Podcastle, Episode 892 for Tuesday the 20th of May 2025.

The Cambist and Lord Iron by Daniel Abraham, read by Wilson Fowley, and produced by Devin Martin. Rated PG, with content notes for debauchery and rumors of debauchery, off-screen killing, and foreign exchange. Thank you. Hello and welcome to Podcastle, the Flying Castle of Fantasy Fiction.

I'm your guest host, Wilson Fowley.

If you've been listening to us for very long, you may recognize my voice as one that usually reads you the story.

However, today I am privileged to present to you a tale from the vaults for your enjoyment.

The Canvist and Lord Iron by Daniel Abraham, narrated by, well, me.

This story was first published in 2007, in the anthology Logoria good words make good stories and first

published on Podcastle as episode number 51 way back in May 2009 this is the first

story I ever recorded for Podcastle or anyone else for that matter

Daniel Abraham is the author of the critically acclaimed Long Price Quartet, the Dagger

and the Coin series, and the Kithamar trilogy.

He writes with Ty Frank as James S.A. Corey and as MLN. Hanover.

He's been nominated for the Nebula and World Fantasy Awards, the latter for this very story,

and won the Hugo Award and the International

Horror Guild Award. He lives in New Mexico, and you can follow him on Blue Sky at abraham.bsky.

Social. I'm supposed to tell you about the narrator now, but as it's me, and as I felt a bit

odd about talking about myself in the third person, I asked a friend

to write and record a bio on my behalf.

I don't actually know what he's going to say, so let's find out together, shall we?

Hello, I'm Alistair, and you normally hear my voice over at Sudapod and EscapePod.

I'm here for the best of reasons, because this

week's VALTS story is the first ever narration that the amazing Wilson Fowley did for us,

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