{"podcast":{"title":"The Spicy Librarian Podcast","slug":"the-spicy-librarian-podcast-7659840","podcast_index_feed_id":7659840,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/adminc8g/feed.xml","website_url":"https://adminc8g.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21919645/Podcast_1_brhao.png","author":"The Spicy Librarian","episode_count":24,"summary":"Dark romance, romantasy, and spicy reads - served with chaos, warmth, and absolutely zero filter. The Spicy Librarian Podcast is the dark romance and romantasy podcast for readers who love yapping about books just as much as reading them. Every Thursday, D and Katie bring you honest, unhinged, and genuinely obsessive conversations about the romance books everyone is talking about, the indie titles you need to add to your TBR immediately, and the ones that kept them up until 3am. From morally grey love interests to enemies-to-lovers slow burns, from sapphic romance to why choose - if it's spicy, if it's dark, if it has made at least one of them feral, it's on the pod. Plus, as the team behind Europe's biggest independent romance bookshop, D and Katie bring a perspective on the romance community that goes far deeper than just the books. Expect book club deep dives, author interviews with some of the biggest and most exciting names in dark romance and romantasy, unhinged games, hot takes, and the kind of honest book chat you only get from your most chaotic, well-read book besties. New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe so you never miss a drop. Perfect for fans of: dark romance, roma…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T16:17:08.857713+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spicy-librarian-podcast-7659840"},"episode":{"title":"Deliciously Deranged: CJ Riggs on Erotic Horror, Indie Hustle & Unhinged Creativity","slug":"deliciously-deranged-cj-riggs-on-erotic-horror-indie-hustle-unhinged-creativity","published_at":"2026-04-16T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spicy-librarian-podcast-7659840/deliciously-deranged-cj-riggs-on-erotic-horror-indie-hustle-unhinged-creativity","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spicy-librarian-podcast-7659840","url":"https://adminc8g.podbean.com/e/deliciously-deranged-cj-riggs-on-erotic-horror-indie-hustle-unhinged-creativity/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/aahfrsqq24r9m569/14.mp3","summary":"*Content Warning* We discuss themes of suicide, sexual violence and sexual assault within literary fiction. This week on Spicy Librarian, Dee and Katie are joined by the wildly unapologetic CJ Riggs for an episode that is chaotic, hilarious, and just a little bit feral—in the best possible way. CJ Riggs is redefining erotic horror, serving up stories that are equal parts spicy, disturbing, and completely unhinged. In this no-filter conversation, we dive headfirst into the deliciously dark world of erotic horror—what it is, why readers can’t get enough, and how CJ is gleefully pushing every boundary she can find (and then some). Expect unfiltered opinions, questionable tangents, lots of laughs, and behind-the-scenes insights into the life of an indie author doing things her own way. We also get the inside scoop on her current projects, what’s coming next, and how she plans to keep shocking—and hooking—readers. If you like your books dark, your conversations chaotic, and your authors completely unhinged… this one’s for you. Perfect for fans of: CJ Riggs, erotic horror, dark romance, indie authors, spicy horror, horror romance, book marketing, indie publishing, BookTok, author interviews, and beautifully chaotic energy. BOOKS MENTIONED RIP, Skeleton King - Charity B Harleigh Beck- Collected Works CJ Riggs- Collected Works Ignite- Melaine Harlow Heartless- Elsie Silver Flawless - Elsie Silver Wait With Me- Amy Daws Joe Hill Collected Works The Final Girls Support Group, How to Sell a Haunted House- Grady Hendrix Intensity- Dean Koontz The Surgeon, The Apprentice- Tess Gerritsen","meta_description":"*Content Warning* We discuss themes of suicide, sexual violence and sexual assault within literary fiction. This week on Spicy Librarian, Dee and Katie ar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3343,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-spicy-librarian-podcast-7659840/episodes/deliciously-deranged-cj-riggs-on-erotic-horror-indie-hustle-unhinged-creativity/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-spicy-librarian-podcast-7659840/deliciously-deranged-cj-riggs-on-erotic-horror-indie-hustle-unhinged-creativity.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}