Backlist: The penultimate episode of Backlist and Chill is upon us! Today we're chatting about LJ Smith's THE CHOSEN, published February 1997, a kind of fascinating progenitor of the teen vampire hunter/vampire romance. The DNA in this one, you guys! We're all descended from it. Though you know, perhaps SOME more than others.

Chill: Cyna is drinking a White Girl Ninja (rum and coke, canned lychee juice, and powdered ginger) and Ollie is drinking a *deep breath* The Heinous Implication of Soulmates in the Night World Via Timmy (St George Absinthe and Fresh Fizz Hibiscus Ginger Ale) Pics! Cyna - Ollie.

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.

Next time: Soulmate: A finale!

(1h 45m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of pedophilia, human trafficking, sexual assault, depression, and suicide.)

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Backlist: It's episode one of our final season, and thank god we got a fun one! We're chatting about NIGHT WORLD: DARK ANGEL by LJ Smith, published December 1996, a book that starts out feeling like a bit of a departure, and ends up being the most LJ thing LJ has ever written. Lisa Jane. Can we talk about the cousins?

Chill: Cyna is drinking an Ambiguously Brown (coffee, hot cocoa, cinnamon sugar, Rumchata) and Ollie is drinking a Dark Angel (St George Absinthe and A&W root beer) Pics! Cyna - Ollie.

Intro theme - "Let It In" by Josh Woodward.

Next time: The Chosen!

(1h 54m. Content Warning: Profanity, alcohol consumption, sexually explicit and generally extremely filthy language, discussion of stalking, child murder, incest, body/medical horror, brief description of a slightly gory medical procedure.)

And hey, if you're interested on jumping onto the ship as it's sinking, become our patron! Still got two months left!

And hey, don't forget the Redbubble store! It will outlive us all.

Hey folks! We here at Backlist and Chill have a very neutral announcement - this next season of Backlist, season 15, is going to be our last. After 5 years and 13 seasons, it's time to move on. A more detailed exploration of our thoughts and plans are in the episode, but tl;dl - we're not going away immediately! We'll be doing a final season covering the middle three Night World books starting with Dark Angel in March and ending with Soulmate in May. The public RSS will be discontinued shortly after, but we hope to maintain the Patreon feed on a $0 tier, if that's possible. And obviously, all our paid tiers will be dropped following the final episode. If there's anything y'all need to do to maintain access, we'll let you know by then.

We want to thank everyone for the support and conversation and community you've given us these past few years. It's been so great getting to know other folks for whom these books have been as foundational and life-altering as they were for us, and to share the love (and misery) with those who were new to them, but game enough to come along for the ride. Thank you for listening, and please - come chat with us before it's too late!

See you next season.