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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Fiction
Drama
76
Bookburners, S3 E20
Asanti takes matters into her own hands—but is she prepared for the evil she’ll face?
36 min
77
Bookburners, S3 E19
Summoned to Germany with her colleagues to defeat a fairy tale witch, Sal ends up being pulled into the story itself.
37 min
78
Bookburners, S3 E18
As the latest magical crisis sends the team to Guate-mala, Father Menchú realizes it’s time to stop running from his ghosts.
35 min
79
Bookburners, S3 E17
Haunted by Hannah’s reappearance, Menchú struggles to lead Team Three against the rising tide of magic.
38 min
80
Bookburners, S3 E16
Joining Liam on his journey of self-discovery, Sal and Grace find it an unexpectedly eye-opening experience.
30 min
81
Bookburners, S3 E15
Driven by guilt over his past, Liam sets out to make things right.
28 min
82
Bookburners, S3 E14
The members of Team Three continue to relive each other’s past horrors—an experience none of them will ever forget.
36 min
83
Bookburners, S3 E13
Thanks to the oracle bones, Team Three is forced to relive—and reveal—their worst memories.
39 min
84
Bookburners, S3 E12
Menchú and Grace contend with booby traps laid decades ago, and confront the fact that they might not get out alive.
45 min
85
Bookburners, S3 E11
Grace and Menchú have been called to China to help investigate a source of magic deep underground. But Grace hasn’t been summoned for her strength—she’s been summoned for her memories.
42 min
86
Bookburners, S3 E10
Sal, Perry, and their parents are all in danger when magic mayhem is unleashed at a Vatican museum.
37 min
87
Bookburners, S3 E9
Sal and Perry try to entertain their parents in Rome . . . without revealing how totally weird their lives have become.
33 min
88
Bookburners, S3 E8
Unaware of Asanti’s experiments, Team Three is deployed to deal with the chaos. But while Menchú and the others are able to contain the damage, they’re left wondering just who started this out-break—and who the spirits were working for.
36 min
89
Bookburners, S3 E7
The new, secret Team Four (Asanti, Perry, and Frances) plans a small experiment with magic in order to test their control. But the magical servants they summon interpret Asanti’s orders in a much more extreme way than intended.
32 min
90
Bookburners, S3 E6
At the Market Arcanum, Sal and Grace attempt to complete a trade that was set up by Asanti, but the transaction doesn’t go as expected.
31 min
91
Bookburners, S3 E5
With Asanti barred from fieldwork, Liam recovering from injuries, and Father Menchú still reeling from his encounter with Hannah, it falls to Sal and Grace to attend the Market Arcanum.
38 min
92
Bookburners, S3 E4
On loan to Team One for a mission to New Zealand, Sal finds herself in close quarters with Grace for the first time since Grace left TeamThree.
40 min
93
Bookburners, S3 E3
Father Menchú and Liam investigate a disturbance in a small town in Spain, confronting a cen-turies-old werewolf curse.
36 min
94
Bookburners, S3 E2
Unexpected help comes when Sal’s brother Perry shows up after a year’s absence, but can they trust him?
43 min
95
Bookburners, S3 E1
Sal and Liam run into trouble at the Lascaux caves . . . and find themselves sucked into theart—literally.
43 min
96
Bookburners, S2 E26
Adapt or Die; stay the course or switch streams: those are the choices facing the Society as magic rises.
35 min
97
Bookburners, S2 E25
The day of reckoning has arrived for both Asanti and the Society as a whole.
41 min
98
Bookburners, S2 E24
The Society is still reeling from the consequences of Ireland, but Team Three knows there’s still work to be done.
40 min
99
Bookburners, S2 E23
After the Network’s devastating blow, Team Three has enough enough.
35 min
100
Bookburners, S2 E22
Team Three confronts a magical event bigger and more terrifying than anything they’ve dealt with before.
41 min