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, 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
127
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
128
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
129
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
130
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
131
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
132
Bookburners, S1 E22
Infiltrating a yacht party, the team fights to stop Norse from gaining control of a demonic tome.
42 min
133
Bookburners, S1 E21
The stage is set for Mr. Norse’s grand move to possess the Codex Umbra.
41 min
134
Bookburners, S1 E20
There’s no rest to be found as a magical artifact spreads a time-slowing bubble across Rome.
39 min
135
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
136
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
137
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
138
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
139
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
140
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
141
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
142
Bookburners, S1 E12
As an American town faces total destruction, the Society calls in its big guns against the Tornado Eaters, and Sal gets her first look at the kind of heat the paramilitary Team One is packing.
41 min
143
Bookburners, S1 E11
Something too big to fully comprehend is loose in Oklahoma. Team Three touches down in a tiny town under threat from rampaging titans that feed on tornados.
36 min
144
Bookburners, S1 E10
While the rest of the team back in Rome suddenly find themselves under attack, Sal and Menchú are left scrambling to stop a group of techno-cultists who have disturbing interest in Sal.
37 min
145
Bookburners, S1 E9
Father Menchú takes Sal to Lichetenstein for the annual Market Arcanum, where the ex-cop gets a closer look into the broader world of magic users, and confrontation with the sinister Mr. Norse.
41 min
146
Bookburners, S1 E8
An entire city has become preternaturally obsessed with a local restaurant. Sal and Asanti find something sinister in the kitchen, and fend up wishing they hadn’t left their muscle back in Rome.
33 min
147
Bookburners, S1 E7
Sal and Asanti leave the rest of the team in a lurch when they jet off to Scotland to attend the funeral of the archivist's mentor. But the duo discover something else that is terribly, demonically wrong.
42 min
148
Bookburners, S1 E6
Tracking the missing book to a luxury yacht, the team gets less of a high-end boating experience and more of a demon-on-the-loose nightmare.
41 min
149
Bookburners, S1 E05
A tip from a local antiquarian fails to reach the team in time, and they are left with the ruins of a Rome bookstore, a missing magical tome, very few clues, and suspiciously helpful tour guide.
34 min
150
Bookburners, S1 E04
A breathing apartment door, two little girls being held hostage, and some furniture that’s far too alive for good taste are just the beginning of Sal’s first day on the job.
45 min