I'm hoping Priscellie will be on hand to record a reading if Jim does one.  Of course, anyone who visits this forum and is in New England and is close enough to attend could do the same thing.  (Hint - Hint.)

When Jim was introduced to the person; Jim didn't say their name, who would be the head writer to adapt Jim's novels for TV, that person said, "I would really like to see the book series completed before I begin writing the TV episodes."  Jim said this statement caused him to drop what he was drinking.

I've commented on this topic before.  One day, several years ago, while waiting for Cold Days to be released I started going back through Jim's twitter feed to see when he had announced, "The end.  I just finished (fill in the blank), now it goes to the publisher for ..."  Then I compared that date with the release date of that particular book.  I went back as far as Jim's Twitter feed went.  What I found was most of his books were released within 9 months after Jim's Twitter announcement.  There were some noticeable exceptions.  I think one book took a year or a little longer to be released.  Another was published just 3 1/2 months later; however, I believe Jim said that novel (I think it was Changes.) had already been very heavily pre-edited before he sent it to the publishers so both the publishers and Jim had much less work to do to get that one ready and out the door.  I think there was one other book that was released about 5 months after Jim's "The end" announcement.  There were also one or two books that were released within 6 to 8 months after Jim announced he had finished.

That's why I think it's likely we will get Peace Talks in time for Christmas.  Here in the U.S., publishers like to get best selling books out by the end of November to maximize sales during the Christmas season.  So unless Peace Talks needs a ton of editing and rewrites, the publisher will do their best to get it out before the end of 2019.   

Did we skip/miss an update on 44?

I was thinking how Harry, Thomas, and Elaine all of the pentacle necklaces.  Each point represents the elements.  Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and Spirit.  What if Harry, Thomas, Elaine personify each one of these points?  That they are actually connected to one another, and two other special people.  If they do, which elements would you think they represent?  Who would the other two people be?  One guess is that Cowl, and Kumori, or just Kumori. 

Also, we don't know how long it's been since the events so much of the immediate furor may have died down.  Plus, if Harry went all "Bianca's Mansion" on a highrise, that would be an incredible body count that doesn't lead to any exceptional police response.  I mean, hell, we didn't do martial law after 9/11, no need to assume even a major attack would lead to one here.

I didn't realize there is a thread here (I've posted in a thread with the same opening in the DF books section)

Someone please could remind me how old would Maggie be at the Christmas' Eve story?

I loved this story even when I am now really worried about PT. Thanks Jim!

•   Sidhe don’t have souls, right? I'm pretty sure it's been said in the books that they do not have souls because they are not human, which is why Harry can't soulgaze them. But then again, Harry is an unreliable narrator.
•   How did Harry’s father die? supposedly a brain aneurysm
•   Is Marcone all human?My guess is that Jim's answer to this would be the same as his answer to the same question regarding Mac - he has never done anything a vanilla mortal can't do
•   What do Black Court vampires eat?  Are they Anne Rice vampires?  Is it the whole blood-drinky thing Buffy talks about to create one? I think this is yes - they are blood drinkers
•   What are the names of the various Courts of vampire? Black, Red, White, Jade
•   Who wants the Blackstaff back?  The Celts or Fomor perhaps?  Is it Mother Winter’s walking stick?  The Blackstaff as Mother Winter's walking stick is, I think, the prevailing fan theory
•   Did any Rampires survive?  Is it possible for a Rampire to simply not eat after turning? Many people think the Eebs may have survived as they were in the Nevernever. If a Rampire did not feed it would starve to death.
•   Faith cannot possibly be just a little girl. *I* barely know what a coat from the set of El Dorado looks like, let alone her. Here I will share my big WAG. **THIS IS JUST MY THEORY** Faith Astor is the biological daughter of Charity Carpenter. Let me back up a bit...Mr. and Mrs. Astor are high society and very concerned about appearances and other people's opinion of them. Charity is their biological daughter who embarrassed them by being a witch and running off with a dragon cult. Charity became pregnant while in the cult - possibly by the dragon - but somehow managed to get the baby (Faith) out to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Astor raise Faith because it makes them look good/helps them recover from the embarrassment of Charity. My theory continues that Charity was already pregnant with Molly when she was rescued by Michael - thus making Faith Astor and Molly Carpenter full siblings. Also - and this is where I haven't been able to connect all of the dots - there has to be a reason that we have Faith (Astor), Hope (youngest Carpenter daughter) and Charity (Carpenter) (