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Episode 400 Live SuperFan Special
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In this super special LIVE episode of Fictional Hangover, we are celebrating our 400th episode!!!
Please enjoy this retrospective of 400+ episodes of Fictional Hangover with some of our SuperFans!

Wednesday May 20, 2026
Two Dark Reigns
Wednesday May 20, 2026
Wednesday May 20, 2026
“A queen once crowned … is crowned forever.”
In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about not being scholarly, being Legion Light, Mist vomiting corpses, and then the screaming starts in their discussion of Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake.

Sunday May 17, 2026
New and Indie Spotlight: Meghan Le Fay - Wings of Life
Sunday May 17, 2026
Sunday May 17, 2026
In this unedited New and Indie Spotlight episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire chat with Meghan Le Fay about found family with a dragon, just being a person living in the world, Viking hygiene inspiring a whole trilogy, and judging a book by its cover (and it's AMAZING!). Meghan's debut book, Wings of Life, comes out May 26.

Wednesday May 13, 2026
The Girls Are Never Gone
Wednesday May 13, 2026
Wednesday May 13, 2026
“Just because I can't explain it doesn't mean there isn't an answer.”
In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about podcasting, ghost bothering and DIABETES!!!! (and then the screaming starts) in their discussion of The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh.

Wednesday May 06, 2026
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Wednesday May 06, 2026
Wednesday May 06, 2026
“Vampires were fairy tales and magic.”
In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about Escape from New York but with vampires, needing a liberal application of a tire iron, rooting for vampire vampire hunters, and enjoying distilled vampirism of their favorite reads in their discussion of The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black.

Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
One Dark Throne
Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
Wednesday Apr 29, 2026
“You cannot kill what is already dead.”
In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about numbered lists trumping morality, not using a ground knife, throwing people into the sea, and gift wrapping murder because there's always time for a bow in their discussion of One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake.

Sunday Apr 26, 2026
New and Indie Spotlight: Jackson Ford - Sisters of the Lizard
Sunday Apr 26, 2026
Sunday Apr 26, 2026
In this unedited New and Indie Spotlight episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire chat with their favorite Jackson Ford about making the dead inside feel something, replacing Shakespeare on the curriculum, lizards getting hiccups, how imaginary friends have autonomy and an EXCLUSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT 😈. Jackson's newest book, Sisters of the Lizard, comes out May 5.

Wednesday Apr 22, 2026
The Darkness Outside Us
Wednesday Apr 22, 2026
Wednesday Apr 22, 2026
“This lifetime is yours to make what you will of it.”
In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about TBKIOS (Two Boys Kissing Inside Outside Space), pressing factory reset on upspeak, spending a long ass time in space, and telling a psychopathic robot's story in their discussion of The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer.

Wednesday Apr 15, 2026
Death at Morning House
Wednesday Apr 15, 2026
Wednesday Apr 15, 2026
"You know what? We're not dead. That's tonight's win."
In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about the 1930s of it all, being a dirty bag, teeth, lipstick, and fucking windchimes, and how this book is the Saved by the Bell murder mystery episode in their discussion of Death at Morning House by Maureen Johnson.

Wednesday Apr 08, 2026
Through Gates of Garnet and Gold
Wednesday Apr 08, 2026
Wednesday Apr 08, 2026
“You need to be reminded that sometimes it just sucks to suck.”
In this episode of Fictional Hangover, Amanda and Claire talk about how the interdimensional postal service is better than what we have in the real world, describing the most boring waiting room, shoving important stuff into the junk drawer, and waiting, waiting and still waiting for the stories they want in their discussion of Through Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire.

