May 05, 2026

The Book Doctor’s Apprentice

by Laurel A. Burlew

show notes

In this episode you’ll hear a high fantasy short story from Laurel A. Burlew filled with books, mysterious magic, and bumbling apprentices. The Book Doctor’s Apprentice is narrated by Paeter Frandsen.

Important Links:

The Author: Laurel’s website and Instagram

The Narrator: Paeter Frandsen’s website

This month’s giveaway

full transcript

Karyne (00:00:07) – Hi fantasy readers. This is Karyne Norton, your fellow book binger, and you are listening to the Finding Fantasy Reads podcast where you can test out a new fantasy story every single week to find your next favorite author.

You’ll want to stick around for today’s story if you like books, mysterious magic, and bumbling apprentices. It’s written by Laurel A. Burlew, a Colorado-based author who writes stories that transport readers to other worlds. As a multi-genre author, she writes a little bit of everything, but has a deep passion for the boundless creativity found in fantasy. She’s been published in anthologies and devotionals for the past ten years and is currently working on both a children’s book series, and a darker fantasy series. As part of the chronic illness community, she uses her passions to spread awareness of disabling conditions like her own. When not writing fantasy steeped in magic and meaning, she’s often reading, playing piano, or rewatching Pride & Prejudice for the hundredth time.

Today’s narrator is Paeter Frandsen, host of Christian Geek Central. Stick around to the end or check out today’s show notes to see where you can find more from both the author and the narrator as well as how to enter our newest giveaway with tons of stories from our featured authors!

For now, please enjoy The Book Doctor’s Apprentice by Laurel A. Burlew.

Paeter (00:01:34) –  The Book Doctor’s Apprentice is read by Paeter Frandsen. Due to copyright, the full transcript of the story cannot be included here. 

Karyne (00:21:38) – I hope you enjoyed listening to The Book Doctor’s Apprentice by Laurel A. Burlew, narrated by Paeter Frandsen of Christian Geek Central. If you want to read more by Laurel, go to http://www.laurelanneburlew.com/ to find more of her books. You can also find her on Instagram @‌laurelanneburlew.

If you enjoyed listening to Paeter narrate the story, you might also enjoy listening to his audio dramas at spiritblade.com, or his podcast, Christian Geek Central, where he discusses movies, video games, and all things enjoyed by self-proclaimed geeks from a Christian worldview.

This month we are running another giveaway sponsored by our past and current featured authors with over a dozen books in ebooks, paperbacks, hardcovers, and audiobooks, so if you want a chance to win tons of books to read this summer, go to findingfantasyreads.com/giveaway to enter. This one is open to the US only.

As always, I will have links for all those sites in the show notes. Thank you all for listening, and happy reading!

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Featured Author

Laurel A. Burlew

Laurel A. Burlew is a Colorado-based author who writes stories that transport readers to other worlds. As a multi-genre author, she writes a little bit of everything, but has a deep passion for the boundless creativity found in fantasy. She’s been published in anthologies and devotionals for the past ten years and is currently working on both a children’s book series, and a darker fantasy series. As part of the chronic illness community, she uses her passions to spread awareness of disabling conditions like her own. When not writing fantasy steeped in magic and meaning, she’s often reading, playing piano, or rewatching Pride & Prejudice for the hundredth time. She can be found on Instagram: @‌laurelanneburlew.

Narrator

Paeter Frandsen

A fan of comic books, sci-fi, and fantasy since childhood, Paeter Frandsen is the owner and chief content creator of Christian Geek Central. He lives in Mesa, AZ with his wife and two sons.

 

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