Strange Matter: The Witch Who Came in...

Welcome to Realm's newest feed, Strange Matter. Max Gladstone presents a collection of thrilling stories of magic and mystery rooted in the strangeness of our own world. Come back every week for a new spell-binding episode.


First on Strange Matter, we have The Witch Who Came in From the Cold. The Cold War rages in the back rooms and dark alleys of 1970s Prague—and on one misty night an American discovers that the city and its spies have become the new front of another, more ancient war—a war of magic. Now a CIA agent and a KGB operative must forge an uneasy alliance in order to stop a secret occult society from destroying the world. When spies and sorcerers cross murky lines to do battle for home and country—who do you trust?


The Witch Who Came in From the Cold is written by Lindsay Smith, Cassandra Rose Clarke, Ian Tregillis, Michael Swanwick, Fran Wilde, and Max Glastone. Performed by Christine Lakin and John Glouchevich. Directed by Dennis Kao.


Current Season: The Witch Who Came in From the Cold


Ready for more? Check out these seasons:


Season 1: Bookburners, Season 1

Season 2: Bookburners, Season 2

Season 3: Bookburners, Season 3

Season 4: Bookburners, Season 4

Season 5: Bookburners, Season 5


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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E14
Tanya, disturbed by Gabe’s accusations about Ice, looks for answers of her own . . . and finds more than she bargained for.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E13
Gabe and Jordan seek answers in Prague’s ancient Jewish Cemetery.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E12
Gabe recalls the terrifying circumstances of a botched operation in Cairo.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E11
Gabe’s interest in the missing student has not gone unremarked by agents of the Flame or the KGB.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E10
Spurred on by his visions, Gabe decides to do a little digging of his own into the Host’s fate.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E9
Attuned to the Host thanks to his own burgeoning magic, and desperate to atone for past failures, Gabe races to catch up with Tanya and Nadia.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E8
Tanya and Nadia employ spycraft and witchcraft to elude the agents of the Flame and get a terrified young Host to an Ice safehouse.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E7
A high-stakes cat-and-mouse game unfolds across the frozen streets of Prague.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E6
As preparations for a major CIA operation get underway, Gabe and his young partner Joshua Toms—a man with secrets of his own—find themselves in over their heads.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E5
Gabe, seeking to redeem himself after his botched assignment, sets out to thwart Tanya, believing her to be in the midst of a KGB recruitment effort.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E4
Andula Zlata is a Host—a conduit of magic—and Tanya and Nadia have to find the young Czech before their rivals in the Flame do.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E3
Gabe seeks the help of Jordan Rhemes, the mysterious owner of Bar Vodnář.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E2
While trying to recruit a member of the Czech Ministry of Economics to spy on his Russian masters. CIA agent Gabe Pritchard is plagued by headaches and otherworldly visions.
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The Witch Who Came in From the Cold, S1 E1
When Ice operative Tanya Morozova and KGB agent Nadia Ostrokhina save a Czech student from a sorcerous construct, a deadly supernatural power struggle erupts in Cold War Prague.
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Introducing: Strange Matter, The Witch Who Came...
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Introducing: Undertow (Hovering)
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Introducing The Leviathan Chronicles
This week, we would like to introduce you to The Leviathan Chronicles, a podcast distributed by Realm.
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Bookburners, S5 E12
Asanti plants the Seed to create a new foundation, and the Bookburners return to a world irrevocably changed.
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Bookburners, S5 E11
Having reached the Garden at last, Team Three battles Wang for the future of the world.
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Bookburners, S5 E10
Perry makes the only choice possible.
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Bookburners, S5 E9
The team arrives at the hole in reality that Asanti thinks they can use to get to the Garden of Eden…where Perry is waiting at the border.
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Bookburners, S5 E8
Asanti undertakes a ritual to revive Grace, and Grace sees what Wang’s victory would look like.
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Bookburners, S5 E7
Holed up in the Maitresse’s house and with no more avenues to pursue, the team goes through a long dark night of the soul.
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Bookburners, S5 E6
Grace battles Wang as her candle burns down to nothing, and the fight disturbs the dragon within the volcano.
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Bookburners, S5 E5
The team travels to the Icelandic volcano Hekla, formerly known as the “gateway to hell.”
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