Lion Publishing launches this fall with three debut novels, three wildly different speculative worlds, and one very stubborn refusal to make “Let Us Hear Your Roar” the podcast title. (That's Rebekah, because she thinks it's a stupid title, SETH!)

In our first episode, Rebekah Edwards, Seth Cordle, and Henry Hall introduce the books coming our Lion’s first launch: a LitRPG apocalypse born from a tabletop campaign, an epic fantasy about thieves mistaken for heroes, and a YA western fantasy where demon-slaying gunslingers ride through the old West.

Then we get into the bigger question behind Lion Publishing: what happened to storytelling, and how do we get back to stories that are actually worth reading?

We talk character arcs, static heroes, D&D as storytelling fuel, why modern fiction often feels politically force-fed, the influence of Star Wars, Animorphs, Harry Potter, Firefly, Sanderson, Salinger, and more... PLUS, why “based storytelling” doesn’t mean propaganda in the other direction. It means plot, character, world, wonder, courage, humor, tragedy, and stories that remember what stories are for.

In this episode:

👋 Meet Lion Publishing’s first three authors

📚 Hear about our debut novels and launch plans

🌀 LitRPG, epic fantasy, YA western fantasy, and tabletop chaos

🚫 Why “not woke” is not enough

🖋️ The case for actual good storytelling

👨‍🚀 Static characters, heroic arcs, and why Luke Skywalker still matters

🪄 D&D campaigns, found family, flashbacks, and the books that made us readers

Follow Lion Publishing:

Website: https://lionpublish.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Lion-Publishing

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lionbookpublishing/

X: https://x.com/lion_publish

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lionbookpublishing

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lionbookpublishing/

Follow the hosts/authors:

Rebekah: https://rebekahedwards.com/links/

Seth: https://linktr.ee/sethcordleauthor

Henry: (lol, you thought this guy had social media?!)

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