Kestrell

After yesterday's story
http://kestrell.livejournal.com/586100.html
which was inspired by the title of the as-yet-unreleased anthology _Unicorns Vs. Zombies_ co-edited by Holly Black, I went looking for Holly's new book, _White Cat (Curseworkers, Book 1)_, available on Audible (if you need any more reasons to go looking for this book other than it is written by Holly Black, try reading the
review by Sarah Rees Brennan
http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/166242.html
(the review itself was so amusing that I added Sarah's new book to my Audible wishlist so I would remember to buy it next month).

I then found that
PodCastle
http://podcastle.org/
(which features a lot of podcasts of fantasy stories) has an exceptionally well done
podcast of Holly Black's "The Dog King"
http://podcastle.org/2010/05/17/podcastle-104-the-dog-king/
read by a voice actor who reads for the Braille Institute.

The story is from Holly's collection
_The Poison Eaters and Other Stories_
http://smallbeerpress.com/books/2010/02/19/the-poison-eaters-other-stories/
You can also read what I consider to be one of the finest stories ffrom that collection
"The Coldest Girl in Coldtown"
http://www.bscreview.com/2010/01/the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown-by-holly-black-short-story/

I am, however, left to ponder how Holly and Sarah used the octopus to demonstrate what goes on at a SF convention--is there any video or audio of this explanation?