W&W Holiday Special

December 21, 2023

Hosts: PJ Heller, Krossland Shaw

Short Pour Light Bringer Tales and Typos Echoes from the Fringe

Happy holidays folks!

We decided to do something a bit different this year, and we are happy to share with you the WORDS AND WHISKEY HOLIDAY SPECIAL! We thought it’d be real fun to take a completely different approach to an episode, and do something that reminds us of those old mishmashed episodes that used to run during the holidays.

In this episode, you’ll find us discussing three different stories:

The first, is Light Bringer! We take a mostly-very-serious approach to stories when we talk about them on the show, but we wanted to engage in some silliness and speculation, so we went ahead and did just that. We hope you enjoy our riffing on questions, mostly provided by Patrons, @howlerpod, and @highkeyobssessed.

Next up, is @ModestMimic’s lovely short story “The Bits in Between” from his collection, “Tales and Typos”. We read this one out loud, as it’s a short story, and then discussed it afterwards. If you’re looking for something that speaks to that fantasy archetype, and feels warm and homey, you must give this collection a read.

We ended our episode, discussing Dylan D. Erwin’s “Yuletide” from his book, Echoes of the Fringe. This one is a bit of a longer read, but fret not: you can find the story on Spotify, linked in our show notes. If you’re searching on another platform, look for “The Nightgate Journal”, and give Yuletide a listen. This is a spooky holiday tale, that shares DNA with Grimm fairy tales, old folklore, and Guillermo Del Toro. Give it a listen!

We'll see you next week!

PJ's Words and Whiskey Finale

November 7, 2025

Hosts: PJ Heller, Krossland Shaw

The Wisdom of Crowds The Trouble with Peace The Lies of Locke Lamora A Little Hatred The Age of Madness Sharp Ends Red Country Dungeon Crawler Carl The Heroes Stormlight Archive Best Served Cold The Great Leveler Assassins Anonymous The Last Argument of Kings Before They Are Hanged Patreon Exclusive The Blade Itself The First Law King Multiverse 'Salem's Lot The Sunlit Man Echoes from the Fringe Tales and Typos Light Bringer Jade Legacy Jade War Jade City Green Bone Saga The Lost Metal Secret History The Bands of Mourning Shadows of Self Mistborn Era 2 Alloy of Law PJ's Symposium The Hero of Ages Cosmere The Well of Ascension Short Pour Mistborn: The Final Empire Mistborn Sons Of Ares DUNE Dark Age Iron Gold Morning Star Golden Son Whiskey Short Pour Red Rising Book 1 Red Rising Saga

Hey there folks - This episode is a special one, as we end the first 'era' of the podcast. Today, we say goodbye to PJ. We answered a TON of listener questions, and got extra silly, since we were in person together for this one. This episode was recorded immediately following The First Law wrap-up podcast, and was especially saucy.

We'll all miss the damn lad, won't we?

I'll note, while we did our best on editing/production, this is a bit more janky than I'd like. We've got a professionally polished version coming in the next two weeks, so this will likely be updated. Regardless, it still captures the soul of what we wanted, and the fun we had on the show.