UNspoiled! The Dresden Files

Credit for this piece of priceless art goes to https://www.deviantart.com/ktobermanns/art/Bob-the-Skull-335328335 This week and next week, RoShawn and I will be covering short stories that take place between Dead Beat and Proven Guilty, which while not crucial to the main plot, add a lot of detail and background that serious fans will really love. If you're interested and you haven't already read...

Hey there, you fine people! I'm here on this the final day of Dead Beat coverage to warn you that next episode we will not be starting Proven Guilty, but instead will be covering the short story "Something Borrowed" from Brief Cases, the collection of Dresden Files short stories. If you haven't already read it, I highly recommend it, and you can find it here! http://ow.ly/4SN330mwmq9 This episode,...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN, lovely listeners! Do I have an episode for you. This is the one where Harry Dresden rides a zombie T-Rex. This is flat-out one of the most memorable scenes in the series, and one of my favorite things about it, is that it doesn't happen until Book 7. It's a really slow burn to get to this point, and by the time we get something so over-the-top, we've been through enough with Harry...

It's the chapter we've all been waiting for. Or at the very least, one of the chapters we've all been waiting for. RoShawn thought that she'd gotten hit with quite a wallop at the beginning of this trio of chapters, when Harry gets foiled by Cowl and discovers that Bob the Skull has been stolen, but she was very unprepared for how this was all going to end. She says that she actually had to put do...

Hey everyone! So it's time for the next installment of The Dresden Files, and this time Harry makes a bit of a boo boo. I mean, it's not his fault. Obviously. Cowl was there to fuck his shit up. But that does not change the fact that the Wild Hunt is now loose in Chicago, and technically Harry was the one to bring it here. well, to bring him here; Der Erlking is nobody to fuck with. Speaking of pe...

This episode has one thing happen that RoShawn and I don't really care about (a make-out session with Shiela), something we mildly care about (a discussion about life without death between Harry and Kumori), and something we care deeply about (finding out that the White Council isn't doing so hot). There's a lot happening here and the degrees of relevance to the main plot are difficult to distingu...

Hey you! I'm so late! This episode was supposed to post this morning to iTunes, but due to a very busy weekend and celebrating my birthday on Monday, I fell dreadfully behind so please forgive me. There will still be a missing WestWorld episode for those who may have missed the Facebook post or Twitter message about it, due to RoShawn and I needing a mental health day due to...current events. This...

POLKA WILL NEVER DIE! Poor Butters in this section, amirite? The dude gets yanked out a basement window by his HAIR by a horde of zombies, beaten up by a dark wizard, and then forced to endure a soulgaze he will never be capable of forgetting with said wizard. All in all, it has been a pretty crappy day. Meanwhile, Harry isn't faring so much better. His confidence in his magic –at least in his FIR...

It's time for the chapters where Harry finally starts to get a clue as to what's going on with the necromancers, thanks in large part to the generosity of Queen Mab. Turns out, the deal that Harry thought he had with Mavra is pretty much bullshit because what she's asked him to do will inevitably result in his death as well as the death of everyone he loves and cares about, including Murphy, whom...

Hey there, fine folks. It's time for the next installment of The Dresden Files, and I'm here to tell you that Harry isn't ready, and neither is RoShawn. Let's have a moment of silence for Bock, who only just got done telling Harry that he causes too much trouble and had better not come back to the store anymore when Harry starts causing trouble again. Well, that's not really fair; it's Alicia AKA...

Listeners! RoShawn and I are delighted to bring you this episode of Dead Beat because it has Waldo Butters in it, and because I found an illustration with him playing his one-man polka band. If anyone knows the artist please tell me because I couldn't find a source. This episode, Harry wanders around Chicago looking for the spots of dark energy that he was directed to by Morty's ghosts, and the se...

Lovely listeners, RoShawn and I are back and we hope you missed us! We're getting into the next phase of the story here as Harry borrows a giant, cumbersome SUV and tries to understand his brother a little better. While these chapters aren't action-heavy, there's a lot going on character-wise which I really enjoyed. Harry going on the run with Thomas was particularly revealing, not just for Thomas...

Hey there, you wonderful listeners you. I feel sure that I've used the art for this post before, but it's hard to find good fanart of Billy & Georgia, and the many of the Butters illustrations have spoilers. So please forgive me if I'm recycling. These three chapters are mostly Butters-free, because Harry drops the little guy off at his stronghold of an apartment (not exactly the fortress RoShawn...

BUTTERS! I think we can all agree that Butters is one of the most loveable dorks ever, and I also think we can all agree that Harry better protect this little dweeb with everything he's got or we are all going to be majorly pissed. These three chapters all concern Butters and his sudden involvement in the plot, because this is no "Oh geez I got accidentally caught up on the periphery of Harry's ad...

IT IS FINALLY HERE! Y'all I am so excited about it! And how great is this illustration of Harry being super irritated with Thomas while Thomas just lounges nonchalantly next to a pair of forgotten black lace panties? These opening chapters are chock full of good stuff. First, Harry wants to murder Thomas, just a teensy bit. Then, Murphy announces to Harry that she's gonna go bang the shit out of K...

Hey there, you beautiful, patient, good-hearted people. I'm here with the final episode of Blood Rites and I'm ready to bounce off the walls with excitement that Dead Beat is about to start. Don't mind me it's just that when [redacted] does that thing with [redacted] and we finally [redacted][redacted] it's SO GOOD. Okay so these chapters. Harry manages to get one over on Lord Raith, with a trick...

Alright, listeners, it's almost the end of the 6th book in the series, and our valiant heroes are in some really deep shit. These 3 chapters are kind of just a series of unfortunate events. Harry and Karen get caught up in a gun fight that injures two people and causes Lara to have to clean up a mess instead of playing backup. Then he and Murphy get headed off by other bodyguards and Harry has to...

Hey there, do you need something to distract you from the terrible trash-fire that is our current existence? Here you go.

I am so late on this one, guys, and I'm so sorry. I edited the whole episode and then stopped to record Harry Potter live, and totally forgot to ever post it. I suck! Blerg. Anyway, I hope that you can all forgive me, and that you enjoy listening to RoShawn and I talk about the incredible fight scene between our quartet of good guys and the scourge of vamps. It's a pretty intense scene, with a str...

Hi there, my lovelies! I'm comin at ya with the three chapters that set the table for our trio (well, quartet if you count the wheel man) of heroes to attack the scourge hiding in a homeless shelter. But first, we have some family drama to deal with as Murphy finds out her little sister is going to be marrying her ex-husband. Which really truly is SOME SHIT. RoShawn and I talk at length about how...

I'm so delighted to find this work from deviantART user Mollinda! It fits perfectly with what I thought was the most fascinating part of this trio of chapters, and that is the information that Bob relays to Harry after going out exploring in Mister's body. There isn't a lot of art out there featuring Bob and Mister, so if you see any others, be sure to send them my way! First things first: Harry g...

Hey everyone! I think that the last post I did with an illustration of Kincaid, someone commented that they had been picturing him as a ginger while the illustration showed him as a blonde. I'm pretty sure they're right about how he's originally described, and this is a closer approximation of how I picture him than the last one. Younger, more clean-cut, and almost bored. These chapters are the on...

IT'S THE FIRST DRESDEN-FILES LIVE-READ EPISODE! I'm so excited about this one, you guys. Can I tell you the gods-honest truth? The first time I got to this reveal, I didn't care. Not even kidding. I hate secret-sibling reveals almost always, and while I didn't hate this, I just managed to stay neutral. I should have cared, because it matters a whole lot, but I didn't. I think you will all be glad...

Hi there, everyone! For those of you who have read these books before, we've finally gotten to a part that I'm sure many of your were excited for: the one with the frozen turkey. This is one of those moments where you are just dying to ask Butcher where the hell the idea came into his head. Was this a true freak accident he'd read about somewhere? Did he have a strange dream? Did he read about som...

Hi everyone! RoShawn and I are back with another installment of Blood Rites, and this is the part where someone pulls a gun on Harry. Wait, I mean the part where someone tries to shoot Harry. Wait, I mean the part where someone succeeds at shooting Harry. You know what? None of this is helpful. Harry gets shot at, and even successfully shot, a lot. These are the chapters where Harry spots Thomas w...