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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101
Bookburners, S2 E5
Asanti and Liam sneak invitations to a magical conference in Russia.
33 min
102
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
103
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
104
Bookburners, S2 E2
Team Three investigates when a town in New England goes missing behind a mysterious fog.
37 min
105
Bookburners, S2 E1
Changes are underway at the Vatican. But out in the world, the mischief of demons is ascendant.
37 min
106
Bookburners, S1 E32
If Sal wants to save Perry, she’ll have to bring him back from the Hand’s dark dimension. Meanwhile, Team One prepares to move against Team Three with guns blazing.
36 min
107
Bookburners, S1 E31
With the Book of the Hand in their possession at last, Team Three can finally expel the Hand from Sal’s body. But there’s one last soul that needs saving.
35 min
108
Bookburners, S1 E30
Thanks to a timely offer from Aaron, Sal and the rest of the team stake their freedom on a desperate throw of the dice by venturing back into the lion’s den.
37 min
109
Bookburners, S1 E29
With Time running out and the Hand growing stronger inside Sal, the only hope is to banish the demon back to its hellish domain. But to do that, Team Three needs the Book of the Hand, back in the Vatican.
31 min
110
Bookburners, S1 E28
Defying his superiors, Father Menchú leads the rest of Team Three to Sal’s rescue, not knowing if they’ll find a corpse, or something even worse.
34 min
111
Bookburners, S1 E27
Sal is betrayed and turned over to the not-so-tender mercies of Team Two. Death seems certain, but the Hand has more tricks up its sleeve.
29 min
112
Bookburners, S1 E26
As Father Menchú tries to buy time, Team One and Team Two gear up for battle. And the Hand, with power of the Codex Umbra at his command, begins to assemble an army.
30 min
113
Bookburners, S1 E25
Possessed by the Hand, Sal turns against her friends, and Team Three has to decide if she’s a victim or a threat they need to put down.
31 min
114
Bookburners, S1 E24
Security tightens as the Society prepares for the inevitable assault on the Black Library, unaware of the betrayer in their midst.
39 min
115
Bookburners, S1 E23
It’s open season on the Black Library as every demon in the world realizes the Codex Umbra is within their reach.
33 min
116
Bookburners, S1 E22
Infiltrating a yacht party, the team fights to stop Norse from gaining control of a demonic tome.
42 min
117
Bookburners, S1 E21
The stage is set for Mr. Norse’s grand move to possess the Codex Umbra.
41 min
118
Bookburners, S1 E20
There’s no rest to be found as a magical artifact spreads a time-slowing bubble across Rome.
39 min
119
Bookburners, S1 E19
It’s Grace’s one-day-off-a-year, and nothing will stop her from enjoying every last second of it, not even Sal’s sleepwalking.
33 min
120
Bookburners, S1 E18
As Sal becomes suspicious of her own increasingly strange sleeping habits, Team Three seeks out the Oracle of Delphi and learns the dangers of playing with prophecy.
41 min
121
Bookburners, S1 E17
Following the latest game of cat-and-mouse with the mysterious Mr. Norse in their hunt for the Codex Umbra, Team Three turns to old friends and even older magic.
33 min
122
Bookburners, S1 E16
Team Three must find the source of demonic ink before time runs out and more victims are stained by its power.
36 min
123
Bookburners, S1 E15
Team Three jets to the Southwest U.S. where the human canvases of a tattoo competition show begin dying under magical circumstances.
38 min
124
Bookburners, S1 E14
Sal learns the horrifying truth about Grace, and her connection to a cursed candle: a story that goes all the way back to 1930s China
40 min
125
Bookburners, S1 E13
While all the members of Team Three have their secrets, only Grace seems willing to guard hers with fists of fury…until Sal sets out to learn exactly what her deal is..
41 min