TITAA Recs #65: The Charwoman of the Residence

Media Recs: Expelled!, Lord Dunsany, The Residence, recent folk fantasy.

Cover art for The Charwoman’s Shadow, by Gervasio Gallardo (1973) (source)

Before jumping in on the recs details, a couple pointers to some good reading or listening about writing that I enjoyed recently:

• the Weird Studies episode on John Crowley’s Little Big, with Erik Davis (I made a transcript doc testing Gemini 2.5 Pro exp here),

• Lincoln Michel’s post on fiction books featuring writers (some great recs in here), which is also a bump for his new book.

Quick summary before the details, caveats, and pics:

• Book recs: Fleet of Knives, Gareth Powell; The Unkillable Princess, Taran Hunt; The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar; Thistlefoot, GennaRose Nethercott; The Charwoman's Shadow, Lord Dunsany; The Secret Hours, Mick Herron.

• TV: various discussion, but starred rec for The Residence on Netflix.

• Games recs: Expelled!, Children of Clay, Townframe, Witcher 3.