UNspoiled! The Dresden Files

Thanks to Tyler Walpole for this illustration of Molly Carptenter doing her one-woman rave, and since it's a valentine it's even more appropriate for me to use it this week! You can see more here: https://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/2020/valentines-jewelry-and-more/molly2 Apologies for this post going up late. Many of you know that I live in Texas, and we've been without power or internet for 2 days...

Thanks to dawnsio-ar-y-dibyn for this illustration of Harry realizing that he's fading away and the Corpse-taker being really pleased with herself. https://www.deviantart.com/dawnsio-ar-y-dibyn/art/Ghost-Story-Oops-moment-Dresden-Files-318261022 In these chapters, Harry realized that he done fucked up. Rather than the Lecter Specters wreaking havoc on Corpse-taker, they turn into her lunch, and no...

Thank you Vincent Chong for this wonderful illustration of Evil Bob and his ridiculous outfit. https://vincentchongart.myportfolio.com/bw-art-the-dresden-files In these chapters, Harry and the Sppok Squad storm the beach and come up against some agents of pure nightmare, and then Harry's team is like "LOL HOLD MY BEER" and they go to fucking town. And it's horrible and kind of hilarious and obviou...

This illustration of a wraith is by Vincent Chong and was included in a (now sold out) illustrated special edition of Ghost Story. You can find more info here! https://subterraneanpress.com/ghost-story These chapters are the ones in which Harry usese the authority granted to him by Sir Stewart to gather up an army of unquiet ghosts in order to free Morty. He enlists Molly's help, and decides to en...

Okay, listen, I was saying back when we read the first meeting of Harry and He Who Walks Behind that I had a hard time finding good artwork of that moment. Then today, while searching for a depiction of Butters pretending to be a Warden, I somehow stumbled across a great one and decided to go ahead and use it because it's just really, really good. This is by Vincent Chong, and you can see a couple...

Heeeeyyyyyyy everybody!!! It's been a minute and it was a close thing to get this episode recorded and posted to Patreon on the same day, but here we are. I hope you've missed us. This fantastic illustration was done by Tyler Walpole as a series of Dresden-themed Valentines, and you can find them all here! https://www.jim-butcher.com/search/dresden+files+/page/22 For those interested, Krista and I...

Thanks to Darry for this high-impact illustration of what I believe is He Who Walks Behind, although it's unclear if it's him or the toad demon from the first book. I'm of the opinion it's HWWB because this looks too scary for a toad even if he is a demon, but I may be wrong. https://www.deviantart.com/darry/art/Harry-Dresden-Files-36309590 These are the chapters that kind of MAKE this book for me...

Thank you to dawnsio-ar-y-dibyn for this artwork! I already posted the image of Harry looking in on Karrin for a previous episode, but I wanted to go back and include the images of Harry and Molly together as well. It's a series of experimental rough sketches but I think they are very evocative. https://www.deviantart.com/dawnsio-ar-y-dibyn/art/Ghost-Story-sketchdump-Dresden-Files-317555686 These...

I chose this week's illustration of Agatha Hagglethorn, by the excellent Taylor Walpole, for a couple reasons. https://tylerwalpole.tumblr.com/post/149936263352/daily-dose-of-dresden-the-nightmare-and-agatha There's the fact that she gets a mention in this section, and then there's the fact that this depiction is so fucking well done. But one of the main reasons is that apparently nobody has done...

Thank you to UnamedKing for this illustration of Molly as the Ragged Lady. https://www.deviantart.com/unamedking/art/The-Rag-Lady-245937009 Y'all. I'm a mess this week. I thought I had posted this because I DID edit it, but turns out that I had not. So I just had the edited file sitting in my Dropbox like a goddamn goon this entire time. I'M SORRY!

Since Kincaid is brought up in this episode, I thought I was use a recent illustration I saw on Adam Mathison-Sward's Instagram (link here, but be careful because there are lots of spoilers for later books! https://www.instagram.com/swarddraws/) because it's such a great snapshot of both Kincaid and Ivy AND Mister. These chapters are the one in which we get a really vivid flashback to Harry's firs...

If anyone knows who the artist is on this illustration of Butters and Bob, please let me know! It was on a Tumblr account with no accreditation and the OP wasn't the artist, nor did a reverse image search return any results. I just liked it because it's one of a very few illustrations with Butters and Bob together. In these, chapters, Dresden is saved from the Lemurs by our old polka-loving friend...

Alright kids, it's time for the next episode of The Dresden Files, and today I'm coming at you with a different kind of episode image because these chapters are the ones in which we meet Inez and Eternal Silence. They are both equally spooky in their own specific ways, which I really like. Just goes to show, there's no one "right" way to be terrifying. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and...

Thank you to Duobat for this illustration of Harry realizing that he can pet and touch Mister just as if he were still alive. I love this so much. https://www.deviantart.com/duobat/art/There-s-Something-About-Cats-253529914 These chapters are a much rougher read than RoShawn was ready for. She didn't' expect Murphy to be holding onto hope that Harry was still alive, and she didn't expect Molly to...

ART CREDIT! Thank you to dawnsio-ar-y-dibyn for this illustration of Harry outside Karen's window. https://www.deviantart.com/dawnsio-ar-y-dibyn/art/Ghost-Story-Through-the-Window-Dresden-Files-323646811 Hello everyone, and welcome to an episode covering a normal number of chapters! It's time to talk about what's going on in Chicago, and also talk about what an absolute stone-cold badass Karrin Mu...

First of all, if anyone knows who did the artwork for the Evil Hat Dresden Files card game, please let me know because I'm having a tough time trying to track down the artist who created this image of Mortimer Lindquist. (Thanks to everyone for letting me know, it was Tyler Walpole! You can find more of his work here! http://www.tylerwalpole.com/) Secondly, I got something about a character a litt...

ART CREDIT! https://www.deviantart.com/itsfish3/art/Karrin-Murphy-464072014 This story is from Brief Cases and it's the only one we've covered in the correct order, because it does actually take place after Changes. It's a rough start, too, because the opening pages are Karrin on the Water Beetle and looking at the evidence of what has to be Dresden's murder, even though she can't really bear to a...

I know I've used this illustration of John Marcone by erebus-odora before, but there is just so little artwork out there of him that I think depicts someone truly formidable-looking but also intelligent, and this is personally my favorite depiction I've ever seen. https://www.deviantart.com/erebus-odora/art/Gentleman-Johnny-556397762 In this episode, RoShawn and I discuss the two short stories Eve...

Art credit goes to Vincent Chong, and it can be found here! https://vincentchongart.myportfolio.com/bw-art-the-dresden-files There's also another illustration of Bigfoot fighting ghouls, but I decided to go with the sex one because it's just unnerving. Also, please check out my mother's new project on YouTube here! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCksj7XG5zdGXsaqphz4u81A/featured In this story, we...

Art Credit to Anie Miles! Source: https://www.jim-butcher.com/posts/2020/art-awards-and-pensacon-panels/fanart-7 It's time for the last chapter of the book, and the last live-read for maybe a while. Maybe. Who knows? RoShawn is relieved that Harry has decided to hand Maggie over to someone more capable of keeping her out of harm's way, although she isn't really guaranteed anything as long as Harry...

I want to pay special attention to the art for this episode because I stumbled across it in a Facebook group and got special permission from the artist to share it despite it beings a commissioned piece. It's by Adam Mathison-Sward, and you can take a look at his work and commission something for your very own at https://www.swarddraws.com (Beware tho, there are spoilers for later Dresden books am...

Greetings, listeners! I cannot seem to find a source for the image I used for this episode, so if anyone wants to share one, please feel free. It's an illustration of the god Kukulcan, which is how Alamaya refers to the Red King at one point, and since I couldn't find a great illustration of him or Alamaya I decided to go with this since it looks awesome. In these chapters, Harry finally gets to m...

ART CREDIT! MIKA KULODA- https://www.deviantart.com/mika-blackfield FYI! I'm doing a live cast with a spoiled reader and UNspoiled! cohost, Krista, about Peace Talks this coming Saturday! Click here to register for the event! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/spoiled-peace-talks We're getting into the thick of it now, folks. We arrive at Chichen Itza and we get to hear Moues talk. EEeeeeeeEEEeeeeee Only...

Hey everyone! Sorry this was later than usual! Normally I try to get it edited by Monday but RoShawn had some trouble getting the file sent to me (power outage that lasted a whole day) so I was only able to edit it tonight. If anyone knows the artist for this piece, please let me know. I was able to find it posted to several blogs, but none cited a source. It was simply too good not to use! This e...

ART CREDIT! This awesome illustration of Susan literally ripping the tongue out of a Red Court vampire's mouth is by Vincent Chong, and more illustrations (rife with spoilers, so beware) can be found here! https://vincentchongart.myportfolio.com/bw-art-the-dresden-files In these chapters, Harry winds up in the police station again, in an attempt to get Susan out of custody because they have nothin...