What happens when a heap of fairy tale tropes crash into each other in the lobby of a Broadway musical?

The Curses and Curtain series by Devon Barlow.

These fantasy novels are perfect for anyone who's ever sympathised with a fairy tale villain,

all belted along to a Broadway cast recording.

Find them at your favourite e-bookstore or at Devonbarlow.com.

That's d-E-V-A-N-B-A-R-L-O-W.com.

Podcast on, episode 8-2 Tuesday the 14th of January 2025. The Husband by P. C. Vrine, read and produced by Eric Valdez, rated R, with content notes for sex, violence and references to the death of a spouse.

Good morning, good day, good afternoon and good evening.

And welcome to Podcastle, the Flying Castle of Fantasy Fiction.

I'm your host, Matt Dovey, and it is my privilege to present for your enjoyment, our first podcast

original of the year, and my goodness, what a way to start.

This is The Husband by PC Verone, narrated by our own audio wizard, Eric Valdez.

P.C. Verone is a writer of page and stage. His work has appeared in Fire magazine,

Elemental Forces from Flame Tree Press, permanent record, poetics towards the archive

from Nightboat books and elsewhere.

His unpublished vampire novel, The Nightlife, won the inaugural Black Creatives Workshop.

He has been a resident at Tin House and the Playwright Centre.

He holds a BA from Harvard University and an MFA in creative writing from Rutgers University

Newark. He lives with his husband and there are many books.

Eric Valdez is a sound mixer, performer and creative human like you.

He has spent the past two decades specialising in audio for visual media and was nominated

for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for his recording work.

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