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
101
Bookburners, S3 E1
Sal and Liam run into trouble at the Lascaux caves . . . and find themselves sucked into theart—literally.
43 min
102
Bookburners, S2 E26
Adapt or Die; stay the course or switch streams: those are the choices facing the Society as magic rises.
35 min
103
Bookburners, S2 E25
The day of reckoning has arrived for both Asanti and the Society as a whole.
41 min
104
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
105
Bookburners, S2 E23
After the Network’s devastating blow, Team Three has enough enough.
35 min
106
Bookburners, S2 E22
Team Three confronts a magical event bigger and more terrifying than anything they’ve dealt with before.
41 min
107
Bookburners, S2 E21
The Network’s power play consumes an entire town.
39 min
108
Bookburners, S2 E20
The scope of the Network’s plans is greater than Team Three thought possible, like a pebble that starts an avalanche.
35 min
109
Bookburners, S2 E19
With Team Three more fractured than ever, the Network makes a terrifying move.
35 min
110
Bookburners, S2 E18
A train to Sweden takes a sudden turn down memory lane as Liam’s past horrors are laid bare.
34 min
111
Bookburners, S2 E17
Desperate for information, the Society turns to the mysterious Network for help, using Liam as bait.
40 min
112
Bookburners, S2 E16
Team Three’s odyssey takes them from the middle of the Mediterranean to the mountains of Poland.
37 min
113
Bookburners, S2 E15
A repaired Orb and a lead on Team Four sends Sal and the gang on a truly mind-bending manhunt.
35 min
114
Bookburners, S2 E14
They say that museums are where history comes alive. But when magic is involved, it’s more often a library.
35 min
115
Bookburners, S2 E13
A fiery mystery leads the team to Manitoba, Canada, where they learn that there’s more going on than contentious fishing.
45 min
116
Bookburners, S2 E12
At the Night Market, where dragons dance in the sky, Liam and Grace find the remnants of their old teams.
42 min
117
Bookburners, S2 E11
Liam and Grace travel to Shanghai to investigate a lead on the Orb—and hopefully their own pasts.
33 min
118
Bookburners, S2 E10
Team Three learns the hard way that no one says no to The Maitresse.
41 min
119
Bookburners, S2 E9
Asanti’s murky past gets a bit clearer when an old friend visits her to reminisce…and collect on a debt.
33 min
120
Bookburners, S2 E8
Team Three stumbles upon a strange and ghostly crossroads where Liam is shocked to find someone who knows him.
39 min
121
Bookburners, S2 E7
Frustrated by the still-broken Orb, Liam does some old-school online fishing and gets a nibble from Turkey.
34 min
122
Bookburners, S2 E6
While Asanti struggles with her feelings toward the Society and its mission, the others struggle just to stay alive.
36 min
123
Bookburners, S2 E5
Asanti and Liam sneak invitations to a magical conference in Russia.
33 min
124
Bookburners, S2 E4
Asanti leads her team through the long-locked door of Team Four’s lair—and straight into a mystery of Escherian proportions.
38 min
125
Bookburners, S2 E3
With Orb broken and magic on the rise, Asanti looks for answers from the Society’s defunct experimental division, Team Four.
40 min