{"id":1262,"date":"2026-08-16T23:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2026-08-16T23:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T04:53:00","slug":"swords-scrolls-044-curse-of-the-monolith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/blog\/2026\/08\/16\/swords-scrolls-044-curse-of-the-monolith\/","title":{"rendered":"Swords &amp; Scrolls 044: Curse of the Monolith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SSoConan0-1-756x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SSoConan0-1-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SSoConan0-1-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SSoConan0-1-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SSoConan0-1-1134x1536.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SSoConan0-1-111x150.jpg 111w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SSoConan0-1.jpg 1214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Billy D (A.K.A. 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All rights reserved. <a href=\"https:\/\/heimatderkatastrophe.bandcamp.com\/\">https:\/\/heimatderkatastrophe.bandcamp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMAIL ME BY GORM! swordsnscrollspod@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us on instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swordsandscrolls.podcast\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/swordsandscrolls.podcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billy D (A.K.A. Doc Strange) of the Magazines and Monsters podcast is welcomed into the Land of Scrolls! We talk the L. Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter story, &#8220;Curse of the Monolith&#8221; as it appears in comics. 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