This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase.

We've made it to the end of The Bright Sessions! This episode covers the final season, The College Tapes- our favourite boys are back and off to college. They grow up so fast!

Closed captions available here. Transcipt available here.

Content warnings: References to murder and violence, manipulation, manslaughter, kidnapping, human experimentation, suicide, mind control, stabbing, death, burning, electrocution, incaceration, racism and homophobia.

Media mentioned in this episode (roughly) in order referenced:

• A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• The Incredibles (Film) dir. Brad Bird

• The Attic Monologues (Podcast) [Website]

• The Penumbra Podcast (Podcast) [Website]

• Wolf 359 (Podcast) [Website]

• Some Far Away Place by Lauren Shippen [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• Doctor Odyssey (TV Series)

• In Strange Woods (Podcast) [Website]

• Look Up (Podcast) [Website]

• The Path Down (Podcast) [Website]

• Gen V (TV Series)

• The Boys (TV Series)

• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

  
  

  Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

We've made it to the end of The Bright Sessions! This episode covers the final season, The College Tapes- our favourite boys are back and off to college. They grow up so fast!

Closed captions available here. Transcipt available here.

Content warnings: References to murder and violence, manipulation, manslaughter, kidnapping, human experimentation, suicide, mind control, stabbing, death, burning, electrocution, incaceration, racism and homophobia.

Media mentioned in this episode (roughly) in order referenced:

• A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• The Incredibles (Film) dir. Brad Bird

• The Attic Monologues (Podcast) [Website]

• The Penumbra Podcast (Podcast) [Website]

• Wolf 359 (Podcast) [Website]

• Some Far Away Place by Lauren Shippen [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• Doctor Odyssey (TV Series)

• In Strange Woods (Podcast) [Website]

• Look Up (Podcast) [Website]

• The Path Down (Podcast) [Website]

• Gen V (TV Series)

• The Boys (TV Series)

• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

  
  

  
  

  Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase.

For our latest Patreon episode we're discussing Seasons 3 & 4 of The Bright Sessions by Lauren Shippen, an audio drama about superpowered people who desperately need therapy, and may or may not be getting it.

Click here for closed captions. Transcipt available here.

Content warnings: References to murder and violence, gaslighting, manipulation, self harm, kidnapping, human experimentation, suicide and suicide-baiting, mind control, trauma, guilt, parental death, car accidents and vomit.

Media mentioned in this episode (roughly) in order referenced:

• A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• In Strange Woods by Atypical Artists [Website]

• Joan + Mark's Secret Notebook by Julia Morizawa and Lauren Shippen [Read Online]

• Heroes (TV Series)

• Heartstopper (TV Series)

• Heartstopper (Series) by Alice Oseman [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• The Shapeshifter (Series) by Ali Sparkes [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• Inhibit (Webcomic) by Eve Greenwood [Read Online]

• The Magicians (TV Series)

• The Magicians (Series) by Lev Grossman [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

If you're looking for therapy, whether online or in person, here's some links to consider:

• Pink Therapy Directory of LGBT Therapists

• The Black, African and Asian Therapy Network

• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

• Mind's Guide to Finding Therapy and Counselling

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase.

For our latest Patreon episode, we're discussing Rabbit Test by Samantha Mills, a short speculative fiction story published in Uncanny Magazine set in a dystopian future where abortion is criminalised and policed via mandatory implanted pregnancy-testing technology.

Click here for closed captions. Transcript available here.

Content warnings: Mentions of Roe v. Wade, forced birth and pregnancy, abortions, religious trauma, consensual surgery, nonconsensual surgical implants, ableism, racism, slavery, and suveillance. Joking references to mugging, weapons, and colonialism.

Media mentioned in this episode (roughly) in order referenced:

• Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• Black Mirror (TV Series)

• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood [UK LINK] / [US LINK]

• Sophie Isella (Musician) [Spotify Page]

Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

This is a formerly Patreon exclusive episode of The Hidden Bookcase.

For our latest Patreon episode, we're discussing The Six Deaths of the Saint by Alix E. Harrow, a short story about martyrdom, cycles, and devotion chosen by Morgan.

Click here for closed captions. Transcript available here.

Content warnings: Mentions of war, manipulation, suicide, sacrifice, drowning, and dissociation.

Media mentioned in this episode (roughly) in order referenced:

• The Locked Tomb (Series) by Tamsyn Muir [US Link]

• The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow [UK Link] / [US Link]

• Persephone from (Into Shadow) by Lev Grossman [Read Online]

• The Magicians by Lev Grossman [UK Link] / [US Link]

• The Attic Monologues by Morgan Greensmith [Listen Online]

• How to Train Your Dragon (Series) by Cressida Cowell [UK Link]

• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern [UK Link] / [US Link]

• Cursed (Netflix Series)

• The King of Scars (Series) by Leigh Bardugo [UK Link] / [US Link]

• Piranesi by Susanna Clarke [UK Link] / [US Link]

• Graceling by Kristin Cashore [UK Link] / [US Link]

  
  

  Keep safe- please always check the content warnings of any media we mention if you need before diving in.

  
  

  Music: https://www.purple-planet.com