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Some Dark Lords just want to be left alone. Same, Morfran. Same episode artwork

Aug 29, 2026 37 min

Some Dark Lords just want to be left alone. Same, Morfran. Same

from UpperPen Podcast Hosted by Dakota VanLinden

S.B. West joins me on UpperPen to talk about her debut novel Morfran, Dark Lord Reformed. We talk about the characters and subverting expectations. The need for comedy in books about pretty awful things if you want to make the bad guy sympathetic. I loved this book so much! When I started reading it, I found myself stopping repeatedly to share a paragraph here and a paragraph there with my husband (who admittedly was very confused with the out of context story, lol). Morfran, Dark Lord Reformed is a funny take on the dark lord redemption story. And it has goats. Three specifically. Morfran, Dark Lord Reformed is out on September 8th. If you live near Pocatello, ID, stop by Hares and Hatters Bookshop to see S.B. West in person on October 2nd!You can find S.B. West on Instagram @sbwestauthor and through her websited SBWestAuthor.com

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