHER to receive $60 off the Ninja Luxe™ Café Premier 3-in-1 Espresso, Coffee & Cold Brew. This offer is available exclusively on sharkninja.com while supplies lastBook Nook:A Study in Drowning by Ava ReidThe Witchwood Knot by Olivia AtwaterElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine New episodes of House of Maher release every Tuesday! Come hang at our place: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Check us out on YouTube @HouseofMaher⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more sister chaos, follow along @HouseofMaher on all platforms. House of Maher is a Wave Original.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/houseofmaher⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠tiktok.com/@HouseofMaher⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Rachel, I just want to know what's up with you in bad boys?
0:02.0	Okay? Where did this come from? Are they bad or are... Do they have the appearance of being bad boys? But they're really like soft, gooey. Okay. It's relative, right? You can talk about a bad boy in a book and you read it and you're like, yeah, that's a toxic individual. Right, right. They have all the appearance of it and then actually they're
0:21.3	misunderstood. They actually are like kind. They love their families. They love their families.
0:26.0	Love their families.
0:26.9	Love their families.
0:28.9	Welcome or welcome back to House of Mar, a Wave Original.
0:40.9	Remove your cloak.
0:42.1	You can have whatever is in the cupboard.
0:43.9	The Wi-Fi password today is nightmare, all caps.
0:47.2	You should know we have a few house rules.
0:49.2	Girls are magic.
0:50.1	Reading is hot.
0:51.0	And so are you.
0:51.7	Make sure to watch and subscribe on YouTube because I'm wearing sunglasses today. She's looking real cool. Sunlasses inside. I'm like a cool sunglasses girl. Future's so bright. I don't, I feel performative in a way in it. I'm going to stick with it this whole time. If you are watching this, we are in Milan right now at the Olympics. Hopefully we're just having the most fun. Mm-hmm. like finding love. Finding love. It was just Valentine's Day. Hopefully I'm smooching. Yeah, right as this episode comes out. Future me, you better be smooching in Milan right now. Perfect. Well, we have an amazing guest today. Our fourth Marr's sister today is an author who's hauntingly beautiful stories feel like they've been unearthed from an ancient library. She writes with a depth and atmosphere that has captivated millions,
1:32.2	creating worlds that are as beautiful as they are dangerous. She's the number one New York Times best-selling
1:37.0	author of the Shepherds King series, as well as the Stonewater Kingdom series. But more than that,
1:42.2	she's an artist who speaks with incredible passion and honesty
1:44.6	about the writing process, the courage it takes to be bad at something on the way to being
1:48.6	good.
1:49.2	And the magic of storytelling, we are so honored to have her.
1:53.1	Please welcome to the family, Rachel Gillis!
1:56.1	Yay!
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