{"id":10309,"date":"2022-05-14T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T22:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=10309"},"modified":"2022-05-12T09:53:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:53:57","slug":"talkcast-523-the-middling-affliction-cthulhu-and-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=10309","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 523 &#8211; The Middling Affliction &#038; Cthulhu and You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10312\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/alex-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/alex-246x300.jpg 246w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/alex.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our first guest is Alex Shvartsman here to talk about his first\u00a0 book in \u201cThe Conradverse\u201d, The Middling Affliction. This book is a kind of interweaving urban fantasy which is based in New\u00a0 York City and emcompasses mythos, monsters, various religions, the druids and a dash of paranormal organized crime. It&#8217;s a great thriller and we get a chance to talk with Alex about a lot of the background behind the book and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how it came to be as well as where the series is going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alexshvartsman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/alexshvartsman.com<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Middling-Affliction-Conradverse-Chronicles-Book\/dp\/1647100542?&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=ufopubcom-20&amp;linkId=19b054c4790be8baf56cb89a82d6d2f5&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon link<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alex_Shvartsman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wikipedia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10313\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/front-cover-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/front-cover-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/front-cover-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/front-cover-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/front-cover-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/front-cover.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10314\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/n9DBYtaen6sgM52c7fzPwx-289x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"289\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/n9DBYtaen6sgM52c7fzPwx-289x300.jpg 289w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/n9DBYtaen6sgM52c7fzPwx-768x797.jpg 768w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/n9DBYtaen6sgM52c7fzPwx.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 289px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our second guest is Uncle <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jason Ciaramella,one of the creators and\u00a0 writer of the C is for Cthulhu project about their current kickstarter, the Cthulhu brouhaha (I have always wanted to say that), how he got into this and turned lovecraftian horror into a children&#8217;s cottage industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cisforcthulhu.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li 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