Fade to Obsidian

Me Like Bees joins us about creating music and loving Red Rising. Jake & Luke join us to discuss their band, music and love of Red Rising. We cover HowlerCon, how they got there and improving Sevro's Song. You can find them on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/melikebees/ Their website: https://www.melikebees.com/ And spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6b0G9aPXmaLLDWJHhC...

Taylor Ash joins us about creating music for the Red Rising world. Taylor joins us to discuss what inspired her to create music for the Red Rising world. We also discuss some of our favourite moments of the first trilogy, and why Science-Fiction is so important to read right now. You can find her on instagram here: ttps://www.instagram.com/taylorashmusic/ And spotify here: https://open.spotify.com...

Alanna joins us from La Rosa Studio to talk Stained Glass Fanart in Red Rising. Alanna joins us to discuss how Stained Glass is created, what makes her inspired, the ties of Red Rising to the ancient world and so much more. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/larosa.studio_/

CatBackPack Carl joins us from Lit Escalates/Shit Escalates to talk how he joined the team, behind the scenes of Book of Lorn, comics in general and LOTS. We mean LOTS. Make sure you join the https://shit-escalates.com/ patreon and check out the https://www.lit-escalates.com/ merch shop. Here is your reading syllabus! Carl's Work: Ostrich Cycles: https://archive.org/details/ostrichcycles Carl's we...

Scott / Black Hole joins us from Book & Box Co to talk Fanart in Red RisingOn top discussing how he puts his own spin on designs, the creation of merch, putting the perfect touches on pieces, we also discuss our favourite characters and some hopes and dreams for Red God. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/bookandboxco/In this episode we also highlight: https://www.in...

It's 2026 and we're still talking about Red Rising Fanart. This time with Bethanie of Danger & Beauty Art! We talk about lots in this episode, her art, her fanfiction, a couple Red God predictions, Our favourite characters and so much more. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dangerandbeauty_art/In this episode we also highlight: https://www.instagram.com/slee...

Crescent and community members came up with fact or fiction Red Rising questions for us to answer. Did this thing ACTUALLY happen? Unfortunately, we had eat terribly flavoured beans for every incorrect answer. Feel free to play along and let us know how you did! (We don't actually recommend the beans though). Thank you Sanguine, Zephyr, Nova for submitting questions!

This Christmas all we want is for Steve Harrington to live. Harvest joins us for this ridiculous episode where we discuss which Red Rising characters would get along best with each Stranger Things character. We're pretty proud of some of these pairings, and think the Duffer Brothers need to write us some crossover stories. Let us know in the comments what you agree and disagree with. For obvio...

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have Miles Bensky as our guest. We talk about his creation of Red Rising art, the creation of the board game, how much Howlers love disc golf, and as always THE FANDOM. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/mbenskydesigns/In this episode we mention MANY creators, but want to highlight:...

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have Sushi Western as our guest. We talk about his creation of Red Rising art, picturing scenes and creating them, translation errors in the books, and so much more. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/sushiwestern

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have Backstitch/Caroline Krunchy/Hearthweaver! Honestly, we talk about so much that we stopped recording and then restarted again. Backstitch is one of our favourite humans, and we're so lucky to have her on this episode. Especially talking about her art! You can find her on instagram here: https://www.ins...

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have PB Doodles as our guest. We talk about her creation of Red Rising art, the terror that is gold foiling, her collaborations with Lit Escalates, the amazing fandom and so much more. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/pb.doodles/Etsy shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/WildBrewedP...

We continue our venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have Andie Burky as our guest. We talk about her process of making art, how to handle critics, and just how amazing this fandom really is. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/andieburky/

Our first venture into the world of Red Rising fanart, and we're so excited to have Kevin/ Beer Is the Mind Killer as our guest. We talk about how he creates, drawing inspiration from all different books, the wonderful Red Rising fandom, and of course the Blue Jays. Is it possible that we jinxed them? Yes, yes it is. Sorry Toronto. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/...

We're continuing our dive into the world of Cosplay with Scarab! We talk about cosplay, 3D creations, working with major studies to produce content, and honestly A LOT of things. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/redprintsrising/ Please also check out Orange Armory: https://www.instagram.com/theorangearmory/

We're continuing our dive into the world of Cosplay with Veil! We talk about being in the Red Rising Cosplay community, but also Dune & Star Wars. What are European Cons like, and how simple cosplay origins can grow into so much more. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/costumes_by_puck/

We're continuing our dive into the world of Cosplay with Salem! We talk about the many sides of Mustang, getting started in the cosplaying world, making easy pieces but also interesting standards. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/swlarue/

We're continuing our dive into the world of Cosplay with Backstitch... errr... Hearthweaver... er Caroline Krunchy!! We talk about all the work it takes to make Darrow's armor, what the appeal of cosplaying is, and recreating her favourite characters. You can find her on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/carolinekrunchy/

This week we're talking the world of cosplaying with Alcatraz. We talk about how she got into cosplaying, the effort that it takes to get into creating the outfit, and why more people should be dressing up as their favourite RR characters. You can take a look at all of Alcatraz' costumes at https://www.instagram.com/owleeriecosplay/

Lo Howlers, We had a very exciting (and overwhelming) Lit Escalates livestream last week! Let's talk about it! Disclaimer that while we do proctor for LE, our thoughts and opinions are our own. We absolutely love this fandom and the great people who work to keep it as loving as possible. Please head over to https://www.instagram.com/litescalates to send your love to the whole team as LE. While...

For our summer series this year we are discussing the animals of Red Rising and whether we can have it as a pet. Joined by Yogi, the Den's official Zoo Keeper, we're going book by book to decide what animal in the Series would make the best pet. Final Rankings: Frog - They hop around Truffle Pig - Yes truffles! Coyote - You shouldn't but... CRIME ANIMALS Bull- cow with horns Ram - Not...

We're in the last leg of Lit Escalate's Operation Hazard Bedlam. We recount what's happened, what's coming, and speculate on what the secret project is. What has your favourite part of OHB been? And what are you hoping is announced on September 17th?

For our summer series this year we are discussing the animals of Red Rising and whether we can have it as a pet. Joined by Yogi, the Den's official Zoo Keeper, we're going book by book to decide what animal in the Series would make the best pet. Final Rankings:Drake - With or without wingsMule - We love MulesCow - They get best friendsSalamander - Just maintain the environmentAurochs - Jus...

For our summer series this year we are discussing the animals of Red Rising and whether we can have it as a pet. Joined by Yogi, the Den's official Zoo Keeper, we're going book by book to decide what animal in the Series would make the best pet. Final Rankings:Rabbit - Already a common petPigeon - Absolutely. Drunk messages! Sheep - Just sheer itKuon Hound - Dog with armour but how insecto...

For our summer series this year we are discussing the animals of Red Rising and whether we can have it as a pet. Joined by Yogi, the Den's official Zoo Keeper, we're going book by book to decide what animal in the Series would make the best pet. Final Rankings for the full trilogy: Dog - Yes with a living situation Rat - Absolutely Cat - Yes as long as your not a bad person Raven - Yes! Sn...