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Nov 14, 2026 · 19:31
I may have spoken too soon when I said Gene Wolfe's The Shadow of the Torturer wasn't particularly difficult to follow. This week, we're finishing the first novel in our November…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:18:57
Are bestselling fantasy authors helping the publishing industry grow, or are they making it harder for smaller authors to break through? On this episode of Friday Conversation,…
Nov 12, 2026 · 11:43
Crossed has earned its reputation as one of the most disturbing horror comic franchises ever published. But is there more to these stories than extreme violence and shocking…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:00:39
Is joining a major publisher the best path forward for independent comic creators, or does it mean giving up some of the creative freedom that makes indie comics special? This…
Nov 10, 2026 · 37:49
What happens when ancient mythology, forgotten history, and personal experience come together through fantasy? In this episode of Beyond the Page , Steve welcomes independent…
Nov 9, 2026 · 14:55
Some of the best fantasy books are the ones that don't get nearly enough attention. In this episode of Page Chewing, I'm sharing 10 underrated fantasy books, plus a bonus…
Nov 8, 2026 · 12:27
Is the explosive popularity of romantasy helping fantasy as a whole, or are publishers focusing too heavily on a handful of bestselling authors? This week, I discuss Sarah J.…
Nov 8, 2026 · 54:08
The Slog continues with Chapters 13–15 of R. Scott Bakker's The Thousandfold Thought ! Steve, Shawn, and Shobz return to Eärwa as the Holy War reaches Shimeh and Kellhus finally…
Nov 7, 2026 · 16:00
We're beginning our November read-along of Gene Wolfe's Shadow & Claw with Chapters 1–16 of The Shadow of the Torturer. In this first installment, we explore Severian's…
Nov 4, 2026 · 45:24
It was a rough week for comics! Some promising series failed to deliver, a few books are getting dropped from the pull list, and we're left wondering how long you should stick…
Nov 3, 2026 · 40:22
Why do we sometimes find ourselves rooting for the villains in fantasy stories? In this episode of Beyond the Page , Steve welcomes award-winning fantasy author Robert A. Walker…
Nov 1, 2026 · 24:07
Are publishers taking enough chances on challenging and unconventional books? Or are readers becoming too comfortable with familiar stories? This week on Page Chewing, I explore…
Nov 1, 2026 · 1:02:47
The Slog continues with Chapters 9–12 of R. Scott Bakker's The Thousandfold Thought ! Steve, Shawn, and Shobz return to Eärwa to discuss Kellhus's increasingly ruthless…
Oct 31, 2026 · 53:37
What if Stephen King's Pet Sematary had ended completely differently? For this special Halloween episode of Page Chewing, I'm joined by Caroline Bicks, author of Monsters in the…
Oct 29, 2026 · 10:15
We've reached the conclusion of Stephen King's Pet Sematary! After spending October reading the novel for the first time, I'm sharing my reactions to the ending, revisiting my…
Oct 29, 2026 · 51:22
What do crime novels get wrong about real police work? In this episode of Beyond the Page , Steve welcomes author and law enforcement professional R. L. Carpentier III to discuss…
Oct 28, 2026 · 59:10
A dark fantasy comic surprises both of us, Marvel makes changes to its digital comics strategy, and we finally have a week without trombones! This week on Panel Chewing, Steve…
Oct 27, 2026 · 7:24
We're nearing the conclusion of Stephen King's Pet Sematary, and the atmosphere is becoming increasingly terrifying. In Chapters 55–57, the supernatural elements surrounding the…
Oct 27, 2026 · 53:58
s social media actually helping authors sell books, or is it taking valuable time away from writing? In this episode of Beyond the Page , Steve welcomes author, entrepreneur, and…
Oct 26, 2026 · 16:19
What are the best horror comics and manga I've ever read? In this episode of Page Chewing, I'm counting down my personal top 10 horror comics and manga, featuring everything from…
Oct 25, 2026 · 9:03
The Pet Sematary read-along continues with Chapters 51–54, and Stephen King takes us through one of the most heartbreaking sequences of the novel. Louis Creed's determination to…
Oct 25, 2026 · 15:28
Is fantasy becoming too complicated? Are enormous series and excessive worldbuilding discouraging readers? And why is horror experiencing such strong sales compared with fantasy?…
Oct 24, 2026 · 59:20
The Slog continues! We're back with Chapters 5–8 of R. Scott Bakker's The Thousandfold Thought , the final installment of The Prince of Nothing trilogy. This week, Steve, Shobz,…
Oct 23, 2026 · 8:06
The tension continues to build in Stephen King's Pet Sematary as Louis Creed moves closer to making a decision that could change everything. In Chapters 46–50, we follow Louis's…
Oct 21, 2026 · 7:57
Grief is pushing Louis Creed toward a decision that could change everything. In Chapters 41–45 of Stephen King's Pet Sematary, Louis sends Rachel and Ellie to Chicago while…
Oct 21, 2026 · 1:02:13
This week on Panel Chewing #152 , we're talking about disappointing comics, surprising discoveries, Halloween horror, and two outstanding Picks of the Week. We open with a…
Oct 20, 2026 · 12:22
After a few days of battling a cold, I'm back with another Page Chewing weekly update! This week I'm announcing our November featured read-along: Shadow & Claw by Gene Wolfe.…
Oct 20, 2026 · 54:22
In this episode of Beyond the Page , Steve welcomes author, Army veteran, and podcast host Danno E. Cabeza to discuss his upcoming novel, The Return of Doctor Necropolis , a…
Oct 19, 2026 · 9:34
Everything changes in Chapters 36–40 of Stephen King's Pet Sematary. We've reached Part Two, and the story takes a devastating turn that I absolutely did not see coming. After…
Oct 18, 2026 · 54:03
The Slog continues as our full-series reread enters the final book of The Prince of Nothing trilogy: R. Scott Bakker’s The Thousandfold Thought . This week we're discussing…
Oct 17, 2026 · 11:05
We've reached the end of Part One of Stephen King's Pet Sematary, and Chapters 31–35 bring some of the most emotionally difficult moments of the read-along so far. Norma's death…
Oct 15, 2026 · 8:15
Something is very wrong with Church. In Chapters 21–25 of Stephen King's Pet Sematary, the mystery surrounding the burial ground deepens as Church returns from the dead—but…
Oct 15, 2026 · 51:24
What happens when a simple fantasy story written for your children grows into an interconnected multiverse spanning thousands of years? In this episode of Beyond the Page , Steve…
Oct 14, 2026 · 1:11:01
This week on Panel Chewing #151 , Steve and Jarrod kick things off with a conversation about the rising value of Green Lantern #87 , the Lanterns television series, and the…
Oct 13, 2026 · 8:22
In Chapters 21–25 of Stephen King's Pet Sematary, the mystery surrounding the burial ground deepens as Church returns from the dead, but something about him has changed. This…
Oct 11, 2026 · 6:59
The Pet Sematary read-along continues with Chapters 16–20, and things are becoming increasingly unsettling. Victor Pascow returns with a terrifying warning for Louis Creed,…
Oct 11, 2026 · 12:56
It's another weekly update from Page Chewing! This week I'm checking in on my progress through The Bonehunters , discussing the challenges of reading Malazan, and sharing why…
Oct 10, 2026 · 1:39:36
After months of reading, Page Burners dives into Chapter 22 and an explosive finale that brings storylines stretching across the Malazan series crashing together in Malaz City.…
Oct 9, 2026 · 8:17
The Pet Sematary read-along continues with Chapters 11–15, and it feels like we've reached the moment when Stephen King's nightmare truly begins. This is a relatively short…
Oct 9, 2026 · 1:05:16
This week on the Friday Conversation, I'm joined by Jose from Fantasy Talks Live and author Alex French for an open discussion about genre burnout and whether fantasy is…
Oct 8, 2026 · 50:34
In this episode of Beyond the Page , Steve sits down with poet and author Andrea W. LeDew to discuss Polemics , a collection that grew from years of blogging, poetry, essays, and…
Oct 7, 2026 · 9:01
The Pet Sematary read-along continues with Chapters 6–10, and Stephen King is already turning our attention toward one unavoidable subject: death. This time I'm looking at the…
Oct 7, 2026 · 1:14:08
Panel Chewing has officially reached 150 episodes! We kick off this milestone episode with a question for comic collectors and readers: does the physical format of a comic…
Oct 6, 2026 · 16:25
What are my favorite grimdark and dark fantasy books? This isn't quite the usual list. I'm counting down ten of the books and series that have stuck with me the most—from…
Oct 6, 2026 · 58:28
In this episode of Beyond the Page , Steve talks with Eva Levina , author of the two book Death Is No Reason to Stop Living series, about her experience in a 25-year marriage…
Oct 5, 2026 · 9:04
The Pet Sematary Read-Along begins! For the first episode, I'm discussing Stephen King's introduction and Chapters 1–5 as the Creed family settles into their new home and Louis…
Oct 4, 2026 · 21:03
This week on Page Chewing, I’m wrapping up my September Blood Meridian read-along and looking ahead to October’s journey through Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. I talk about how…
Oct 2, 2026 · 14:47
Think comic books are all superheroes, capes, and decades of confusing continuity? There’s a lot more to the medium than that. In this episode, Steve shares 10 comics he’d…
Sep 30, 2026 · 1:08:50
After 23 chapters, the Blood Meridian read-along is complete—but the questions certainly aren't. For this special concluding conversation, I'm joined by Steven Frye , author of…
Sep 30, 2026 · 44:43
We start with Jarrod's thoughts on Supergirl , which leads us into a larger conversation about superhero movies, shorter theatrical windows, interconnected universes, and whether…
Sep 29, 2026 · 17:43
We've reached the end of Blood Meridian . Chapter 23 brings the kid, now the man, face-to-face with Judge Holden one final time, and suddenly so many things we've been tracking…
Sep 28, 2026 · 9:05
For twenty-two chapters, we've been asking the same question. Why is Judge Holden interested in the kid? We've noticed the smiles. The conversations. The Judge's attempts to…
Sep 27, 2026 · 7:43
Chapter 21 is short, but it gives us one of the clearest looks yet at who the kid has become. Wounded and still being hunted by Judge Holden, the kid has multiple opportunities…
Sep 26, 2026 · 9:17
In Chapter 20, the remains of the gang are scattered and vulnerable. The kid is wounded, Toadvine and Tobin are trying to survive alongside him, and the hunters we've followed…
Sep 26, 2026 · 1:39:36
We've reached the end of The Bonehunters . In this episode of Page Burners , we dive into Chapter 22 , as Steven Erikson brings months of reading and storylines stretching across…
Sep 25, 2026 · 12:27
Chapter 19 brings one of the biggest turning points in our Blood Meridian read-along: John Joel Glanton finally meets his end. After taking control of the Colorado River ferry,…
Sep 24, 2026 · 8:08
Chapter 18 of Blood Meridian is extremely short, but there's much more happening here than its length initially suggests. The chapter focuses on the disabled man Glanton's gang…
Sep 24, 2026 · 1:00:41
In this episode of Beyond the Page , Steve sits down with filmmaker, professor, TEDx director, and author Don Schechter to discuss his science fiction techno thriller Ascendants…
Sep 23, 2026 · 11:05
Chapter 17 may be the most revealing Judge Holden chapter of Blood Meridian so far. The Judge lays out his philosophy of war, games, morality, chance, agency, and the human…
Sep 23, 2026 · 53:34
This week on Panel Chewing , we're talking Batman, dropping comics from our pull lists, discovering some unexpected favorites and reading a comic that feels like an actual…
Sep 22, 2026 · 9:25
Chapter 16 returns us to Glanton's gang as they continue moving across the landscape and leaving death behind them. This isn't one of the most character-heavy chapters of Blood…
Sep 22, 2026 · 51:35
On this episode of Beyond the Page , I’m joined by science-fiction author Dawn Ross , creator of the seven-book Starfire Dragons series. Dawn explains how the “dragons” of…
Sep 21, 2026 · 13:46
Chapter 15 shifts the focus back toward the kid as Glanton's gang is scattered, exhausted, starving, and on the run. In this episode, I look at the kid's encounter with the…
Sep 20, 2026 · 12:21
Chapter 14 pushes Glanton's gang even further into violence that seems increasingly disconnected from profit, survival, or any practical purpose. After wondering last chapter…
Sep 20, 2026 · 51:15
Our full-series reread of R. Scott Bakker’s The Warrior Prophet reaches its conclusion with Chapters 22–25 . We also look back at The Warrior Prophet as a whole and ask a…
Sep 19, 2026 · 14:07
Chapter 13 continues one of the darkest stretches of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian as Glanton's gang moves from place to place leaving bodies behind them. At this point, one…
Sep 19, 2026 · 1:43:44
In this episode of Page Burners , we enter the penultimate stretch of Steven Erikson's The Bonehunters with a full-spoiler discussion of Chapters 19–21 —and one of the strangest…
Sep 18, 2026 · 13:20
Chapter 12 is one of the most disturbing chapters of our Blood Meridian read-along so far. Next up: Chapter 13. Page Chewing Blog Page Chewing Forum Support Page Chewing on…
Sep 17, 2026 · 16:23
Chapter 11 might be the most difficult and revealing chapter of our Blood Meridian read-along so far. I'm not pretending I have Chapter 11 figured out. This is one we're putting…
Sep 17, 2026 · 55:15
What happens when life suddenly reminds you that time isn't guaranteed? On this episode of Beyond the Page , I’m joined by author, musician, and storyteller Ray Hartjen for a…
Sep 16, 2026 · 13:15
Chapter 10 of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian gives us our deepest look at Judge Holden yet. Next up: Chapter 11. Page Chewing Blog Page Chewing Forum Support Page Chewing on…
Sep 16, 2026 · 1:05:50
This week on Panel Chewing , we have the opposite of a bad comics problem: there were almost too many good books to choose from. Join us for a great week of comics, some…
Sep 15, 2026 · 15:59
Our chapter-by-chapter journey through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian continues with Chapter 9. This isn't a definitive guide to Blood Meridian . We're reading one chapter per…
Sep 14, 2026 · 9:13
Our chapter-by-chapter journey through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian continues with Chapter 8. This isn't intended as a definitive explanation of Blood Meridian . We're…
Sep 13, 2026 · 13:38
Our chapter-by-chapter journey through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian continues with Chapter 7. Next up: Chapter 8. Page Chewing Blog Page Chewing Forum Support Page Chewing on…
Sep 13, 2026 · 48:43
The Slog continues as our full-series reread of R. Scott Bakker’s The Warrior Prophet reaches Chapters 18–21 . The Holy War enters one of the most brutal stretches of its…
Sep 12, 2026 · 6:21
Chapter 6 is a short but important transitional chapter in our journey through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian . It's a brief stop in the read along, but it feels like we're…
Sep 11, 2026 · 12:23
Our chapter-by-chapter journey through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian continues with Chapter 5. This isn't intended as a definitive explanation of Blood Meridian . We're…
Sep 11, 2026 · 59:20
This week on Panel Chewing , Steve and Jarrod do something that almost never happens: they choose the same Pick of the Week. But first, why are there so many #1 issues? We talk…
Sep 10, 2026 · 12:08
Our chapter-by-chapter journey through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian continues with Chapter 4. This isn't intended as a definitive explanation of Blood Meridian . We're…
Sep 10, 2026 · 59:11
What happens when corporations don’t just control the things you buy, but begin to own pieces of your life? It’s a wide-ranging conversation about storytelling, creativity,…
Sep 9, 2026 · 10:41
Our chapter-by-chapter journey through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian continues with Chapter 3. This isn't a definitive explanation of Blood Meridian . We're reading one…
Sep 8, 2026 · 11:28
The journey through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian continues with Chapter 2. This isn't intended as a definitive explanation of Blood Meridian . We're reading one chapter at a…
Sep 8, 2026 · 1:02:37
In Episode 24 of Beyond the Page , I’m joined by scientist, educator, human rights advocate, and author Zafra Lerman for a remarkable conversation about a life devoted to…
Sep 7, 2026 · 13:04
We're beginning a chapter-by-chapter journey through Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian , reading and discussing one chapter every day. Read Chapter 1, listen along, and join me…
Sep 5, 2026 · 48:06
Our full-spoiler reread of R. Scott Bakker's The Warrior Prophet continues with Chapters 14–17 , bringing us to the end of Part Two. ⚠️ FULL SERIES SPOILERS: This discussion…
Sep 3, 2026 · 1:02:41
In this episode of Beyond the Page , I’m joined by author and professional violinist Brigid Kennedy for an incredible conversation about family history, lost treasure, Irish…
Sep 2, 2026 · 58:49
This week on Panel Chewing , Steve and Jarrod are back with another stack of new comics, some winners, some disappointments—and one comic carrying a whopping $15 price tag . Join…
Sep 1, 2026 · 54:40
In Episode 22 of Beyond the Page , I sit down with author and fellow podcaster Michelle Miles to talk about fantasy romance, fairy-tale retellings, dark paranormal romance,…
Aug 30, 2026 · 1:01:27
Our full-spoiler reread of R. Scott Bakker’s The Warrior Prophet continues with Chapters 9–13 , as Kellhus’s influence over the Holy War begins to grow at an astonishing pace. ⚠️…
Aug 27, 2026 · 55:03
In Episode 21 of Beyond the Page , I sit down with author Guy Morris to discuss his new nonfiction book, The AI Tsunami , and the rapidly changing world of artificial…
Aug 26, 2026 · 1:07:01
Panel Chewing #144 talks Marvel vs. DC, reviews this week’s comics, reveals our Picks of the Week, and discusses Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 12. Page Chewing Blog Page Chewing Forum…
Aug 25, 2026 · 1:05:18
In Episode 20 of Beyond the Page , I’m joined by author Maxim Langstaff to discuss his novel SASQ’ET and the fascinating research that took him far beyond the popular image of…
Aug 24, 2026 · 20:50
We've reached the end of our Carpentry in the Elven Forest by Alex French readalong! Page Chewing Blog Page Chewing Forum Support Page Chewing on Patreon Affiliate Links that…
Aug 23, 2026 · 22:41
This week on the Page Chewing Weekly Update , I'm catching up on what I've been reading, what's happening across the podcasts, and what I'm getting ready to tackle next. Question…
Aug 22, 2026 · 1:08:27
Our Second Apocalypse reread continues as we begin The Warrior Prophet by R. Scott Bakker and it doesn't take long for the questions to start piling up. And, because this is a…
Aug 22, 2026 · 2:14:09
In this episode of Page Burners , we continue our journey through Steven Erikson’s The Bonehunters with a full-spoiler discussion of Chapters 17 and 18 , as storylines from…
Aug 21, 2026 · 1:25:49
In Episode 160 of the Friday Conversation, Steve is joined by Alex French and Layla Goushey for a wide ranging discussion about AI, creativity, technology, books, and the…
Aug 20, 2026 · 51:21
In Episode 19 of Beyond the Page , I’m joined by historical romance author Paula Panariello to talk about writing love stories within the realities of the past, the research…
Aug 19, 2026 · 46:32
This week on Panel Chewing , Steve and Jarrod dig into another week of comics—but first, they take a look at the state of the comic book industry. Are more people actually buying…
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