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October Daye / Inheritance - Essay Series Part Five: Long Series and How to Read Them

Hello Patrons and general audience members! Welcome to another Books That Burn essay by Robin. Thank you to Case Aiken, who receives a monthly Patron shoutout. [Full Audio Available Here] This is the fifth and final entry in a five-part essay series discussing two long-running book series by queer authors: October Daye by Seanan McGuire, and Inheritance by A.K. Faulkner. I chose these series because I love them both, they were intended from the start to be long series, neither of them are finished yet, and the authors have different structural approaches to developing each series across so many volumes. Purely coincidentally, they are both long-running contemporary fantasy series mainly set in California in or near the 2010's, with major characters named Quentin, and whose fast-healing protagonists have a tendency to quasi-adopt a gaggle of magical teenagers. After a brief moment in the 1990's, October Daye begins in earnest in 2009 and has reached 2015 as of the eighteenth boo...

Singing The Comic-Con Blues by Seanan McGuire (Incryptid #10.1)

This novella is included with most editions of CALCULATED RISKS.

TITLE: Singing The Comic-Con Blues
AUTHOR: Seanan McGuire
PUBLISHER: Daw Books
YEAR: 2021
LENGTH: 61 pages
AGE: Adult
GENRE: Fantasy
RECOMMENDED: Highly

Queer Rep Summary: Bi/Pan Main Character(s), Ace/Aro Main Character(s).

This was a little about Comic-Con and a lot about Antimony's relationship with Verity. It was nice to see them together for more than a brief scene, even if most of it was tense with Antimony reacting to the idea of Verity as much as the actual person.

CW for death (backstory).

TW for Harry Potter mention.

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A pale woman with medium-length brown hair is visible in the reflection of a shattered mirror with several large pieces missing.


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