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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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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Bookburners, S5 E4
At the council, Asanti gives her pitch before the assembled dignitaries and repre-sentatives of the magical community, but Wang has other ideas.
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Bookburners, S5 E3
Sal tries to convince Grace to take Asanti’s cure while Asanti teaches Shah, Wang, and the other assembled fighters a trick with which they might be able to slow down the Hannah’s Wreckers.
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Bookburners, S5 E2
The Bookburners arrive in Rome to find Frances and Perry already there. Asanti may have a possible cure for Grace, but Grace may not survive the process.
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Bookburners, S5 E1
The first Wrecker appears, and after a futile fight, the Bookburners escape from Alexandria. It soon becomes clear that the Wreckers are attacking all over. The world is being dismantled.
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Bookburners, S4 E20
The Engströms have been gathering power, and Team Three may need to rely on l resources of last resort to defeat them..
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Bookburners, S4 E19
The Bookburners head to Alexandria for a final face-off with the Engströms.
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Bookburners, S4 E18
Asanti studies may hold the key to defeating the demonic swarm.
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Bookburners, S4 E17
A particularly nasty bunch of demons swarms the Vatican, and Team three may need to switch up their usual tactics.
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Bookburners, S4 E16
With Asanti’s height-ened magical powers and more knowledge at their fingertips, they’re ready for whatever might be waiting for them.
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Bookburners, S4 E15
Team Three’s last encounter with the Oracle of Delphi led to the Oracle’s death. But they’re determined not to let this next visit go wrong.
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Bookburners, S4 E14
Grace has chance to set things right again…and perhaps a chance at a normal life withe Sal.
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Bookburners, S4 E13
When Grace’s candle is stole, Grace gets a chance to confront the man who bound her life to it.
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Bookburners, S4 E12
In the hands of the Engström family, a powerful magical item could spell danger for anyone in their way.
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Bookburners, S4 E11
Povel Engström has been an annoyance to the Bookburners in the past, but the rest of his family . . . they’re a different story.
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Bookburners, S4 E10
The death that Sal returned to New York to investigate has implications far beyond the city.
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Bookburners, S4 E9
A murder that’s clearly magical in nature calls Sal and Father Menchú back to New York City, urgent that theBookburners figure out who’s pulling the strings—before it’s too late.
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Bookburners, S4 E8
Some chance encounters in Weird London lead Liam to realize the team’s new purpose.
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Bookburners, S4 E7
Liam is at loose ends, unsure what the Bookburners’ mission should be if it’s no longer to conceal the existence of magic.
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Bookburners, S4 E6
As the team hunts Norse, he too continues to hunt. And his hunts end in blood.
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Bookburners, S4 E5
Sal is back in her element when she has to investigate a murder.
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Bookburners, S4 E4
Not everyone named in the Maitresse’s will feels kindly toward the Bookburners.
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