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In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's compelling Introduction to Jay Lake's Last Plane to Heaven.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss the passions, the joys, the fears, the failures, and the successes of the Book Collecting hobby. Contains some terribly exciting news.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's short story "Bluesberry Jam".

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's Robert E. Howard homage "Six From Atlantis."

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's short story "Has Anyone Seen Junie Moon."

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's Contribution to the collection Take My Advice.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Mountains Like Mice. First published in Worlds of If, 1966 and also collected in Young Wolfe in 1992, and The Wolfe at the Door in 2023.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Mountains Like Mice. First published in Worlds of If, 1966 and also collected in Young Wolfe in 1992, and The Wolfe at the Door in 2023.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's essay "Breakthrough".

(1987) Breakthrough, Frontier Crossings, ed. Robert Jackson, 1987. Publisher: Science Fiction Conventions Ltd.

A Souvenir of the 45th World Science Fiction Convention.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's short story "A Cabin on the Coast" collected in Endangered Species and The Best of Gene Wolfe.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss their visit to WorldCon 2025 in Seattle.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's short story "Wolfer." First Published in the anthology Wild Women and later collected in Innocents Aboard.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay and the connections between combat trauma and Gene Wolfe's work.

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In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's short story Straw, first published in Galaxy in 1975 and collected in Storeys from the Old Hotel and The Best of Gene Wolfe.

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In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss "The Flag" first published in 1988's Storeys from the Old Hotel.

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In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss their own and others' obsession with collecting books.

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In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's The Boy Who Hooked the Sun: originally published as a chapbook and then collected in Starwater Strains and The Best of Gene Wolfe.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss two stories that Gene Wolfe declared the "Worst Werewolf Story" and "The Worst Miracle Story". 

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss "Date Due" a hidden short story contained in the Introduction to Gene Wolfe's Book of Days and in the compilation Castle of Days.

In which the Unreliable Narrators continue discussing Gene Wolfe's short story "The Hero as Werwolf.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's The Hero as Werwolf.

In which the Unreliable Narrators talk about a year's worth of podcasting.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss the bonus characters included in the paperback printing of Bibliomen.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss the final chapters of Gene Wolfe's Bibliomen (Cheapstreet edition).

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss characters from Gene Wolfe's Bibliomen.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Robert Borski's short story In the Crowded Part of Heaven.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss yet more characters from Gene Wolfe's delightful and strange Bibliomen.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss three more characters from Gene Wolfe's Bibliomen.

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In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Ada Palmer's sort-of short story "New Gray to Join the Olympic Five" which first appeared in Shoreline of Infinity, volume 8 & ½ - Summer of 2017.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss three more characters from Gene Wolfe's Bibliomen.

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In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss the short story "Justice" by Dan Knight, founder of United Mythologies Press, author, recording artist, and friend of many. Justice was published in Feast of Laughter volume 3.

Chapbook of the Hedgehog Press interview with Dan Knight available HERE on AbeBooks.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Mary Beatrice Smoot Friarly, SPV. 

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss the third and fourth "characters" of Gene Wolfe's Bibliomen.

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In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss the short story "Filipina Baby" and try to determine whether or not it is actually by "our" Gene Wolfe.  Published in 1969 in The Laurel Review.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss the foreword and first two "characters" of Gene Wolfe's Bibliomen.

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In which the Unreliable Narrator's discuss "The Monday Man" which appeared in Readercon in 1990 and also in 2004's Innocents Aboard.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's "Volksweapon." Originally published in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, September 1967, then collected in Young Wolfe in 1992 and Wolfe at the Door in 2023.

In which the Unreliable Narrators Discuss Gene Wolfe's essay "Eaters of the Dead" which was published in Fantasy Newsletter #46 in March of 1982.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss "Why Private War" a poem from the collection Now We Are Sick edited by Neil Gaiman and Stephen Jones. It also appeared in For Rosemary in 1988.

In which the Unreliable Narrrators continue to discuss Gene Wolfe's From the Cradle which first appeared in Shelf Life in 2002 and is also collected in Starwater Strains from 2005.

In which the Unreliable Narrrators discuss Gene Wolfe's From the Cradle which first appeared in Shelf Life in 2002 and is also collected in Starwater Strains from 2005.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss the collection Meditations on Middle Earth and determine the precise degree of foolishness demonstrated in rejecting Gene Wolfe's "The Best Introduction to the Mountains."

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Gene Wolfe's essay "The Best Introduction to the Mountains." an essay on Tolkien, which appeared in Interzone in 2001.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss Tolkien's short story Leaf by Niggle for Gene Wolfe related purposes.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss a letter to the editor in the fanzine Alien Critic from Gene Wolfe about his experiences as an editor of Plant Engineering.

In which the Unreliable Narrator's discuss Gene Wolfe's first professional sale: "The Dead Man," which appeared in Sir Magazine in 1965 and was later collected in Young Wolfe and is now available in The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss "Rattler," which first appeared in Realms of Fantasy in 2004. 

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss "Westwind," originally appearing in Worlds of IF, 1973.

In which the Unreliable Narrators discuss "Dumpster World" which appeared in the fanzine The Alliterative Argentus, issue 5, in 2005.