The Prince of Darkness

Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History

Jeffrey Burton Russell

Genre – Historical Survey
Length – 11:01
After a compelling essay on the nature of evil, Russell uncovers the origins of the concept of the Devil in various early cultures and then traces its evolution in Western thought from the time of the ancient Hebrews through the first centuries of the Christian era. Next he turns to the medieval view of the Devil, focusing on images found in folklore, scholastic thought, art, literature, mysticism, and witchcraft. Finally, he follows the Devil into our own era, where he draws on examples from theology, philosophy, art, literature, and popular culture to describe the great changes in this traditional notion of evil brought about by the intellectual and cultural developments of modern times.

The Bellowing of Cain

Jeremy Gordon Grinnell

Genre – Self-Help, Christianity, Restorative Justice
Length – 6:35
It’s a strange form of Christianity that would deny that perpetrators of evil can be redeemed. The Bellowing of Cain was written primarily to those who, like Cain, have made horrible life-wrecking decisions and secondarily to those who have a calling to live and work with them. It is written by a fellow traveler who understands what it means to destroy one’s life…for he once did so. In the culture of disposable people, we need a book like The Bellowing of Cain to teach us about the unique journey taken by people with such baggage—baggage like shame, loss, and remorse. Such luggage is heavy and bends the back of those who must carry it, and they often walk alone. Who will speak for them? The Bellowing of Cain offers hope to people whose deepest wounds are self-inflicted. What does the run up to self-destruction look like? How do you survive the explosion? How do you rebuild a meaningful life afterward? The book offers sage perspectives on how to grow, not through trauma that comes from without, but that which we inflict on ourselves.

• First Place for Self-Help in The Xulon Press Christian Writers Award 2023
• Silver Medal for Self Help in the Illumination Book Awards 2024
• Finalist for Religious Nonfiction in the Foreword Indie Awards 2023
• Finalist for Religious Nonfiction in the National Indie Awards
• Finalist in Christian Nonfiction in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2024
• Silver Medal for Christian Nonfiction in the Global Ebook Awards 2024

Dymer

C. S. Lewis (Clive Hamilton)

Genre – Epic Poetry, Fantasy
Length – 2:23
Dymer is a narrative epic poem by C. S. Lewis. He worked on it, his most important poem, as early as 1916 – when still only 17 years old – and completed it in 1925. Dymer was his second published work after Spirits in Bondage. It was published by J. M. Dent in 1926 under the pseudonym Clive Hamilton (the writer’s actual first name followed by his mother’s maiden name). Dymer follows the adventures of its titular protagonist from his birth in a totalitarian state, mockingly referred to as “The Perfect City”, to the events leading to his death at the hands of a monster of his own begetting.

Spirits in Bondage

C. S. Lewis

Genre – Poetry, Religion, Atheism
Length – 1:26
Published under the pseudonym, Clive Hamilton, Spirits in Bondage was C. S. Lewis’ first book. Released in 1919 by Heinemann, it is now in the public domain in the United States. It is significant primarily as a window into the pre-Christian mind of the man who would later pen such classics as The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, and the Chronicles of Narnia. This collection of poetry shows that as a man of twenty, Lewis was already possessed of a keen modern intellect and a vivid romantic imagination. Now for the first time in audiobook form and with a brand new preface by, Lewis scholar, Dr. Gordon Greenhill. Available as audiobook and ebook (with original illustrations by Leah Morrison).

The Catechism of St. Pius X

The Roman Catholic Church

Genre – Theology, Soteriology
Length – 5:07
Pope Pius X’s catechism is a rather short book in which he provides a Roman Catholic understanding of the Christian faith with a question and answer format. The book was issued in 1908, and was reaffirmed by Ratzinger in 2002. The book has three parts dealing with faith, the Ten Commandments, and grace. It also lists the most important prayers for Catholics.

I Ain’t Got No Home In This World Anymore

Mike Sauve

Genre – Fiction (Adult Content & Language)
Length – 5:22

Back in the fictional Northern Ontario city of Lac-Sainte-Catherine, Mike Sauve takes listeners on a round-and-back adventure in the classic tradition of H.G. Wells, where two bumbling time travelers take a sad look at their past(s), their McDonald’s issues and blackout binges, and their sentimental pratfalls and romantic flagellations, all to try and find their way home again.

In the third nonlinear installment of his L-S-C universe, first with a wraith, then with a plague, and now through time, the author again applies his slapstick sensibilities to the indignities of a small town upbringing, asserting that while our hometowns may have been good places to come from, they remain tricky places to return to – contemptuously, wistfully, or in this case, temporally.