{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/638e007b5908900011c9b5cc/64d1981947e4930011194986?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"51 - Gargoyle","description":"<p>Fast-food clown generators, selective cruelty, and the most elemental Elemental. </p><p><br></p><p>Featuring an interview with Jeff LaSala, writer of The Ecology of the Gargoyle for Dragon magazine #423. </p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.tor.com/author/jeff-lasala/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jeff LaSala</strong></a>&nbsp;lived in Germany for only one year, long ago, and really needs to go back if only to see some more castles and pick up an untranslated copy of&nbsp;<em>Die unendliche Geschichte.&nbsp;</em>He is responsible for&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.tor.com/series/the-silmarillion-primer/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The Silmarillion</em>&nbsp;Primer</strong></a>, the more recent and much shorter&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.tor.com/2022/08/22/a-second-age-primer-the-rings-of-power-the-rise-and-fall-of-numenor-and-the-last-alliance/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Second Age Primer</strong></a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.tor.com/tag/deep-delvings-into-middle-earth/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Deep Delvings</strong></a>&nbsp;series, and a few other assorted articles on this site. Tolkien nerdom aside, Jeff wrote a Scribe Award–nominated&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Darkwood-Mask-Inquisitives-Jeff-LaSala/dp/0786949708\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>D&amp;D novel</strong></a>, produced some&nbsp;<a href=\"http://foreshadows.net/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>cyberpunk stories</strong></a>, and works in production for Macmillan and the Tor Publishing Group. He is sometimes on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/Jeff_LaSala\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Twitter</strong></a>. </p>","author_name":"Chris Lawson, Wes Grist"}