Long Story Short Ep-17: Emptying the Full Magazine, with Joe Hill

Robin & David were joined in the run up to World Fantasy in Brighton (UK) by Joe Hill, whose new novel, King Sorrow, is his first in nine years. This episode is a real doozy, with the chat ranging far-and-wide. Not to be missed! Check out our new detailed timestamps at the bottom of these notes. https://britishfantasysociety.org/blog/bfs-podcast-long-story-short/ [There are handful of F-bombs in the episode] Are you a member of the British Fantasy Society yet? Join us here: https://britishfantasysociety.org/about-the-bfs/become-a-member/ Learn more about Joe here: https://www.joehillfiction.com/#intro Visit David’s website: https://www.davidgreenwriter.com/ And Robin’s: https://robincmduncan.com/   Time stamps (with about 30s lead-in) (03:06) a home in the British Fantasy community (05:35) 2000AD (06:52) King Sorrow (11:49) other kinds of peril (13:48) Better Call Saul (15:03) Dark Academia (16:48) a Ken Follet epic (21:29) the Broken Binding special edition (24:20) illustration and physical books (27:02) the Orwellian thing (28:17) the pain is the point (32:26) themes in King Sorrow (36:40) dragon tattoos (37:47) dragons like cats (38:39) emptying the full magazine (41:01) Stephen King (48:52) King Sorrow; horror or fantasy? (51:23) how terrible to live in Middle Earth (53:26) banned books / we're all f**ked (56:10) World Fantasy (57:21) Locke & Key (66:38) Return of the Jedi is not very good (69:30) Hunger, a novel (2026)