The Devil's Library

This time we read and discussed Andrew Joseph White's debut adult novel (he has written several youth oriented books prior to this). An incredibly disturbing, relentless, emotionally punishing and yet very important...

Ligeia and Leraje love Ligotti but we do sometimes need a break. So we are turning to Clive Barker's Books of Blood, originally released as 6 separate volumes each containing a few short stories, some of which are...

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/Bloom Also read this...

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'...

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...

<p >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...

<p >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...

<p >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.</p> <p >Non-Spotify options for listening/subscribing to this...

<p >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.</p> <p >Transcript (PDF)...

<p >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.</p> <p >Non-Spotify options for...

<p >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...

<p >Another episode rescued from the pre-Devil's Library abyss, in which Ligeia and Leraje talk about the sequel to The Exorcist, Legion.</p> <p >Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep11-6.pdf</p> <p >The...

<p >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...

<p >In this episode, The Devil's Librarian's go to purgatory.</p> <p >Transcript (PDF): https://devilslibrary.org/t/ep11.pdf</p> <p >Book...

<p >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.</p> <p...