I was listening to this and for the first bit I was like UHHH is this a dupe? But no its actually kind of a sequel to that other story Goon Job, (also by the same author) and I liked Goon Job, and listening to this story being along the same lines was actually kind of nice, but someone should have mentioned it in the opening, because I was seriously thinking “Did Someone Screw Up” until it defined itself as a different story. Good story however (either of them Goon Job or Merlin’s Bane) no fault there.

Good story, though I preferred Goon Job, glad you mentioned the author in the previous outro. Hope to hear more of this story later on.

That was carefully designed to confuse everyone horribly. Sorry about that!

I really enjoyed it. I don’t know if it was horror. At least not like most of the stories on this show but I loved it. Nice mix of drama, fantasy, and humor.

I feel like the protagonist was kind of the weak link, basically just a cookie-cutter, hard-boiled vehicle for the conceit. Which isn’t to say that the conceit wasn’t cool and engaging. I just thought it could have been better executed.

Like it, but I loved the first one much, much more.

Also, I thought all the vulgar references were a bit out of place in light of our first exposure to this character and his business. It’s weird. I don’t normally mind vulgarity, and gross sexual references, but it just didn’t seem to work for me in this story.

So, now that you’re cramming ads (if I never listen to a podcast that ISN’T hawking audible.com or gotomypc, I’ll be a happy man) into our ears, will you ever respond, in the podcast, to any of the mountains of feedback you’ve received?

Love the book collector stories and don’t mind the ads a bit. Since I can’t afford to support you or EP directly I’m not complainin’. Keep up the good work lads!