Episodes
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In this episode we discuss Delilah S Dawson's sapphic, sensorily lavish horror novella Bloom.
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep15.pdf
Bloom: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL34370757W/BloomAlso read this month:
Leraje: Slow Gods by Claire North and The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin
Ligeia: What Moves The Dead by T. Kingfisher and My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
Lithos: Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
Pike: The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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As temperatures soar across Europe, Ligeia and Leraje decide to cheer themselves up with three more stories from the Maestro of Misanthropy, Thomas Ligotti. This time we read the stories from 'The Voice of the Demon' section from Grimscribe. There are four stories in that section but we had already read 'In The Shadow of Another World' so we didn't talk much about that one. If you want to hear us talk about that story, go to episode 3.5 which is the second one in the list of Ligotti episodes below.
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep14-5.pdf
Songs of a Dead Dreamer: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3273775W/Songs_of_a_Dead_Dreamer
Our sibling podcast, Devil's Discourse, is here: https://devils-discourse.podbean.com
Previous Ligotti episodes
1. https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-126-songs-of-a-dead-dreamer-grimscribe-by-thomas-ligotti-part-i
2. https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-35-songs-of-a-dead-dreamer-grimscribe-by-thomas-ligotti
3. https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-55-songs-of-a-dead-dreamer-grimscribe-by-thomas-ligotti-part-3
4. https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-85-songs-of-a-dead-dreamer-grimscribe-by-thomas-ligotti-part-4
5. There is no part 5 - we screwed up the numbering
6. https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-135-songs-of-a-dead-dreamer-grimscribe-by-thomas-ligotti-part-6
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This time we talk about Iain Banks' 1984 debut novel The Wasp Factory. The book carries content warnings, notably for the animal cruelty in it and so does this episode as we have to discuss these aspects. Obviously we don't graphically describe the details though.
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep14.pdf
The Wasp Factory: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26871881M/The_Wasp_Factory
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Our sister podcast, Devil's Discourse, is here: https://devils-discourse.podbean.com
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After our Susanna Clarke diversion Ligeia and Leraje dive back into the weird world of happiness hater Thomas Ligotti, and we're thrilled to be joined once again by Chris of the Doom Folk Metal band Buzzard as we look at Ligotti's Nyctalops Trilogy (The Chymist, Drink to Me Only with Labyrinthine Eyes and Eyes of the Lynx).
Non-Spotify ways to listen: https://devilslibrary.org
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep13-5.pdf
Buzzard's music:
https://buzzarddoomfolk.bandcamp.com
https://ampwall.com/a/buzzarddoomfolk
https://mirlo.space/buzzard
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7wxZRBJYER2DOhiQnYLzlQ
Buzzard's Socials:
https://buzzarddoomfolk.bsky.social
https://www.facebook.com/DoomFolkBuzzard
https://www.instagram.com/buzzard_doom_folk_music
Songs of a Dead Dreamer: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3273775W/Songs_of_a_Dead_Dreamer
Nyctalops (lore): https://fanlore.org/wiki/Nyctalops
Nyctalops (poem) by Clarke Ashton Smith: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/poetry/387/nyctaloops
Jon Padgett: https://jonpadgett.net
Our sibling podcast, Devil's Discourse, is here: https://devils-discourse.podbean.com
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This month we read and then discussed Olga Ravn's stunning Booker Prize long-listed novel The Wax Child which is based on the Witchcraft persecutions in 17th Century Jutland. You want to make Satanists cry Olga? Because this is how you make Satanists cry!
Non-Spotify options for listening/subscribing to this podcast are at https://devilslibrary.org
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep13.pdf
The Wax Child (novel): https://openlibrary.org/works/OL42884743W/Voksbarnet
A.I. (movie): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/644-a-i-artificial-intelligence
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The final episode rescued from the pre-Devil's Library abyss, in which Ligeia and Leraje talked about Susanna Clarke's prize winning novel, Piranesi.
Non-Spotify options for listening/subscribing to this podcast are at https://devilslibrary.org
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep12-7.pdf
Piranesi (novel): https://openlibrary.org/books/OL36128954M/Piranesi
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Another episode rescued from the pre-Devil's Library abyss, in which Ligeia and Leraje talked for the very first time about the hugely influential work of Thomas Ligotti.
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep12-6.pdf
Book: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20016684W/Songs_of_a_dead_dreamer_and_Grimscribe
Previous Ligotti episodes:
Part 2: https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-35-songs-of-a-dead-dreamer-grimscribe-by-thomas-ligotti
Part 3: https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-55-songs-of-a-dead-dreamer-grimscribe-by-thomas-ligotti-part-3
Part 4: https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-85-songs-of-a-dead-dreamer-grimscribe-by-thomas-ligotti-part-4
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In this bonus minisode Ligeia and Leraje read and discuss the final two short stories from Clarke's short story collection set in the Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell universe.
Non-Spotify options for listening/subscribing to this podcast are at https://devilslibrary.org
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep12-5.pdf
Part I episode: https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-105-the-ladies-of-grace-adieu-by-susanna-clarke
Part II episode: https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-115-the-ladies-of-grace-adieu-by-susanna-clarke-part-ii
The Ladies of Grace Adieu: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL8892294M/The_Ladies_of_Grace_Adieu_and_Other_Stories
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (novel): https://openlibrary.org/books/OL18395675M/Jonathan_Strange_Mr_Norrell
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (TV show): https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/62717-jonathan-strange-mr-norrellThe short story Leraje couldn't recall the name or author of was 'A Sound of Thunder' by Ray Bradbury from his short story collection 'The Golden Apples of the Sun': https://openlibrary.org/works/OL31528729W/The_Golden_Apples_of_the_Sun huge thanks to the Book community at lemmy.world for reminding Leraje!: https://lemmy.world/post/45879444
The three Greek fates and the cutting of the thread of life is explained here: https://www.greecehighdefinition.com/blog/2026/4/17/the-role-of-fate-in-greek-tragedy
Blencathra!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blencathra
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This month we discuss Pike's choice of 'Roadside Picnic' a stone-cold classic of the Sci-Fi genre first in print in 1972 that has inspired countless imitators and directly influenced Andrei Tarkovsky's movie 'Stalker' and games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R - Shadow of Chernobyl
Non-Spotify options for listening/subscribing to this podcast are at https://devilslibrary.org
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep12.pdf
Roadside Picnic (novel): https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24648194M/Roadside_Picnic
Stalker (movie): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1398
S.T.A.L.K.E.R - Shadow of Chernobyl (game): https://backloggd.com/games/s-t-a-l-k-e-r-shadow-of-chernobyl
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Another episode rescued from the pre-Devil's Library abyss, in which Ligeia and Leraje talk about the sequel to The Exorcist, Legion.
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep11-6.pdf
The Exorcist Devil's Library Episode: https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-96-the-exorcist-by-william-peter-blatty
Legion (novel): https://openlibrary.org/works/OL927214W/Legion
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In this bonus episode (that we really need to stop calling minisodes as there's nothing mini about them!) Ligeia and Leraje read and discuss three more short stories from Clarke's short story collection set in the Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell universe.
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep11-5.pdf
Part I episode: https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-105-the-ladies-of-grace-adieu-by-susanna-clarke
The Ladies of Grace Adieu: https://www.librarything.com/work/1363050/t/The-Ladies-of-Grace-Adieu-and-Other-Stories
Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell (novel): https://www.librarything.com/work/1060/t/Jonathan-Strange-Mr-Norrell
Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell (TV show): https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/62717-jonathan-strange-mr-norrell -
In this episode, The Devil's Librarian's go to purgatory.
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep11.pdf
Book: https://www.librarything.com/work/35595680/t/A-Blackened-Heart-A-Blackened-Soul
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In this bonus episode, Ligeia and Leraje take a Ligotti break (but don't worry, we will get back to him!) and talk about 3 stories from Susanna Clarke's short story collection, The Ladies of Grace Adieu.
Transcript (PDF) - https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep10-5.pdf
The Ladies of Grace Adieu - https://www.librarything.com/work/1363050/t/The-Ladies-of-Grace-Adieu-and-Other-Stories
Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell (novel) - https://www.librarything.com/work/1060/t/Jonathan-Strange-Mr-Norrell
Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell (TV show) - https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/62717-jonathan-strange-mr-norrell
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In this episode, Lithos, Pike, Ligeia and Leraje talk about Lithos' choice 'Play Nice' by Rachel Harrison - another episode with mixed opinions!
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep10.pdf
Play Nice: https://www.librarything.com/work/33411221/t/Play-Nice
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Another episode rescued from pre-Devil's Library time, Leraje's audio quality is not great due to a misconfigured mic. In this episode Ligeia and Leraje talked about The Exorcist, how it compared to the arguably more famous movie and what we took from it as a novel.
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep9-6.pdf
The Exorcist (novel): https://www.librarything.com/work/38484/t/The-Exorcist
The Exorcist (movie): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/9552-the-exorcist
Check out our sister podcast Devil's Discourse.
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In January of 2025, on a different podcast, Ligeia and Leraje started doing episodes about books and reading. The original intent was to keep them short - but they soon got long! In the summer of '25, we started The Devil's Library but we thought it was a shame we had left the older episodes behind and so here they are. Be warned - the audio quality is dodgy in places!
In this short episode we talk about Steven Peck's short but impactful book A Short Stay In Hell.
Transcript: https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep9-5.pdf
A Short Stay In Hell: https://www.librarything.com/work/12411595/t/A-Short-Stay-in-Hell
The Library of Babel: https://www.librarything.com/work/22395084/t/The-Library-of-Babel-%5Bshort-story%5D
House of Leaves: https://www.librarything.com/work/1488/t/House-of-Leaves
The Backrooms: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVAh-MgDVqvDUEq6qDXqORBioE4Yhol_z
Check out our sister podcast, Devil's Discourse: https://devils-discourse.podbean.com
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The Devil's Librarians talk about Ruthanna Emrys' debut novel Winter Tide and its role in countering Lovecraft's personal xenophobia whilst remaining true to the Mythos itself.
Transcript: https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep9.pdf
Winter Tide: https://www.librarything.com/work/18582659/t/Winter-Tide
The Innsmouth Legacy series (3 works, a prequel short story called The Litany of Earth and 2 novels - Winter Tide and its sequel Deep Roots): https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Innsmouth_Legacy
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (Lovecraft): https://www.librarything.com/work/16020915/t/The-Shadow-Over-Innsmouth-%5Bnovella%5D
Other modern Lovecraftian re-tellings: https://www.bestpodcasts.co.uk/podcast/the-lovecraft-investigations/ (podcast) and https://honfordstar.com/collections/lovecraft-revisited (books)
Check out our sister Podcast, Devil's Discourse here: https://devils-discourse.podbean.com
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In their latest Ligotti side episode, Ligeia and Leraje are joined by Chris from the Doom Folk Metal band Buzzard, a fellow Ligotti enthusiast - a fact that often comes through clearly in the lyrics he writes for Buzzard.
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep8-5.pdf
Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe: https://www.librarything.com/work/15932254/t/Songs-of-a-Dead-Dreamer-and-Grimscribe
Buzzard on: Bandcamp / Ampwall / YouTube / Bluesky / Instagram
Contra Odium: https://contraodium.cc
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In this episode The Devil's Librarians get to grips with the beautiful, enigmatic horror of Jeff VanderMeer's novel Annihilation. Please note! Leraje made a mistake with a reference - when he mentions The Dunwich Horror he means The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep8.pdf
Annihilation (novel): https://www.librarything.com/work/14034594/t/Annihilation
Southern Reach Series: https://www.librarything.com/nseries/5939/The-Southern-Reach
Annihilation (2018 movie): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/300668-annihilation
Stalker (movie): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1398
Alien franchise: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(franchise)
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In this episode, The Devil's Librarians are honoured (and slightly giddy) to be joined by Heather Parry, the author of Carrion Crow (which we talked about a couple of episodes ago) and Orpheus Builds A Girl.
Transcript: https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep7.pdf
Carrion Crow: https://www.librarything.com/work/32884942/t/Carrion-Crow
Orpheus Builds A Girl: https://www.librarything.com/work/28299177/t/Orpheus-Builds-A-Girl
The Devil's Library Carrion Crow Episode: https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-6-carrion-crow-by-heather-parry
The People In The Trees: https://www.librarything.com/work/13585455/t/The-People-in-the-Trees
Wide Sargasso Sea: https://www.librarything.com/work/27239/t/Wide-Sargasso-Sea
The Yellow Wallpaper: https://www.librarything.com/work/32824870/t/The-Yellow-Wallpaper-%5Bshort-story%5D
Flowers In The Attic: https://www.librarything.com/work/12155/t/Flowers-in-the-Attic
Perfume: https://www.librarything.com/work/36980/t/Perfume-The-Story-of-a-Murderer
The Pigeon: https://www.librarything.com/work/171252/t/The-Pigeon
Tampopo (movie): https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11830
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