Hosted by The Devil's Librarians · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 27 episodes
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Atheistic Satanists talk about books that are important to them, fiction and non-fiction and everything in between!
The Devil's Librarians hosts The Devil's Library, a arts show with 27 episodes published.
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 do
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
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
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 h
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/ep1
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/subscribin
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' an
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
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 Jonath
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
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)
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://w
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 fam
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 Devi
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
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
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
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:
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 we
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/OL575472
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