Dissecting Dragons

This is Dissecting Dragons: The Speculative Fiction podcast for Writers and Readers, by Writers and Readers!
Hosted by @J_AnneIronside & @M_E_Vaughan

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This week, the dragons are joined by the wonderful Olivia Atwater, author of the highly recommended regency fantasy #HalfaSoul. We'll be discussing Soft & Hard Magic Systems. What are they, how do they work, and how has Olivia used them in her books? Find out this Friday!

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This week's Dissecting Dragons Recommendation comes with exclusive discount!
Get 20% off the Audiobooks of "The Imperfect Cathar" series, a darkly funny Urban Fantasy staring a trio of immortal heretics in the south of France.
Follow the link below!
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Can you mix history with Urban Fantasy? What do submarines and humors have to do with it? And why is Jules worrying sheep?
Find out this Friday, with our latest episode, guest-staring CN Rowan!
#urbanfantasy #booklovers #DissectingDragons #ImPerfectCathar

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This week, the Dragons are very excited to welcome the delightful Heather G. Harris onto the show, to discuss the differences between UK & US #UrbanFantasy and talk about her own hit series, #TheOtherRealm!
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Listen now on Podbean, Itunes & Spotify!
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Happy New Year to all our lovely Listeners!
Here's to a wonderful 2023!

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Were Crackers made to use up gunpowder? Is mistletoe unlucky? Did the devil make the guiding star? Are Christmas presents a new thing?
Join the Dragons for this seasonal special, as we discuss common Festive myths and reveal if there's any truth to them!
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The Dragons were pleased to welcome back @LLaaksoWriter, author of the Wilde Investigations series, for this week's episode: "When Pain Says No: Chronic Illness Representation in Speculative Fiction"
Listen now on Podbean, Spotify or Itune Podcast!

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The Dragons are excited to welcome back @LLaaksoWriter to the show! Author of the "Wilde Investigation" series, Laura will be joining us to discuss Chronic Illness in Speculative Fiction, and talking about her newest book, #WildestHunger, out now!
Tune in this Friday, 4th Nov!

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The Samhain celebrations continue on today - Halloween isn't over yet! Keep up the fearsome festivities with one of our Spooky Season Specials! What commute isn't made better with vampires, cryptids and the most cursed places in the British Isles?
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Our final episode of our Spooky Season Specials is finally here!
Having brought you several discussions on Cursed Objects, this week we delve into Cursed Places in the UK, from Crowley's Boleskine House, to the ancient Ram's Inn!
Happy Halloween! 🎃
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Long before Stoker's Dracula 🧛‍♂️ arrived in Whitby, the United Kingdom and Ireland had their own collection of vampires...Undead creatures with different names!
Learn all about them in this week's Spooky Season Special!🎃
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#Halloween2022 #Vampire #Folklore

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Loved the episodes on British cryptids! Despite coming from Hertfordshire, I didn't know about the mystical significance of white stags. But, oddly, The White Hart Hotel in my hometown of St Albans is reputedly the most haunted pub in town -

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Wodewose? Owlman? Kellas Cats? Beat the Monday blues and discover the cryptids of the United Kingdom and Ireland, with both episodes of our Spooky Season Special now out!
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#Cryptids #Folklore #Halloween2022

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IT'S TIME! Our first Spooky Season Special is out!
Join us this week, on a tour of the UK & Ireland's very own Cryptids, featuring the obscure Owlman, the mysterious Morag, and the wandering Wodewose...
#Cryptid #FolkloreThursday #Halloween2022 #Podcast

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It's October! And you know what that means...
The Spooky Season has begun!
In the run up to Halloween, the Dragons will be covering a special series of suitably spooky subjects, starting this Friday, 7th of October, with our UK Cryptid Countdown!
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#Halloween2022 #cryptids

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For this week's episode, award winning director, artist and writer @hamishsteele joins us to discuss musical episodes in genre fiction, and give us an insight into the mechanics of writing his own, for #DeadEndParanormalPark!

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For this Friday's episode, the Dragons welcome back Netflix's #DeadEndParanormalPark creator @hamishsteele, to talk about musical episodes in Genre Fiction TV, and his experience writing one!
Listen and download the episode on Podbean, Spotify or Itunes!

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Dissecting Dragons has had a little make-over! We've updated our Icon and Cover. What do you all think? 🐉☺️

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@DenwoodDragon Thank you for the recommendation! We will be sure to check it out. 😀

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@DenwoodDragon Thank you for the suggestion! It was a very enjoyable discussion for us!