Episodes

  • Episode 9.5 - A Short Stay In Hell by Steven Peck

    Episode 9.5 - A Short Stay In Hell by Steven Peck
    Jan 29 2026
    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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    19 mins
  • Episode 9 - Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys

    Episode 9 - Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys
    Jan 22 2026
    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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    48 mins
  • Episode 8.5 - Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti - Part 4

    Episode 8.5 - Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti - Part 4
    Jan 13 2026
    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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    47 mins
  • Episode 8 - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

    Episode 8 - Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
    Dec 23 2025
    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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    53 mins
  • Episode 7 - Talking With Heather Parry, Author of Carrion Crow

    Episode 7 - Talking With Heather Parry, Author of Carrion Crow
    Dec 5 2025
    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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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 6.5 - The Prose, Plays & Poetry of Romantic Satanism

    Episode 6.5 - The Prose, Plays & Poetry of Romantic Satanism
    Nov 17 2025
    Leraje, with help from some familiar voices, looks at the Romantic Satanism movement and how it informed and became the bedrock of our interpretation of Modern Atheistic Satanism. The Carducci quotes spoken in Italian were performed by Valter Zanardi, published on YouTube (https://youtu.be/hfPR0aQ61g8) under a Creative Commons license on 17th October 2019. Transcript (PDF) QueerSatanic on LaVey and Church of Satan. Free Society Satanists Podcast (ep 1 of 6) on Might is Right. Paradise Lost. Cain: A Mystery. Prometheus Unbound. Hymn to Satan. Who Are You Lucifer. Enquiry Regarding Political Justice. God and the State. Concerning Justice in the Revolution and in the Church. The Scorceries and Scandals of Satan. The Devil is Red - Socialist Satanism in the 19th Century. The Philosophy of Defiance or, A Pardon for Cain. Recommended Reading.
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    28 mins
  • Episode 6 - Carrion Crow by Heather Parry

    Episode 6 - Carrion Crow by Heather Parry
    Nov 10 2025
    Ligeia, Pike, Lithos and Leraje get gothic with Heather Parry's visceral, deeply affecting novel Carrion Crow. Transcription (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep6.pdf Carrion Crow: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL57547213M/Carrion_Crow The Madwoman In The Attic: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL545633W/The_madwoman_in_the_attic Fruits of Knowledge Book Campaign: https://helltraef.org/fruitsofknowledge Devil's Discourse Podcast: https://devilsdiscourse.org
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Episode 5.5 - Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti Part 3

    Episode 5.5 - Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe by Thomas Ligotti Part 3
    Oct 27 2025
    Ligeia and Leraje continue their in-depth breakdown of the unsettling short story collections of Thomas Ligotti. Transcription (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep5-5.pdf Songs of a Dead Dreamer & Grimscribe on Open Library: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20016684W/Songs_of_a_dead_dreamer_and_Grimscribe Ligotti Part 2: https://thedevilslibrary.libsyn.com/episode-35-songs-of-a-dead-dreamer-grimscribe-by-thomas-ligotti Ligotti Part 1: https://gospod.chat/e/minisode5-grimscribe
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    45 mins