All Souls: Between the Stacks
A reader companion for those who never quite left the world of All Souls.
I started All Souls: Between the Stacks because I couldn’t quite leave the world Deborah Harkness created.
Some stories stay with you. This one doesn’t just stay, it expands. The more you think about it, the more you begin to see what is underneath. The history, the manuscripts, the science, the objects, and the choices the characters make and carry forward.
This is where I follow those threads.
It begins with A Discovery of Witches, but it does not stay there. It moves across the full All Souls series, through Diana Bishop, Matthew Clairmont, and the world that surrounds them, looking more closely at what is written on the page and what sits just beneath it.
What You’ll Find Each Week
Behind the Story
These are the deeper dives into the history and scholarship that shape the series. The things that are not always explained, but are always present. Alchemy, early science, manuscripts like Ashmole 782, and the intellectual world that runs through the books.
Character Journeys
These pieces stay close to the people in the story. How they change, what drives them, what they carry, and what they choose. Diana, Matthew, and the others are not static, and this is where I look more closely at how their stories unfold.
Places and Possessions
This series focuses on the physical world of All Souls. The houses, rooms, objects, and collections that hold meaning. What is kept, what is passed down, and what is protected. These details are not just background. They tell their own story.
The Investigation Series
This is where I follow questions that do not have clear answers yet. Symbols, connections, and threads that might point toward what is coming next, including The Black Bird Oracle and The Falcon and the Rose.
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Free subscribers receive weekly Character Journey essays and the Investigator Series.
Paid subscribers receive Behind the Story, Places and Possessions, and the full archive.
If you find yourself returning to this world, looking a little closer, and wondering what else might be there, you’re already in the right place. Join me between the stacks.
