# Last Stop Corbenic

A newsletter about books and writing and sometimes King Arthur

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## [The Wonderful Clock](https://levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-wonderful-clock)

_2026-08-02 · Lev Grossman_

This is the first and only chapter of The World in the Walls, Book One of the Fillory and Further series by Christopher Plover. I wish I could write more, but I can't

## [The Plane Had No Markings](https://levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-plane-had-no-markings)

_2026-07-19 · Lev Grossman_

Or, a doctor's note

## [A Season in Hell: April 24-](https://levgrossman.substack.com/p/a-season-in-hell-april-24)

_2026-04-26 · Lev Grossman_

In which I finally finish the book, the Grail Knight reaches Corbenic, the king is healed, the Waste Land lives again and Doris gets her oats

## [The Halfway Point: A Pep Talk](https://levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-halfway-point-a-pep-talk)

_2026-03-04 · Lev Grossman_

I wrote this for NaNoWriMo back in 2014. Now NaNoWriMo is gone -- and the Hunger Games theme is a little dated -- but writing novels is still hard

## [Happy New Year to All](https://levgrossman.substack.com/p/happy-new-year-to-all)

_2025-12-31 · Lev Grossman_

We made it! More or less!

## [That Other American Tolkien](https://levgrossman.substack.com/p/that-other-american-tolkien)

_2025-11-18 · Lev Grossman_

When I was a child, the novels of Fritz Leiber were way more important to me than The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. If anything Tolkien was the British Leiber

## [The Wardrobe Opened 75 Years Ago](https://levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-wardrobe-opened-75-years-ago)

_2025-10-18 · Lev Grossman_

It seems like an age has passed. And also like no time at all. But that's Narnia for ya

## [The King Sleeps: Or, the Brief Life and Inevitable Death of a Darling](https://levgrossman.substack.com/p/the-king-sleeps-or-the-brief-life)

_2025-08-25 · Lev Grossman_

They say kill your darlings, and they’re 100% right. But today I honor the passing of one that I killed with more than usual reluctance

## [A Season in Hell: February 20-March 13](https://levgrossman.substack.com/p/a-season-in-hell-february-20-march)

_2025-07-25 · Lev Grossman_

We all hate the person from Porlock. Except when we desperately need the person from Porlock

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_2025-07-25 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Please Help Me Stop Playing the New York Times Spelling Bee Game](https://levgrossman.substack.com/p/please-help-me-stop-playing-the-new)

_2025-07-02 · Lev Grossman_

Thank God it only comes out once a day