When Does "Mister Magic" (2023) Take Place?
"MISTER MAGIC: A NOVEL" is a horror novel written by Kiersten White that released August 8th, 2023. So when is "Mister Magic" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because the announcement of the podcast that forms a prologue reads, "Try to look up any version of the title on YouTube. It's not there." The real-world video sharing website YouTube.com launched on April 23rd, 2005. So it must be after April of 2005 AD.
2021 AD
We know this because the announcement of the podcast that forms a prologue reads, "Try to look up any version of the title on YouTube. It's not there." The real-world video sharing website YouTube.com launched on April 23rd, 2005. So it must be after April of 2005 AD.
More specifically, the e-mail from Jennifer "Jenny" specifically refers to the reunion podcast as ..."a reunion in honor of the thirtieth anniversary of the end of the show." and when the Wikipedia page for "Mister Magic" is shown to the reader it includes the phrase: "The show ran from the 1940s until 1991"...
1,991 + 30 = 2,021.
Specifically, in the first chapter Valentina "Val" thinks to herself, ..."same as when they came here thirty years ago." and, then immediately, "Thirty years. That's it. That's what's nagging at her, setting her off since this morning. It's August 1, which marks thirty years since they arrived at the ranch and never left again." So it's August of 2021 AD at the beginning of the book.
It was adapted to comics in 2026.
