Rachel Lawson's The Magicians Podcast

"The Magicians: Disillusionment" finds Dr. Blake Alexander—better known as the coroner nicknamed Dr Death—forced into the spotlight not by corpses, but by children in need of cheer. Disguised as his alter ego, the stage magician Blake Fire, he faces more than awkward romance with Nurse Sally. A gunman storms the ward, demanding vengeance. But Blake is no ordinary magician. He’s an Enchanter, capab...

"All we see or seem is but a dream within a dream…" Dr. Death just wanted a quiet coffee break with Coldplay, but fate—and a meddling orderly—had other plans. What begins as a reluctant audition for a hospital charity show spirals into mistaken identities, vampire stagehands, and a magician who may or may not be the coroner himself. As Blake Fire wrestles with his double life—doctor, alien, magici...

Song from second chapter of The Age Of Treason Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Song referred to in Age of Treason, novella Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The Age of Treason" plunges you into a universe where love, betrayal, and immortality collide. Follow Fred, the Emperor of the Universe—a time-traveling Magician cursed to die and rise again—as he risks everything for forbidden love. But when passion sparks treachery, and even death cannot sever the ties of fate, the cost of desire may unravel empires. In this episode, ghosts sing, reapers walk a...

He saw an alien invasion where there was none. He saw the king of the aliens who were endemic to the solar system as a leader of an alien invasion. The king was not a vanguard's leader, the man had aliens on the brain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hell is empty. The devils walk among us. In the shadows of a city alley, a killer waits. But so does Lance — necromancer, reaper, and reluctant son. When a hunt for a serial murderer goes awry, Lance’s father vanishes without a trace, leaving behind only blood, suspicion, and a ghost with a gun. As the afterlife stirs and secrets unravel, Lance and fellow reaper Dante must navigate a deadly game o...

Song here, as a treat. H. G. Wells' The Time Machine inspired song. See the full Musical I wrote on the book here in the playlist on YouTube. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYXHIS9GMnRiO12gROv9TUQdGWkRxIjjv&si=YhixaPDgBbP6JKSF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not for kids. When Fred awakens from a fall, he finds himself dressed as Napoleon, hailed as Emperor of the Universe, and pursued by memories that don’t belong to him. Is he a grandfather, a time traveler, or the king of the grim reapers in disguise? As love, betrayal, and immortality collide, Fred must face the truth: nothing is what it seems, and even dreams can turn against their dreamer. A tal...

There will be blood, there will be death, there will be vampires, there will be horror there will be gore, there will be more There will be ghosts, there will be death, there be visions of death, there will be reapers, there will be more to sink your teeth into there will be more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Family ties can be the strongest bond—or the sharpest blade. In this tale of immortality, loyalty, and uneasy alliances, the Alexanders find themselves navigating love, rivalry, and the weight of destiny. A story where death is never final, and the past is never truly gone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The men in black aren’t usually the ones asking for help—but this time, they need it. On a quiet beach at sunset, an unexpected meeting blurs the line between law, magic, and interstellar etiquette. A story of wit, wonder, and the strange beauty of the universe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A reporter who happens upon the Emperor of the Universe Sapphirus's phone discovers the truth which could bring him down because of his smart ring's data and his SMSs. Is this a dream or a nightmare story for him? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fred and Blake swap places when they argue that the other is having an easy life. They are the same time-travelling man at different points in life. One is a prince and coroner, the other is the emperor of the universe. They are the same man living different lives. They trade places to find that the other's life is Hell, literally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A mysterious performer steps onto the stage, dazzling the crowd with magic, music, and charm. But behind the mask lies more than just a voice—there’s a secret that could change everything. Step into a story where glamour meets danger, and the line between illusion and reality begins to blur. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When appearances deceive, even emperors and reapers can find themselves tangled in a web of mistaken identity. In this witty and otherworldly tale, cosmic politics collide with supernatural trickery, and nothing is quite as it seems. Step into a story where power, disguise, and destiny dance together in unexpected ways. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A sweet highwayman song (not the Ghost from Stand and Deliver or The Magicians just a lovely song) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

by Rachel Lawson Fred Alexander, famed stage magician and universe-ruler, finally surrenders to despair—only to find that true death has other plans. When his ghostly self awakens beside his drowned body, Fred discovers his “suicide” has unleashed anarchy across the stars: rival heirs rise, wars erupt, and reality itself teeters on the brink. With the reluctant aid of his son Tempus, the all-seein...

In this haunting episode, we follow Blake Alexander, a man betrayed by a friend, drowned at sea, poisoned at dinner—and still not dead. As Blake returns from the afterlife to confront his killer, the lines between justice and vengeance blur. Featuring necromancers, emperors, and a love that defies mortality, this story dives deep into the shadows of space and time. Tune in for a tale of cosmic rec...

Blake takes the soul of a man he met a few times, all through the life of the life of the dying man. Every time someone, the victim died. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When stage magician Blake Alexander aka Blake Fire who has a grim reaper for a soul senses someone in his audience is going to die he dances between life and death to not collect them with all his strength he must live and not take them to the afterlife because when his soul is released his body dies, and he can't die on stage in front of the world let alone come back to life. Hosted on Acast. See...

Blake (the King of Death) is playing solitaire and trying to get drunk and forget the performance in a pub (after a bad performance as a stage Magician), he's mistaken for another man, a hitman, Blake, plays along to save the victim. He's caught as a fraud and the victim is killed Blake is blamed, and Blake goes on the run in the most unexpected place. His son goes to him and tries to help him cle...

by Rachel Lawson Time leaves shadows of all who live as echoes, some time visible as echoes and memories Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The song inspired by the Pod Wars story Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When veteran news anchor Dr. Blake Alexander and his colleague Daniel "The Sandman" Sandman launch a podcast, they expect controversy—but not gunfire. As rival forces conspire against them, their lives spiral into chaos, marked by assassination attempts, arson, and a battle for survival. The podcast becomes more than just a show—it’s a war, fought in shadows and headlines alike. With an army of re...