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PseudoPod 1042: Jerry Got Bit – Part 1 is a PseudoPod original. C/W: implied child abuse, guns From the author: “One of the questions I’d always left for myself in previous stories in this setting was where Jerry the werewolf had come from. It was clear from the get-go that he was an outsider in Cecily’s family, and because of that he wasn’t necessarily welcome or…
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PseudoPod 1041: Graves Basin is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “I’ve heard many times, from people wiser than me, that a horror writer fares best when they don’t waste their time trying to figure out what scares other people, but instead write about what scares them. So, with that in mind: I am terrified of a world where people are unable to find any value in the traditions and…
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PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor is a PseudoPod original. For CWs, please see show notes below Content warnings with timings: 03:56–16:40 ‘A Table Set And Waiting’: graphic sexual content, body horror, homophobia 18:57–26:32 ‘Third Date’: dangers of dating, physical abuse 29:44–40:52 ‘You’re Still Here’: homophobia, religion…
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“The Song of the Living” was originally published in 2025 in an anthology Tonja edited titled, “If Fists Could Speak: A Black Speculative Fiction Anthology” CW: harm to animals Please see the host commentary below for notes from the author. When the trees start to smell sharp and crisp, I know The Dead Things are coming. That warning scent perfumes the air now.
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PseudoPod 1038: Red Ripper is a PseudoPod original. C/W reference to alcohol and drug abuse Listen, I could still stretch half you pups if I felt like it. Sit down and learn something about the business. Did I ever tell you about the Red Ripper? I got a special reason for telling about him, because he’s come back to settle up with me. I never cared who he was under…
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“Playing Tricks” was first published in It Was All A Dream: An Anthology Of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right, edited by Brandon Applegate, and later in Angela Sylvaine’s collection, The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls C/W: mental illness, gaslighting, child abuse Dina had never seen her dad cry until the day he left. His face was puffy and wet with tears when he…
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PseudoPod 1036: A Greater Dark is a PseudoPod original. C/W: Xenophobia, gun violence, harm to animals Gray sheets of rain as the door bangs in, Willard and his men materializing in that opaque haze and shaking the wet from their long coats. They assess the room with eyes accustomed to staring. Move across the floor and toward a table in the back…
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“Interstate Mohinis” was originally published in Diabolical Plots (June 2023) C/W: sexual violence, cannibalism, reference to drug abuse In the way of Death runs the Vaitarani river. We are flayed open to its woe. We are always aware of its currents in gurgling lungfuls of unease. Time spun in recursive loops since I died in a scream of metal and flame and…
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PseudoPod 1034: Only In The Dark is a PseudoPod original. The crackling sound of static fills the room as the screen lights up. We see a simple landscape with some rocks and trees. The outline of a bird appears, its wings flapping softly. The bird takes flight and the scene shifts to a small room. It looks cozy. It has big soft armchairs, shelves full of toys, a desk…
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“Devil Is Fine” was first published in Cosmic Horror Monthly, in January 2025 C/W: strong body horror, gun violence, animal harm Author notes: “I was still pretty drunk on the experience of playing Red Dead Redemption 2 when I wrote this story and wanted to write a Weird western that took place in the plains where I’m from – and of course, add my touch of Weird/
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PseudoPod 1032: Flash on the Borderlands LXXVIII (78): Terraeque urbesque recedant is a PseudoPod original. C/W: racism, xenophobia, road death From the author: “Othertongue” began as a pastiche of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Colour Out of Space,” provoked by real political rhetoric about languages from across the American borders. As it developed, it found its own voice and…
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“Her Skin” first appeared in the anthology, They Walk Among Us: A Collection of Utah Horror (42 Books, April 2020). C/W: intimate partner abuse/control Notes contain possible spoilers: see Host Commentary below He found her in Hells Canyon. After that, my friend Oss liked to brag about how he’d gone fishing in the Snake River and caught a wife instead…
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PseudoPod 1030: Keeping Up With the Conan Doyles is a PseudoPod original. C/W: disordered eating, fat-shaming May 22nd is Conan Doyle’s birthday and Sherlock Holmes Day Jess Whitecroft’s Patreon Cautionary Tales: Photographing Fairies From the Journals of the Society for Psychical Research. Interview with Angela Patterson, housekeeper of Latham Hall…
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PseudoPod 1029: Feeding the Choke-Tree is a PseudoPod original. Okja “Straws,” I said. “Why straws?” “Because they’re cute, obviously,” said Foreman. “Don’t you think?” I squinted at them. Nearly a dozen were inching around his feet. As I watched, one flopped onto his boot, looking like a second shoelace. I guessed you could have called them cute—if you happened to be…
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“All The Eyes That See” was originally published in Cosmic Horror Monthly issue #42 (ed. Charles Tyra, December 2023); it also won the 2023 Australian Shadows Award for Short Fiction. C/W: child abuse, domestic abuse From the author: “This story is me once again exploring the absolute weirdness of rural Australia, like I continue to do in my Tales From The Gulp books…
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PseudoPod 1027: This Thing of Darkness is a PseudoPod original. C/W: grief, approaching death Nissa Harlow: nissaharlow.com Tina Connolly: tinaconnolly.com ‘Don’t Put a Rug on a Polished Floor’ public information film Scarred for Life on Bluesky: @scarredforlife.bsky.social Writers from the Antarctic call Anthologies and Collections 2026 call 7…
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PseudoPod 1026: Thoughts and Prayers is a PseudoPod original. C/W: Gun violence, school shooting https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5317647/school-shooting-industry https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/school-shootings-database/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Craft_(film) https://www.findlaw.com/
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PseudoPod 1025: Impostor Syndrome is a PseudoPod original. The Mighty Boosh-Back to the Crunch Looking back, the first red flag was during the job interview, when Chad said their target demographic was males, ages thirteen to seventeen. “That’s pretty specific,” I said. He shrugged. “Market research.” If I had been using the critical thinking skills I obtained from five…
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“Witchcraft” was first printed in Ornaments in Jade, 1924 “How I Turned My Little Brother Human” was first published in Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces, edited by Eric Raglin, in September 2025 “Visit Seahaven” was first published in Factor Four magazine in 2024 “Get Nourished” is a PseudoPod original C/W: pregnancy and pregnancy loss, death in the family, child death…
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PseudoPod 1023: Grandifolia is a PseudoPod original. C/W: Emotional control, intimate partner abuse The first time I do everything the way I’m supposed to. I wait for the new moon and walk into the woods at midnight. I carry a jar of pig’s blood and wear a wreath of nettles, ignoring as best I can the stinging on my scalp. I tread silently, carefully…
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‘All the Good You Did Not Do’ originally appeared in Apex magazine in November of 2023 C/W: reference to PTSD, depression When the doors slide open, the screams escape. Saul is summoned from his security podium by the researchers’ howls, and he slides in his formal uniform shoes until he finds them caged in an elevator open to the atrium-style lobby.
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‘Bad Doors’ was originally published in Uncanny Magazine in 2023, and was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. C/W: pandemic, family and animal disappearance/death The country was at just over ten thousand deaths the morning that the door appeared. On Kosmo’s phone NPR was interviewing a doctor with a nasal voice about the need for social…
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PseudoPod 1020: Walking Tour of Scarborough in Nuclear Winter is a PseudoPod original. Rogue One final scene 30 Days Of Night trailer From the author: “All of the landmarks in this story are real places in Scarborough, where my mother grew up and where I spent many childhood summers dining on crisps and 99 Flakes, and drinking fizzy drinks and orange squash in a rented chalet with…
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‘Superstition’ was first published in the anthology 120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era Remote Viewing Clerks 1 Donnie Darko The Destructors Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand by Primitive Radio Gods The strangest gig I ever had was fetish destruction. In July of 1995 I answered an ad in a newspaper asking for…
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‘The Polyamorous Heart of Death’ first appeared in the anthology And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel CW: 2nd person PoV, transphobia, implied necrophilia The Neutral Milk Hotel The music track that inspired this particular story: HOLLAND, 1945 Which is from the album, In The Aeroplane Over The Sea M.
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PseudoPod 1017: In the Hands of a Different God is a PseudoPod original. C/W for body horror, child abuse/neglect, implied homophobia Jim Kristofic novels Coyote Stranger The Sundown Killers Why Miitaries Must Destroy Cities To Save Them (Add your own air quotes as appropriate) Destroying a Quote’s History In Order To Save It Hank Green: Chemo is Weird…
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“Left by the Tide” first appeared in Weird Tales, March 1929 “Sirens Chasing Sirens” first appeared in The Gateway Review back in 2018 “Dread and Faith” was originally published in February 2025 in Blood Lust from Black Hare Press Far from the frenzy Of the frantic world above Two beneath the blue Could even fall in love Links: From the author of ‘Sirens Chasing…
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PseudoPod 1015: What Haunts the Newbuild? is a PseudoPod original. When the Night Comes Out If the dead who loved her haunt an old home’s bones, what haunts the newbuild? What makes her creak and moan? Every house is a violence—and a weathered house knows this better than most—but if the trees that once stood on her land form an old home’s dead-spirit frame…
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‘Faith, Hope and Charity’ was first published in Hearst’s International Combined with Cosmopolitan, April 1930. C/W strong violence, racist language Here’s a link to the Archive.org of the original text: https://archive.org/details/sim_cosmopolitan_1930-04_88_4/page/40/mode/2up Jim Kristofic novels: Coyote Stranger, The Sundown Killers 1892 Homestead Strike The…
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“The End Of The Story” was originally published in Weird Tales, vol. 15, no. 5 (May 1930). Link: Weird Tales original text Original layout from Weird Tales The Emperor of Dreams documentary Best collection of Smith’s poetry The following narrative was found among the papers of Christophe Morand, a young law-student of Tours, after his unaccountable disappearance during a…
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“The Book” was first published in 1930 in The London Mercury and later collected in The Weird (Tor Books, 2012) CW: harm to child/animal, reference to suicide On a foggy night in November, Mr. Corbett, having guessed the murderer by the third chapter of his detective story, arose in disappointment from his bed and went downstairs in search of something more…
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“Tailpiece” first appeared in More Ruthless Rhymes, 1930, and “The Second Awakening of a Magician” first appeared in The London Mercury, November 1930 C/W: fire My son Augustus, in the street, one day, Was feeling quite exceptionally merry. A stranger asked him: ‘Can you tell me, pray, The quickest way to Brompton Cemetery ?’ ‘The quickest way?
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“A Rose For Emily” was first published in The Forum, April 30, 1930 C/W for racial slurs [n-word], mental illness, misogyny, homophobia and Spoiler poisoning [collapse] I When Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to…
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‘Christmas Eve at Beach House’ was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870. C/W murder, intimate partner violence To support us during our year-end campaign, go to https://escapeartists.net/support-ea The Oldhammer Fiction Podcast Eliza Lynn Linton Dr. Frizzle on Bluesky It seemed as if the Mackenzies were under a spell, and that none of…
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“Cyanide Constellations” was published in the collection Cyanide Constellations and Other Stories by Sara Tantlinger in October 2025. C/W: Suicide, 2nd person PoV To support us during our year-end campaign, go to https://escapeartists.net/support-ea Author’s note: This story ended up being the title piece for my debut fiction collection…
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“The Children of the Event” was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’ by Carson Winter, published by Salt Heart Press in June 2025. To support us during our year-end campaign, go to escapeartists.net/support-ea Notes from the author: As long as I can remember, I’ve been a Godzilla fan. My fate was set at the age of six, when me and a neighborhood boy rented…
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PseudoPod 1006: Give A Dog A Bone is a PseudoPod original. From author: “Give A Dog A Bone” is the third story in the series of tales following the exploits of a married couple of werewolves whose relationship is under some unusual stresses. Both of the previous stories, “Licking Roadkill” and “Last Supper” also appeared at PseudoPod, and were inspired by a real-life conversation I had…
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“Do It” was first published in the anthology ‘120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era’ C/W: gun violence, knife violence Note from author: The pizza joint in the story is based on a locally (local to me) famous spot in Boston’s South Shore. Having been raised on the North Shore I take umbrage at this city having ‘shore’ anywhere near it in geographic…
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“Madame Painte: For Sale” was first published in Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders, edited by Doug Murano (Crystal Lake 2017), and then in the Word Horde collection ‘Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions’, in August 2025. C/W: 2nd person POV “This?” the man behind the counter says. “Why, this is Madame Painte.” The figure is short…
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“House Traveler” originally appeared in Bourbon Penn #34, Dec. 2024 and is reprinted in Thomas Ha’s debut collection, “Uncertain Sons and Other Stories” C/W: alludes to alcoholism The five of us were gathered on the floor of one of the last houses, trying to decide which of the group would be the one to go outside. Sitting around an electric camping lantern…
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“The Squatters” originally appeared in the 2025 Anthology, Silk and Sinew C/W for mass graves, genocide The government begins excavating the bones in late February to coincide with the events planned to commemorate the massacre. It is meant to gesture that they truly do intend to follow through on their promise of “truth and reconciliation” and with the upcoming…
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“The Wind Beneath” originally appeared in Cosmic Horror Monthly “They Still Haven’t Found Stevie” has previously been featured on the No Sleep Podcast “Precious Darlings” originally appeared in Bag of Bones: This is Too Tense C/W: pandemic, mass death; child abduction; second-person PoV, body horror Our family doesn’t have to be perfect to be wonderful.
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“The Suitable Surroundings” was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, July 14, 1889 “The Resurrection of Chilton Hills” first appeared in Harper’s Monthly Magazine in October 1929. C/W: suicide (The Suitable Surroundings) Ben Phillips’s music ? Painful Reminder ONE midsummer night a farmer’s boy living about ten miles from the city of…
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“Data Ghost” originally appeared in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology When the station stats popped up on the screen, the Interface said, Anomalous. Deni batted at their ear and muttered, “No, no, quit it.” In the second cockpit seat, Winnie threw them a look. “What?” At Deni’s shrug, her brows stayed up, skeptical. “Use your words, Tulip.” “It’s the Interface.”…
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“The Bride” was originally published in Black Static in 2020 C/W necrophilia, sexual assault, physical assault, control As you drive south, the heat rushes up to greet you like your name is in the guestbook and it has your room prepared. A wet, eager heat, scarlet and citrus, the heat of orange crayons melting under a windshield, a heat that already feels like a…
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“Home, Laced in Web” was previously published by The Dodge on July 15, 2024 C/W: mutation, body horror, spiders I follow behind Butcher. A lot of nights spent imagining what I’d say to him. But there’s not been much talk on the road. Pretty used to silence anyway. Don’t hate it. Leaves room for possibilities, for what could happen when the right moment comes.
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PseudoPod 992: Chattering Spines is a PseudoPod original. C/W immolation, guns, animal harm From the author: Oh Spines. I wrote this while at a writing conference called Superstars Writing Seminars back in February of 2022 after attending a session run by Kevin Ikenberry. I forget the details of the class (and my notes are AWOL), but I came out of it obsessing over the…
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PseudoPod 991: The Hermit Crab God is a PseudoPod original. C/W: harm to animals, mental illness Notes from the author: I recently spoke with a nature photographer who was very passionate about hermit crabs, and he made me want to not give up. I suppose just because horror is often hopeless doesn’t mean I have to be. Maybe horror can just be a way to get the nihilism out…
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PseudoPod 990: Hearts and Half-Measures is a PseudoPod original. C/W: · Transphobia · Body horror · Murder · Gore · Grief · Death of a parent · Cannibalism From the author: The Manananggal (“self-segmenter” – the creature in this story) is a Filipino Aswang (evil spirit) that detaches her torso from her lower half and then takes flight during the night to eat infants.
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“Dimorphism” first appeared in SEASONS OF SEVERANCE, an anthology-collection hybrid published by Cemetery Gates Media in 2023. “Dimorphism” was later mentioned as a standout in the Summation section of The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 16. The short story features reoccurring characters who appeared throughout the rest of York’s mini collection within SEASONS OF SEVERANCE.
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PseudoPod 988: Anthropology 201 is a PseudoPod original. C/W: references to mental illness, second-person PoV College is a crucible. You go in a dumb kid, and with luck, you leave a less dumb adult, ready to take your place in the world. It took me a little longer than the standard four years. I had a job throughout, slowing down the matriculation process.
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PseudoPod 987: Reflections on Bloody Mary is a PseudoPod original. CW: domestic abuse, coercive control, alcoholism The Pixel Project, https://www.thepixelproject.net, has a list of shelters worldwide “Maaa-reee,” my husband taunts. “Oh, Maaa-reee. Come out now, dear. We need to talk.” Wrong, I think but don’t say. My mother used to say, “A real lady knows when…
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“The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs” originally appeared in Bourbon Penn, and will appear in Ellen Datlow’s Year’s Best Horror #16 C/W: death by drowning In the predawn dark, Annie found herself in a bed, holding onto another hand beneath the cool weight of the pillow. Floral case, it was the trailer—her trailer—and slowly she came back to herself, to her body…
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“Think of Me” was first published in the anthology DARK RAINBOW: QUEER EROTIC HORROR (Riverdale Ave., 2018) CW: explicit sex, self-harm, transphobia, body horror, S&M kink Strange Darling Sasha and Taylor are fucking and Sasha is thinking about me. She tries to stop, but the harder she tries to push me out of her head, the more space she makes for me there.
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“The Talented Beetle” was first published on the social media platform Bluesky, on 13th April 2025 “My Heart in a Snow Globe” is a PseudoPod Original “Exposed, Every Inch Visible” originally appeared on The Fiction Phial in June 2024 “We Told You of the One Who Lives in the Mound” is a PseudoPod Original. “My Heart in a Snow Globe” – C/W: child death “Exposed…
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“Grave Worms” originally appeared in Cassilda’s Song: Tales Inspired by Robert W. Chambers’ King in Yellow Mythos an anthology edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. The grey flannel suit might have looked masculine on the rack, or on another woman, but the close cut of the cloth, and the way the expensive fabric skimmed over the lines of her straight, slender figure was intensely…
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“The Haunter of the Dark” first appeared in Weird Tales, December 1936 CW: xenophobia H.P. Lovecraft The Horror of the Heights Federal Hill, Providence Voluminous: The Letters of HP Lovecraft Episode 82 Lovecraftian horror — and the racism at its core — explained Lovecraft’s Most Bigoted Story, No Really: “The Horror at Red Hook” We Can’t Ignore H.P.
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“The Shambler from the Stars” first appeared in Weird Tales, September 1935 I have nobody but myself to blame for the whole affair. It was my own blundering that precipitated that unforeseen horror upon us both; my own stupidity that caused our downfall. The acknowledgment of my fault does not help us now; my friend is dead, and in order to escape an impinging doom worse than…
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“Jesus Christ in Georgia” was printed in The Crisis in the 1911 Christmas issue. It later appeared as “Jesus Christ in Texas” in Darkwater: Voices from the Veil. Use of the n-word 2010 interview with author Edward J. Blum about his 2008 book, W. E. B. DuBois, American Prophet: https://religiondispatches.org/iw-e-b-du-bois-american-propheti/
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“Nesters” originally appeared in the anthology Lovecraft’s Children CW: Animal death They killed the last calf that morning. Ma wanted to hold off, give the poor thing a chance, but Pa said it were cruel to let a body live like that. He cracked the hammer on its head—a sick, sad sound. Later he slit the calf open and showed Sally the animal’s stomach…
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“Old Things are Meant to Be Found and Shared” first appeared as “Of Lovecraft and ‘He’” in The Book of Starry Wisdom. “The Secret in the Tomb” originally appeared in the May 1935 issue of Weird Tales. From Leanna Renee Hieber: “Much like the introduction to this story will have you believe, I am, in fact, a licensed New York City tour guide who leads haunted and weird history…
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PseudoPod 978: Where the Brass Band Plays is a PseudoPod original. CW: environmental horror, parent loss; grief, reality vs. illusion, nostalgia, willful blindness From the author: “This story grew out of the feeling that we live in an increasingly polarised world. More than at any time I can remember, it seems as though people exist in different realities…
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“The Fruits Of” originally appeared in the online Spring 2024 edition of Club Chicxulub CW: dementia, death of a family member and suicidal ideation. They’d long since passed the point where road gave way to trail gave way to forest. Bright green ferns now rose to their knees. Around them, old-growth redwoods loomed forth. It had been like this for miles: only…
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PseudoPod 976: Every Last Gossamer Strand is a PseudoPod original. CW: narcissism, family abuse and especially spiders. C.J. Dotson’s upcoming novel, The Cut Jess Lewis’s website Brene Brown: When Narcissists Get Older Fleetwood Mac, The Chain The high windows of the Bluebird Lake Lodge ballroom let in warm afternoon sunlight.
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“The Half-Pint Flask” was first published in The Bookman, May 1927 Racism https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-is-gullah-geechee-food-and-how-do-you-make-it https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/theres-history-in-every-bite-of-gullah-cuisine https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/1/1960612/-The-Gullah-Geechee-have-owned-land-since-the-1800s…
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“Shallow Fangs” is a PseudoPod Original “Glean” previously appeared in a Bag of Bones micro horror anthology “The First Mrs. Edward Rochester Would Like a Word” first appeared in May 2023 in Aseptic and Faintly Sadistic: An Anthology of Hysteria Fiction, edited by Jolie Toomajan. This story and the anthology it appeared in both received 2023 Shirley Jackson Awards in their respective…
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This story originally appeared in Splatterlands in 2013 under the title “The Artist” ART: The quality or expression or performance of that which is pleasing to the senses; that which is raised to more than ordinary importance. ARTIST: One who produces art. Is art permanent? I seem to remember they said that in school, but what about music? I mean, I know there are…
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“Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight” originally appeared in Sleeping Under the Tree of Life and was reprinted in Sycorax’s Daughters Hounds of Tindalos Strange Things Happen at the 1-2 Point Sarah Conner Chronicles Sarah Conner Chronicles Episode 210-Strange Things Happen At The One-Two Point Poison Ivy Thistle stepped over an upturned…
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PseudoPod 970: At the God Show is a PseudoPod original. 6:15 A.M. “It’ll be Pternoch the Fisher,” Sheila overheard one pilgrim say to another. “Why did we bother coming?” “May the Green Damsel stitch your mouth shut until your blasphemies cease,” said the other. “We come to honor Her and reveal Her glory.” There was a silence as the two filled out their name tags, then, “Where’…
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First published in Opportunity in 1925. When Hurston arrived in New York City in 1925, the Harlem Renaissance was at its zenith, and she soon became one of the writers at its center. Shortly before she entered Barnard, Hurston’s short story “Spunk” was selected for reprint in The New Negro, a landmark anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays focusing on African and African-American art and…
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PseudoPod 968: The Vibrations, Louder is a PseudoPod original. Insanity? Sure, why not. My lawyer advised me to plead insanity, and maybe it will help me. At least I’ll be able to talk to somebody qualified. The state of mental health care is deplorable in this country. My insurance certainly doesn’t cover it, and I couldn’t afford to pay a therapist, even one as borderline…
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PseudoPod 967: Two’s Company, Three Might Be A Sign of Demonic Possession is a PseudoPod original. CW: Intimate partner death; Second person point of view Also narrated by Pine Gonzalez: A Relationship in Four Haircuts, by Ai Jiang Tales from the Fringes of Reality podcast The Screwtape Letters You didn’t take the usual precautions when Lin died.
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“Fat Betty” originally appeared in Shock Totem Issue 8 in 2014 From the author: “The story is meant to be set in a slightly dystopian near-future.” Fat Betty Listed Monuments The Watchers Ghost Stories The Woman in Black They say it’s God’s own country, and He’s always had a thing for rain. I’m high and soaked, looking over the valley with a sea of heather at…
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PseudoPod 965: The Ecstasy of the Saints is a PseudoPod original. CW: body horror; self-harm From the author: I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school through the seventh grade. That meant I spent three days a week in church, plus Sunday mass with my family. I spent a lot of time staring at the ornate religious icons in the church, marveling at the lurid colors…
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“The Darkness Carried by the Beasts” was originally published in The Sunday Morning Transport in 2023. CW: cancer, death of a family member From the author: This story came to me, at first, with the image of a man and his dog in the woods, somewhere in northern Sweden where I grew up, confronted by a shadowy creature in a snowstorm. The other inspiration, of course…
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PseudoPod 963: Mavka is a PseudoPod original. CW: cannibalism, suicide, starvation, use of second person perspective You pray to forget this. You pray to forget the cold. Even under two wool blankets you’re always cold now. Skin and bones, you. A February moon hangs high in the starless sky when Andriy slips on the boots, soaked through from when you wore them…
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“Hemorrhage” was originally published in the Book of Queer Saints Volume 2 CW: self-harm, drug abuse, addiction, physical abuse and coercive control It’s a dumb fight to pick, but I only learn that later. By the time they drag me out the back door of the bar, my face feels the way a Picasso painting looks. All rearranged, and probably the wrong colors.
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PseudoPod 961: Body Heat is a PseudoPod original. C/W: death of a family member, cancer From the author: ‘Body Heat’ was inspired by a reoccurring dream during a 3-week solo expedition in the mountains. Void Merch Hot Singles In Your Area The river is moving too fast and Cassie knows it, but she crosses anyway. Icy water reaches her waist…
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“Mummy” first appeared in Weird Tales, November 1929 The Old Lady The Shout Power of Darkness Them Jones Boys Nathan Drake Lara Croft I have always prided myself on being a practical man; prosaic, if you will. In the old days the boys used to call me the man from Missouri. Well, so I was. I had to be shown — and I was shown. Let me tell you. … It was in South…
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“Powers Of Darkness” was first published in Collier’s, March 30, 1929. CW: Use of racial slurs as well as sexism and misogyny Beau Geste, Russel’s best known work was adapting this for the screen. Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness Nickerson, R.M., failed in judgment concerning his guest Dobel. This was the reason of his ordeal that night at Warange…
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“The Shout” was first published in a limited edition chapbook, The Woburn Books #16, 1929. Jamie Oliver’s controversial children’s book has shone a spotlight on the importance of sensitivity readers Jamie Oliver pulls ‘offensive’ children’s book from sale Mark Kermode reviews “The Shout” When we arrived with our bags at the asylum cricket ground, the chief medical officer…
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“Dead Mabelle” first appeared in the 1929 collection Joining Charles and Other Stories CW: Allusions to suicide The sudden and horrible end of Mabelle Pacey gave her a publicity with the European press worth millions to J. and Z. Gohigh of Gohigh Films Inc., Cal., U.S.A. Her personality flashed like a fused wire. Three-year-old films of Mabelle – with scimitar…
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“The Old Lady” first appeared in the 1929 collection of ghost stories, Randall’s Round Penda’s Fen Void Merch Hot Singles In Your Area Adela Young must have come up to Oxford at the same time as myself; but no one, in a way, knew that she had. She was one of those people whom one never notices, physically or mentally – the kind of person whose adjectives you always…
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“Summer Night” was first published in the 2024 anthology Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror “Chosen” was first published in the 2024 anthology Howls from the Scene of the Crime “The Encausting” was first published in Seaside Gothic and reprinted in the 2024 collection One Eye Opened in That Other Place “The Njogel” was first published in the 2024 collection The Dancing…
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“Be Not Afraid” originally appeared in the 2024 anthology We Mostly Come Out at Night edited by Rob Costello The Mothman The Mothman Prophecies (Book) The Mothman Prophecies (Film) Krampus Krampus (2015 movie) “Take out all the yellow ones,” Mamaw says. “Put these in.” She takes a box of Christmas bulbs out of the plastic grocery sack from the Dollar General and…
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“If You Don’t Want a Cat, Don’t Get a Kitten” originally appeared in the 2024 collection Recreational Panic From the author: “I dedicated one of my stories, ‘If You Don’t Want a Cat, Don’t Get a Kitten’, to Brian Keene. His adventures with stray kittens are well-documented online, namely the humanitarian work he undertakes by trapping them, getting them spayed/neutered…
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“Onitsha Main, Ochanja, The Twins, Nkpor, and the Shadows of Shoprite” was originally published in the 2024 anthology, Escalators to Hell: Shopping Mall Horrors Onitsha Main. It started with the garri sellers. Basin by basin, their grains went gray with mold. Stall by stall, they all shut down. The small-scale carpenters down by the port were next. With soaring prices…
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PseudoPod 951: Last Supper is a PseudoPod original. CW: Thanksgiving dinner drama “Last Supper” is a follow-up to “Licking Roadkill”, which previously appeared at PseudoPod (ep 786, Nov 2021) and in the collection A Meeting In the Devil’s House. From the author: “It’s [Last Supper] a standalone story, but if you tackle “Licking Roadkill” first…
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“The Slow Music of Drums” was originally published in the 2024 Anthology Northern Nights edited by Michael Kelly TW: features grief, an implied apocalypse, sinister music, a family curse, cosmic horror and bees Astute readers and listeners may be aware, or interested to learn, that the C in A.C. Wise’s name stands for Campbell. The property described in “The Slow Music…
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“Less Exalted Tastes” originally appeared in the 2024 collection All Who Wander Are Lost Gemma Amor https://gemmaamorauthor.com/ Total Immersion https://gemmaamorauthor.com/books-gemma-amor/full-immersion-by-gemma-amor/ Hot Singles In Your Area by Jordan Shiveley https://unbound.com/books/hotsingles Irish House Burning Mania https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/
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‘A Relationship in Four Haircuts’ was originally published in the 2024 anthology Welcome to Your Body: Lessons in Evisceration C/W for emotional abuse Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls You met him on Etsy. That’s right. Not a dating app, but an online marketplace for small business owners. You’d asked about a custom jade ring you’d been sniffing around for but…
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‘Will They Disappear’ originally appeared in the 2024 collection The Nightmare Box from Cursed Morsels Press From the author: “This piece is based on the horrendous real-life story of Jennifer and Sarah Hart, two white women who adopted six Black children and then proceeded to abuse them for years. (In a ghoulish twist, they brought their children to Black Lives Matter rallies.
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PseudoPod 946: Toby and The Halloween Parade is a PseudoPod original. Andrew Garfield and Elmo Alasdair Stuart Previous Halloween Parades It’s a long walk from Founders Cemetery, but I am old, dying, and don’t mind the wait. The trick-or-treaters are out already, unusually boisterous this year, yet I barely hear them. I sit on my back porch in my creaky rocking chair…
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PseudoPod 945: The Gobstomper is a PseudoPod original. A lot changes as you get older, thought Wilkie Saunders. For example, he’d been sure older boys like Tom Dunn—who was either in 10th or 11th grade depending on if you counted the year he was repeating—hated his guts. Tom had tormented Wilkie and his friends everywhichway for years. And yet here they all were in the dark…
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PseudoPod 944: The House That Stands Over Your Grave is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “For as universal as it is, I find it weirdly difficult to explain grief in a way that feels satisfying. It’s a slippery, nebulous thing. It can hide from you or disguise itself, look like one thing on the surface while growing into something else underneath. It can reach out for the people…
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“Oneirophobia” originally appeared in NEVER WAKE: A DREAM HORROR ANTHOLOGY, edited by Kenneth W. Cain and Tim Meyer, and published by Crystal Lake Publishing on 9/8/23 From the author: “I’ve experienced sleep paralysis a few times in my life, but the first time was the most unsettling, and the memory has remained with me ever since. In that instance, I was home from college for a…
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PseudoPod 942: The Sound of a Jackknife is a PseudoPod original. The Dead Room Pontypool I only took the Tremaine gig because of Shepherd’s recommendation. “This one won’t pay much,” Shepherd admitted over the phone. People chattered in the background along with an indistinct electronic beat. “But Tremaine’s someone you’ll want to know in a couple of years.
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“In Haskins” originally appeared in Apex, issue 127 Everyone, both the young and the old, went about their lives as usual on the day of the Mask Festival. The downtown streets were covered with colored leaves and Mr. Burkett still waved at children and swept in front of his storefront. Mrs. Farley still clucked to Mrs. Durant on how the new teachers at the old school would not…
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PseudoPod 940: Controlling Your Weeds is a PseudoPod original. NIMBY https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/not-in-my-back-yard#:~:text=’Not%20in%20My%20Back%20Yard,development%20in%20their%20local%20area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY Get Out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out I always mow it twice a week during peak season.
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CW: Ableist slur This material originally appeared in The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Henry L. Herz published by Blackstone Publishing (©2023) I didn’t join in as my surviving family members conversed over dinner. Usually, the aroma of hearty pork and cabbage bigos stirred my appetite, but today it reminded me of the past…
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“Sea Curse” was originally published in Weird Tales, May 1928 The Soul Cages And some return by the failing light And some in the waking dream. For she hears the heels of the dripping ghosts That ride the rough roofbeam. —Kipling THEY were the brawlers and braggarts, the loud boasters and hard drinkers, of Faring town, John Kulrek and his crony Lie-lip Canool.
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PseudoPod 937: The Yearning of the All-Devouring Earth is a PseudoPod original. It’s always when we find a moment of peace that the universe remembers we exist—or maybe it’s less that the universe remembers, and more that it feels bored in our general vicinity and has to do something about that. The local middle school flooded over the summer. The afternoon rain we expected…
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“Every Part of You” was first published in OOZE: Little Bursts of Body Horror, edited by Ruth Anna Evans, in March 2023 and was also included in Hexagon Magazine’s The Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction, Volume 1. “To Be Human” is a PseudoPod Original “Taproot” is a PseudoPod Original “Every Part of You”: CW terminal illness, body horror, insects “To Be Human” is…
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“The Hollow Temple” was first published in Black Mask, December 1928. This is the second of four novelettes that were fixed up into the novel The Dain Curse. The Thin Man (Novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Man The Thin Man (Movie) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Man_(film) Moonlighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonlighting_(TV_series) Beyond Belief…
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“The Hollow Temple” was first published in Black Mask, December 1928. This is the second of four novelettes that were fixed up into the novel The Dain Curse. IV I spent most of the day fidgeting in and out of my room. The general vagueness of my job in this Temple hadn’t bothered me much before—I had had plenty of even more aimless operations in my twenty years of sleuthing…
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“The Hollow Temple” was first published in Black Mask, December 1928. This is the second of four novelettes that were fixed up into the novel The Dain Curse. I Eric Collison came into my office. There was too much pink in his eyes and not any in his skin. He sat down and said: “She can’t go. They can’t let her go. You’ve got to go with her.” His voice, like his face…
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“The Man With a Serpent in his System” originally appeared in London Mystery Magazine Selection (No. 99) November 1973. Jane reached out to us in 2023. She told us that, back in the 1970s when she was in her twenties, she wrote and had ‘The Man With a Serpent in his System’ published in the London Mystery Magazine Selection. Now in her 70s, she was hoping that we might bring it to…
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PseudoPod 931: What He Woke is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “This story was written before the 2024 British General Election. The MP whose voting record inspired these events has since been fired by his constituents. We didn’t feed him to a sea monster. Honest.” Sources The Woke thing was out of control, in Caroline’s humble opinion. Everything was woke.
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“The Dabblers” appeared in the 1928 collection The Beast with Five Fingers It was a wet July evening. The three friends sat around the peat fire in Harborough’s den, pleasantly weary after their long tramp across the moors. Scott, the ironmaster, had been declaiming against modern education. His partner’s son had recently entered the business with everything to learn…
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“Bonesoup” originally published in Strange Horizons, July 2022 From the author: “My initial idea was a Hansel and Gretel retelling where the Evil Witch actually has children of her own. It became a story about Greece’s intergenerational trauma, called Occupational Syndrome, caused by the Great Famine of 1941-1944. This trauma still influences the way people act to this day and…
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PseudoPod 928: Mr. Harmon’s Girls is a PseudoPod original. CW: child sexual abuse, grooming https://www.elliottgishwrites.com https://www.facebook.com/elliottgishwrites The first day of school. Bright, cold, the sky that special autumn blue. All of us in new clothes and fresh white shoes, bold and laughing, shy and silent, angry and turned darkly inwards.
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“Three Nights With the Angel of Death” was originally published in the anthology ALONG HARROWED TRAILS from Timber Ghost Press in July 2023 The Quick and the Dead Arizona, 1884—Day One The people of Vulture City are calling him the Angel of Death. But that makes no difference to us. There’s a one-thousand-dollar reward on him, and that kind of money never comes easy. No.
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“Beach Head” was published in On Spec (longtime Canadian sci-fi/horror magazine) – 2008 & The Best Horror of the Year Volume 1 – 2009 CW: Drug use, problematic language “Are you still alive over there?” Alvy’s voice sounded weak, but it retained the bong-huffing tonality that had been his hallmark since he hit puberty. It grated at me almost as badly as the…
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“Black Bargain” was originally published in Weird Tales, May 1942 “What Every Young Ghoul Should Know” was originally published in Amateur Correspondent, September-October 1937 From Rish Outfield: GoFundMe for Waiting For October It was getting late when I switched off the neon and got busy behind the fountain with my silver polish. The fruit syrup came off easily…
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PseudoPod 924: The Things That Wash Up on Marble Beach is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “Following the enthusiastic and repeated recommendations of a good friend of mine (looking at you BDM), I read Dan Simmons’ Hyperion a couple of years back. Though I greatly enjoyed each of the pilgrims’ tales, the finale of one of them (not saying which one, you’ll just have to read the…
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‘Too Little, Too Little, Too Much’ originally appeared in Cossmass Infinites in March of 2022 Fans of the urban legend of the Russian Sleep Experiment may be excited to see a recent movie release “The Soviet Sleep Experiment” is available online now with our very own narrator Paul Cram in the film as Subject 6. Here’s the movie trailer John Wiswell As soon as the adults…
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PseudoPod 922: Something Stirring Underneath is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “At the far northwestern corner of Georgia down an unmarked path off a logging road lies the crumbling ruins of a manor that was host to murder and fire. It is only one of many forgotten places in the Deep South, some dating back thousands of years to civilizations that have been nearly lost to time…
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‘Chickamauga’ first published in the San Francisco Examiner, January 20, 1889 One sunny autumn afternoon a child strayed away from its rude home in a small field and entered a forest unobserved. It was happy in a new sense of freedom from control, happy in the opportunity of exploration and adventure; for this child’s spirit, in bodies of its ancestors, had for thousands of…
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This special return to the vault episode is in support of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute now live on Kickstarter. Listen to editors Julie C. Day & Carina Bissett as they discuss the inspiration behind the Storyteller anthology. Tanith Lee wrote stories for an audience that was hungry for something beyond what was being offered at the time and yet her legacy is half forgotten.
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“Just Another Apocalypse” originally appeared in Two Thousand Word Terrors released by Rooster Republic Press in 2023. Highway Song by Iggy Pop We cruise up the 5, zombies staggering on either side of the highway, their cerulean balloons straining in the wind like a flock of chained bluebirds. At first it was a viral game, a way to rack up social media hits: run up behind a…
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“Just Another Apocalypse” originally appeared in Two Thousand Word Terrors released by Rooster Republic Press in 2023. Highway Song by Iggy Pop We cruise up the 5, zombies staggering on either side of the highway, their cerulean balloons straining in the wind like a flock of chained bluebirds. At first it was a viral game, a way to rack up social media hits: run up behind a…
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PseudoPod 919: Grinning on the Way to See Mom Die is a PseudoPod original. Aunt Sara doesn’t like phone calls, so I get a text that Mom’s dying, hospital address included. I sigh a long one. A weird mix of emotions wrestle in my gut. I reply: Ok thx. I know how this went down. Mom got really sick, delayed telling anyone because she doesn’t like doctors or medical bills.
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“The Dreadful and Specific Monster of Starosibirsk” originally appeared in Weird Horror in May 2021 Capitalist Realism by Mark Fisher I know what you will say. You will say to me, Arseny, there are enough real monsters in this world—why do you make your own? But before I begin, before you make your judgments, like the others, before you tsk-tsk-tsk our failures and tell me…
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“Henry” was originally published in the collection Strange Fruit in 1928 For four hours every morning and for twenty minutes before a large audience at night Fletcher was locked up with murder. It glared at him from twelve pairs of amber eyes ; it clawed the air close to him, it spat naked hate at him, and watched with uninterrupted intensity to catch him for one moment off…
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“Three Awakenings: Hello, World” is a PseudoPod original “Mirrors at Night” is a PseudoPod original “A Persistent Woman” was originally published in the 1927 collection Dark Ann and Other Stories “How to Fight the Devil” appeared in Sam Lawson’s Oldtown Fireside Stories in 1881 From the author of “Mirrors at Night”: This story was a bit premonitory for me.
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“Heavy Rain” originally appeared in the 2023 anthology Howls from the Wreckage CW: Suicide, bloody body parts Samaritans 988 Lifeline List of suicide crisis lines on Wikipedia I’m standing in the doorway where you last stood before you got up on a chair, slipped the belt around your throat like a necktie, and kicked the chair out from under you.
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PseudoPod 914: Spirit Husband is a PseudoPod original. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover Don’t collect gifts from strangers. Don’t pick up money on the streets. Don’t take food in your dream. The spicy fried exterior of the akara melts over my tongue, and the soft baked beans within seep into my taste buds. The flavour ripples into my teeth and tickles my ears…
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“The Vengeance Of Nitocris” was first published in Weird Tales, August 1928 Hushed were the streets of many-peopled Thebes. Those few who passed through them moved with the shadowy fleetness of bats near dawn, and bent their faces from the sky as if fearful of seeing what in their fancies might be hovering there. Weird, high-noted incantations of a wailing sound were audible…
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PseudoPod 912: The Eidolonpterist is a PseudoPod original. I was climbing through the window of a ruined castle the only time the police ever caught me. I turned out my bag to show them everything I carried: a torch, pencils, notebooks. I flipped through one book, holding up sketches: the Convolvulus Hawk-moth, the Swallow-tailed moth, the Light Grey Tortrix – Cnephasia incertana…
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“Masks” originally appeared in Forbidden Futures and was reprinted in the 2022 collection How to See Ghosts & Other Figments “The Machete at the End of the World” appeared in the collection Nightfall & Other Danger “The Tale of Belette” previously appeared on Tales to Terrify Spoiler Nice [collapse] “You, sir, should unmask. Indeed it’s time. We all have laid…
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“Lidless Eyes That See” was first released by PS Publishing in From the Waste Land, an anthology inspired by T.S. Eliot’s poem “The Waste Land.” The story was a finalist for the 2022 Aurealis Award for Best Horror Short Story [note: The Waste Land was published in 1922 and is in the public domain for use of some or all] We are silently going mad, the boy and I.
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PseudoPod 909: The Witch in the Whale Bone Hut is a PseudoPod original. Four massive ribs held the hut together, two forming a thick arch near the front door. The bones were pockmarked and yellow, no doubt leftovers from the town’s glory days during the height of the whaling industry. Jamie’s heart sank as he stared at the bones. They had once belonged to a beautiful creature…
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“Bring Them All Into the Light” originally appeared in the Great British Horror 7: Major Arcana representing the card The High Priestess. Heathen They’re on holiday when he sees the cottage. Julie and Nico are bickering in the back seat, Maggie searching through the glovebox for something – anything – that might shut them up for five minutes. He rubbernecks as they pass it at…
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“Rare Providers” originally appeared in Fusion Fragment in November 2022 I like to hunt in the campground that sprouted from the outskirts of our town before we lived here. It’s hard to tell just where the town ends now that the world has grown wild, but there’s not much beyond the campground apart from trees and the scrub and grass growing up through the broken roads.
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“The Cask of Amontillado” originally appeared in Godey’s Magazine and Lady’s Book, November 1846 The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat. At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively…
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“Phoenix Claws” was originally published in Black Cranes A block from the Jade Garden restaurant, I reached out and grasped Fin’s arm. “Hang on.” So many boyfriends had failed; I wasn’t going to let it happen again. I made a fuss of straightening his collar, smoothing the flannel fabric over his weekend sweater. “You know to hold your rice bowl, right? Thumb on the lip…
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PseudoPod 904: Jinx is a PseudoPod original. CW: domestic violence/intimate partner violence. Your first date with Jake is perfect. So. That’s fucking weird. Not a complaint, obviously. Actually, it’s a relief: you’ve been on far too many first dates with guys who, at first blush, seemed like cute, funny, thoughtful dudes with passionate but not emotionally…
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“Skule Skerry” was originally published in the 1928 collection The Runagates Club The Excavation of Hobs Barrow The Stone Tape The Woman in Black It happened a good many years ago, when I was quite a young man. I wasn’t the cold scientist then that I fancy I am today. I took up birds in the first instance chiefly because they fired what imagination I had got.
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“The Ghost” was first published in The Windsor Magazine, May 1928. “Half-Past Two” was first published in the August 15, 1928 edition of The Daily Mail. She was a girl of fourteen, and she sat propped up with pillows in an old four-poster bed, coughing a little with the feverish cold that kept her there. She was tired of reading by lamplight, and she lay and listened to the…
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“The Shadowy Escort” was first published in The London Magazine, May 1928 Seigfried Sassoon Base Details by Siegfried Sassoon Almost everybody has at one time or another wanted to write a detective story, but, for the greater well-being of publishers and publishers’ readers, not everybody has tried. Among those who have, with varying degrees of success, must be numbered a…
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“The Red Lodge” originally published in the 1928 collection They Return at Evening. I am writing this from an imperative sense of duty, for I consider The Red Lodge is a foul death-trap and utterly unfit to be a human habitation — it has its own proper denizens — and because I know its owner to be an unspeakable blackguard to allow it so to be used for his financial advantage.
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“Arcanum Miskatonica” was originally published in Lovecraftiana Vol.3, No.1, April 2018 and reprinted in the 2023 anthology The Nameless Songs of Zadok Allen & Other Things that Should Not Be edited by Jessica Augustsson From the editors: The Nameless Songs of Zadok Allen & Other Things that Should Not Be is JayHenge’s 20th speculative fiction anthology, and editor Jessica Augustsson…
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“It Takes Slow Sips” first appeared in the anthology Lost Contact and was reprinted in the 2023 collection The Inconsolables CW: Stalking, allusion to date rape From the author: “The word incel, which means “involuntary celibate,” is never used explicitly in “It Takes Slow Sips,” but this community, to use the term loosely, makes the skin crawl like little else in the…
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“The Red Lady” was originally published in the 2023 anthology Collage Macabre presented by the Future Dead Collective SHOW NOTES The Whoniverse The Full Lid ‘Art is never finished, only abandoned.’ – This week’s closing quote has a fascinating, and very complex history. From the author: “The works of Robert W. Chambers were some of the first horror shorts to get me…
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“Douen” was originally published in The Dark Magazine and reprinted in the 2023 collection Skin Thief. From the author: “This story is set at my Grandmother’s house in Trinidad. The story itself is written in dialect the way I would have spoken it. It poured out of my head that way fully completed. Because I’m part of the diaspora, it is really reflective of how my parents spoke to…
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“The Belsnickel” has previously appeared on the online platforms Vocal and Patreon. From the author: ”I loved the stories my German great-grandmother shared about belsnickels – friends and neighbors who dressed in big fur coats and frightful masks and went house to house on the nights around Christmas to sing, visit, play music, and give the kids a little scare. It was a tradition…
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“Thirteen Ways of Not Looking at a Blackbird” was originally published in the 2023 anthology No Trouble at All edited by Alexis Dubon and Eric Raglin Hugh Dancy: Will Graham I. I am a baby boy. In the bathtub, looking out, past my mother as she cries and holds the already wet washcloth to her eyes. Over her mouth. I am looking into the full-length mirror on the bathroom…
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“The Stringer of Wiltsburg Farm” was originally published in Vastarien and was reprinted in the 2023 collection Who Lost, I Found Dark Harvest novel Dark Harvest Daddy called tobacco a quick and dirty crop. Quick because it was one hundred days from planting to harvest. Dirty because cutting the leaves off the plants released a juicy, dark sap that dried, sticky sweet…
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“The Body Remembers” was originally written for, and published in, the anthology Dark Matter Presents: Monstrous Futures in April 2023. CW: War, death, graphic descriptions of injuries, self-harm, suicidal ideation From the author: “The idea for this story came from thinking about how even when we heal from physical trauma and no visible scars remain, we can still be…
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Novels are all very well, but is there anything more satisfying than a well-crafted short story? We don’t think so, here at PseudoPod towers. A gripping introduction, a compelling narrative and a hard-hitting ending, all in under six thousand words. A point well made and a story well told. Some may be nibbles while others are more… substantial, but they’re all, in a manner of speaking, bite-sized.
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“The Evaluator” was originally published in “A Breath from the Sky” in 2017 and is included in the 2023 collection “No One Will Come Back for Us and Other Stories.” It is the first of Premee’s stories to appear on Ellen Datlow’s annual ‘Honorable Mentions’ for her ‘Best Horror of the Year’ anthology. From the author: “I wrote this one for the call as well, and this time I started…
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PseudoPod 890: The Halloween Parade and Twin Xolotls of Sorrow and Salt is a PseudoPod original. This year you pass through a stone arch to reach the Parade. The churro stand is to one side, the bouncer to the other. You can’t quite tell if the bouncer is checking if you’ve been to the churro stand or if you’ve got your wristband. You do know both are pointedly ignoring the plate…
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“Darke’s Last Show” opens the 2023 collection Have You Seen the Moon Tonight? & Other Rumors I’m still smiling when the rideshare car pulls up. Silver Honda Accord. Driver: Raul. 4.9 star rating, meaning some monster gave him a petty 4-star review once—there is no circle of Hell low enough. Raul’s a handsome kid, maybe twenty, lots of hair product, a fade shaved onto the back…
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“Made of You” is a PseudoPod Original “Dancing With Etta” appeared first in Maudlin House (October, 2020) “A Well Polished Puppet” is a PseudoPod Original “Summer of George” is a PseudoPod Original I will be who I will be I was a blister clinging to the throat of your shower drain. I didn’t know I was alive, let alone that, as I built myself from your beautiful waste…
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“Midnight in the Southland” was previously published in Liminal Spaces: An Anthology of Dark Speculative Fiction by Cemetery Gates Media in 2021. “From the grim Ohio Valley to the mists of the Appalachian Plateau, this is Midnight in the Southland with your host Gus Guthrie. Now, here’s Gus…” That’s how Midnight in the Southland always started. Back in the ‘90s and early…
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PseudoPod 886: A Wonder of Nature, In Need of Killing is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “This story was inspired by the snapping turtle who lives in a neighbor’s pond. Each spring she crawls from the water to the shrubbery in front of our house, where she digs a nest beneath the azaleas and lays a dozen or more eggs. Why she digs so close to human habitation is a mystery.
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“The Grave of Angels” first appeared in Vastarien Volume 4 Issue 1, June 2021. CW: intimate partner death From the author: “This story incorporates many of my recurrent themes–rituals, religion, the end of the world, and did not end up where I thought it would when I began.” The Grave of Angels by Erica Ruppert Corra Martin, last child of her family line…
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“Report on the Flanking Action” was originally published in the braided collection, Tales of the Callamo Mountains. CW: racial slurs M.R. James Shadows at the Door Mark Nixon The Thing Search & Rescue A Podcast to the Curious From the action report of Captain William Meecher: “…the engagement ended with the capture of most of the hostiles and seven…
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“Ba’alat Ov” originally appeared in The Jewish Book of Horror In the night, the spirits spoke with hisses and gurgles like serpents wrapped around my head. I awoke covered in sweat, barely able to breathe, so afraid of what they would ask me to do. They whispered things over and over, crying out for understanding. There was never a choice in my action, only the act itself or…
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PseudoPod 882: See That My Grave is Kept Clean is a PseudoPod original. CW for suicide Dig a hole, climb in, cover yourself in grave dirt. Not your face. You aren’t ready to join the dead, not yet. The bone men tend the graveyard, unaware they’re being watched. You’re crying because you’d lost hope of ever seeing them. They step so softly they appear to drift above the graves.
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PseudoPod 881: How to Win a Dance Contest During an Apocalypse (In Nine Easy Steps!) is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “While I’m a horror fan first and foremost, I’m also a big aficionado of coming-of-age films and romantic comedies, especially of the 1980s. I’ve always thought that many of the films of that era have a sort of existential horror vibe, even if you have to look closely to...
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Author : Kaaron Warren Narrator : Petra Elliott Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The King in Yella” was originally published in Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign edited by James Chambers. It won the Ditmar award in 2022 for Best Short Story. The King in […]
Author : Christi Nogle Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Chelsea Davis Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Resilience” is a originally release in episode 704 of PseudoPod. Resilience by Christi Nogle Jason gets home while I’m at the sink. He comes up behind me, holds me around the waist, and tickles the […]
Author : Horacio Quiroga Narrator : Diogo Ramos Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “El Hijo” was first published under the title “El padre” in La Nación, 15 January 1928. “El Almohadón de Plumas” was first published in the magazine Caras y Caretas, 13 July 1907; it was revised […]
Author : Richard Dansky Narrator : Brian Lieberman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 877: Billy’s Garage is a PseudoPod original. CW: Animal cruelty From the author: “This is my contribution to the “kids on bikes” subgenre of horror. It’s set back when I was a teen, and yes, […]
Author : Marie Belloc Lowndes Narrator : Siobhan Gallichan Host : Tiernan Douieb Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums This text was extracted from McClure’s Jan 1911, illustrated by Henry Raleigh. The short story was adapted by herself into a novel in 1913; and again adapted into an opera and numerous films (including […]
Author : Marie Belloc Lowndes Narrator : Siobhan Gallichan Host : Tiernan Douieb Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums This text was extracted from McClure’s Jan 1911, illustrated by Henry Raleigh. The short story was adapted by herself into a novel in 1913; and again adapted into an opera and numerous films (including […]
Authors : Michelle Muenzler, Anna Madden and Antoinette Rydyr Narrators : Tina Connolly, L. Marie Wood and Dominick Rabrun Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Bitter is the Sea, and Bright” was first published in Daily Science Fiction, November 2018 “Fishing Season” is a PseudoPod original “Snotty” is a […]
Author : Geneve Flynn Narrator : J.Y. Tan Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 873: A Box of Hair and Nail is a PseudoPod original. “This story was inspired by an urban myth that terrified my mum when she was a teenager in Malaysia. The legend went that […]
Author : Robert Bloch Narrator : John Bell Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Strange Island of Dr. Nork” was first published in Weird Tales, March 1949 Afflicted Season Two Fundraiser The Strange Island Of Doctor Nork by Robert Bloch I Between the Greater Antilles and the Lesser […]
Authors : C.L. Moore and Forrest J Ackerman Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Wilson Fowlie Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Nymph of Darkness” was originally published in Fantasy Magazine, April 1935 Afflicted Season Two Fundraiser Nymph Of Darkness By C.L. Moore & Forrest J. Ackerman The thick Venusian dark of the […]
Author : Jerome K. Jerome Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Dancing Partner” is excerpted from Jerome’s non-genre novel Novel Notes where it is the second half of Chapter 11. The serialization of that chapter first appeared in the March 1893 issue of The […]
Author : John Wiswell Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Coward Who Stole God’s Name” originally appeared in Uncanny Magazine in their May issue in 2022. “If I named any of the inspirations for this story, then I’d get into terrible trouble, wouldn’t I? […]
“Litany In The Heart Of Exorcism” originally appeared in Flash Fiction Online, and is due to appear in Dutch translation in Speculatief “He’s Just Like You” is a PseudoPod Original “Take Root” is a PseudoPod Original TW (He’s Just Like You): The Dog Dies “”He’s Just Like You” stems from the anxieties of being a father and the quality of the traits you’re passing on.“ “La plume de ma tante.
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PseudoPod 865: Wanted: Bone-White Skull-Patterned Lace Trim is a PseudoPod original. The stroller on the side of the road caught Nina Wong’s eye as her Fiesta rounded the bend on her way to work. She slowed down, noting the FREE! sign taped to its handles. Free was about the only price she could afford right now, since Will had been gone a month, taking with him his half of the rent.
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“All the Ways to Hollow Out a Girl” was originally published in Horror for RAICES from Nightscape Press and reprinted in the charity anthology Shattered and Splintered. It’s almost noon on Friday when the neighborhood boys murder me again for the third time this week. They do it with their hands today, bulging knuckles blanching white, their sweaty fingers wrapped tight around my throat.
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Both “Coincidence” and “The Dream” originally appeared in The London Magazine, April 1927 and June 1927 respectively This is the story of a coincidence. At any rate I call it a coincidence. The road where I live is very long and very straight. It’s paved with wood and well lighted after dark. The result is that cars and taxis going by during the night . . . often go quite fast. I don’t blame ’em.
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“The Curious Story of Susan Styles” was originally published in 1893 “Susan Styles,” the name is not a romantic one, and yet it is associated in my mind with a curious series of incidents, which, were I a member of the Psychical (or ghost investigating) Society1 I might have brought under the notice of that body. I first heard of Susan Styles some two years ago. My wife and I had just taken up our...
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PseudoPod 861: Swing Batter Batter is a PseudoPod original. A baseball clubhouse is a weird place. You’ve got California prep school kids rubbing elbows with good old boys from Texas and Louisiana, and guys from the Dominican and Venezuela mixing with guys who grew up in the inner city and still found their way to baseball. Nothing in common, and yet, all sharing a love of the game. Most of us...
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PseudoPod 859: We, the Ones Who Raised Sam Gowers from the Dead is a PseudoPod original. Yes, to answer your questions, we were the ones who did it; we were the ones who dabbled into the forbidden arts, who so casually threw away the good Christian values of our country for a flash of bloody vengeance. We are the ones you want, the ones who raised Sam Gowers from the dead. Who were we, you ask?
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“On the Getting of Husbands and the Spawning of Children” previously appeared in Arsenika in April 2021 “The Chairmaker’s Daughter” is a PseudoPod original “Concerning the Fantastic Native Flora of the Indo-Chinese Padma Valley” is a PseudoPod Original. The story is inspired by the giant flower found in Southeast Asia, canonised into Western science by Thomas Stanford Raffles and Joseph Arnold as...
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“Them Doghead Boys” originally appeared in Current Affairs Magazine in their Jan/Feb 2021 issue Things got bad bad once the Ravels was gone. Five-Oh swooped down and arrested damnear eighty of them and after that wasn’t nobody on the corners slingin but things wasn’t no safer. Up at the corner of Brainard and Josephine there was a murder at five or six in the evening. I say “murder” cause what...
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PseudoPod 855: And The Water Said Kneel is a PseudoPod original. Rape Revenge The river claims her like a lover, like someone who needed her whole and open and honest. It feels like she’s supposed to expose her throat, to bow for the very water itself, or at least for the man who put her there. She doesn’t want this though, she never has, not now and not ever. What she wanted was to kiss a man and...
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“Bones in It” was originally published in Lightspeed in May 2021 Good Bones by Maggie Smith Besides the vedma who lived behind the stove in steam room three, the banya in Grand Lake Plaza was the same as any other budget day spa on Chicago’s West Side. It had deep-tissue massages and signature facials, plus day passes for the communal baths and steam rooms. There was a cucumber water dispenser in...
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PseudoPod 853: Oni in the Box is a PseudoPod original. Now, Sobo was our late father’s mother. By our mother’s accounts she was mad, if not wicked. Gossip ran muddy in our family. One relative, now deceased, told me she was once the personal Tay? of the now equally dead Abetake Risu; former, and most honorable, Daimyo of Ouja-jo. Another cousin was far more grandiose in his anecdotes–better known...
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“Every Body Depicted Is Exploited” was first published in PopCult’s Gruesome Love anthology as “Crit.” Everyone knew that Pamela was the only real artist there. The rest of us were just play-acting. The sensible ones, like me, figured out pretty early on that the program was a joke. Formulaic. Easy to phone in. Still, there were plenty of students who told themselves they had a shot at creating...
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PseudoPod 851: Flash on the Borderlands LXIV: Purification is a PseudoPod original. Candlemas: “February 2, 2023 is Candlemas. I’ve always had a thing for microfiction -tiny, jewel-like figures, acting out their passion play to the chiming of a pocket watch. Repetition seems to polish such tales, not wear them down, till they shine like fairy stories, eternally recommencing in some corner of the...
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Presenters: Marguerite Kenner and Alasdair Stuart Hey folks, welcome to an Escape Artists metacast. I’m Marguerite Kenner. And I’m Alasdair Stuart. For those of you who have never heard a metacast before, think of this like a mini State of the Union address, a way for us to update you about what’s been happening at EA. The big thing is our news that EA now stands for the Escape Artists Foundation...
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“A Short Trip Home” was published in 1927 and is in the public domain F. SCOTT FITZGERALD – “The Diamond As Big As The Ritz” (1922) BLACKWATER 2: MORE TALES OF THE FANTASTIC by Alberto Manguel Stefan Grabinski KRAFTWERK – Trans-Europe Express (1977) Pierre Schaeffer – “Etudes aux Chemins du Fer” (aka “Railroad Study”) (1948) A Short Trip Home By F. Scott Fitzgerald I was near her...
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“Two Black Bottles” originally appeared in Weird Tales, August 1927 Not all of the few remaining inhabitants of Daalbergen, that dismal little village in the Ramapo Mountains, believe that my uncle, old Dominie Vanderhoof, is really dead. Some of them believe he is suspended somewhere between heaven and hell because of the old sexton’s curse. If it had not been for that old magician...
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“Browdean Farm” originally appeared in the 1927 collection Some Ghost Stories Most people with limited vocabularies such as mine would describe the house loosely and comprehensively as picturesque. But it was more than beautiful in its venerable age. It had certain subtle qualities which are called Atmosphere. It invited you, as you approached it along the rough and narrow road which is ignored by...
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The original version was first published in “Ghost Stories Magazine” April, 1927, “On the Isle of Blue Men” was an atmospheric, Lovecraftian thriller -almost certainly inspired by the real world 1900 Flannan Isles lighthouse crew disappearance. This story was later republished in the anthology LIGHTHOUSE HORRORS in 1993, edited by Charles Waugh, in which it was noted that Waugh found the original...
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“Ye Goode Olde Ghoste Storie” originally appeared in Weird Tales, January 1927 under the pen name William A. P. White ‘‘But there ain’t no sech thing!” said Jed Hoskins’ old man forcefully. ‘‘No such thing as what?” queried the stranger with the black bag, who had justed seated himself near the group. “Ha’nts,” Jed hastened to explain. ‘‘Grandad Miller there, he says the old Lawrence home’s ha’nt...
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“15 Eulogies Scribbled Inside a Hello Kitty Notebook” originally appeared in Carlie’s debut collection, You Fed Us to the Roses, published by Robot Dinosaur Press in October 2022. February—Liam I didn’t know him well. Nobody did, really: he was the new kid. But he was funny, and he was cute, and I probably would’ve said yes when he asked me out, except that’s when the gullet-eaters attacked...
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“The Oval Portrait” was published in the April 26, 1845 edition of the Broadway Journal. “Not More Lovely than Full of Glee” originally appeared in A Winter’s Tale: Horror Stories for the Yuletide The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe The chateau into which my valet had ventured to make forcible entrance, rather than permit me, in my desperately wounded condition, to pass a night in the open air...
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“Mother Trucker” originally appeared in Mother: Tales Of Love And Terror by Weird Little Worlds in Fall 2022 My mother hits the moose in the pitch black of 4:32 a.m. There’s almost nothing to see, just a blur of limbs burnt sepia by the headlights of her truck. But it’s the noise that really grinds its hooves in—a startling, thunderous clap that blooms from the moose’s body into the hood...
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“Palette” originally appeared in the anthology Howls From the Dark Ages: An Anthology of Medieval Horror. All of the ingredients for the woman’s makeup recipes are accurate for medieval Austria. The line etched across her forehead, deep as a vein, as if a string had been stretched against the skin. She rubbed it, but it would not erase; her young elastic skin would not uncrease.
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Author : Tyler Jones Narrator : Scott Campbell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Corporation” opened the collection Burn the Plans released by Cemetery Gates Media in February 2022 Corporation by Tyler Jones Sunlight blooms in the sky, rising up from behind all those glass and steel buildings. It […]
Authors : Sarah Day and Tim Pratt Narrators : Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner Hosts : Kat Day, Dave Robison and Ben Phillips Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 821 Special Anniversary Episode: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT! is a PseudoPod original. Featuring the story Celestial Shores by Sarah Day and Tim Pratt Towards […]
Author : Johnny Compton Narrator : Amy Kelly Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “No Hungry Generations” was published originally in the October 2022 Anthology, Death In The Mouth. No Hungry Generations By Johnny Compton The bird looked like the last descendent of a prehistoric mishap. Fatter than a […]
Author : J.A.W. McCarthy Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Only Thing Different Will Be the Body” originally appeared in the anthology A Woman Built By Man published by Cemetery Gates Media The Only Thing Different Will Be The Body by J.A.W. McCarthy My […]
Author : Orrin Grey Narrator : Robert C. Eccles Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Old Haunts” originally appeared in the 2022 collection How to See Ghosts & Other Figments Old Haunts By Orrin Grey Kim Parks considered himself something of a connoisseur of the haunted attractions that sprang […]
Author : Joe Koch Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Offerings “was first published in Doorbells At Dusk from Corpus Press, 2018 and reprinted in the 2022 collection “Convulsive” Offerings By Joe Koch Blaine’s head hurts at the sight of Amelia shuffling up the block. […]
Author : Alasdair Stuart Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 836: The Halloween Parade is a PseudoPod original. The 2022 Halloween Parade by Alasdair Stuart The parade this year feels brittle. At least at first. It reminds you of that first step into a […]
Author : Nicole Givens Kurtz Narrator : Devante‘ Johnson Host : Tonia Ransom Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 835: Trickin’ is a PseudoPod original. Trickin’ by Nicole Givens Kurtz It’s time. Nestled beneath the rolling peaks from the mountain ranges, honeycombs of caves spread out in their like swollen slugs providing […]
Author : Amy Nagopaleen Narrator : Bryce Dahle Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 834: To the Tooth is a PseudoPod original. To The Tooth by Amy Nagopaleen I just wanted breakfast. Coffee, maybe an egg with spinach. But before I even stumbled over to the coffeemaker, a sprawling net of […]
Author : Tod Robbins Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Cockcrow Inn” was first published in the collection Who Wants a Green Bottle? and Other Uneasy Tales in 1926 Cockcrow Inn By Tod Robbins Cockcrow Inn stands defiantly facing the sea. For countless years it […]
Authors : Kat Day, H.B. Diaz and Taylor Rae Narrators : Kat Day, Gemma Amor and Siobhan Gallichan Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Proverbs 16:31 – Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life. When I Was Young, I Did Not Need Magic by Kat […]
Author : Eris Young Narrator : Steph P. Bianchini Hosts : Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 831: Idomeneja is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “The speculative elements from this story are based on the death masks found in the grave circles at the site […]
Author : Kathryn McMahon Narrator : Rhianna Pratchett Host : Alasdair Stuart Artist : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Honey Witch” originally appeared in SHARP AND SUGARTOOTH: WOMEN UP TO NO GOOD edited by Octavia Cade (Upper Rubber Boot Books 2019) The Honey Witch By Kathryn McMahon My hood and gloves are on the […]
Author : Kathryn McMahon Narrator : Rhianna Pratchett Host : Alasdair Stuart Artist : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Honey Witch” originally appeared in SHARP AND SUGARTOOTH: WOMEN UP TO NO GOOD edited by Octavia Cade (Upper Rubber Boot Books 2019) The Honey Witch By Kathryn McMahon My hood and gloves are on the […]
Author : Kathryn McMahon Narrator : Rhianna Pratchett Host : Alasdair Stuart Artist : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Honey Witch” originally appeared in SHARP AND SUGARTOOTH: WOMEN UP TO NO GOOD edited by Octavia Cade (Upper Rubber Boot Books 2019) The Honey Witch By Kathryn McMahon My hood and gloves are on the […]
Author : Kathryn McMahon Narrator : Rhianna Pratchett Host : Alasdair Stuart Artist : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Honey Witch” originally appeared in SHARP AND SUGARTOOTH: WOMEN UP TO NO GOOD edited by Octavia Cade (Upper Rubber Boot Books 2019) The Honey Witch By Kathryn McMahon My hood and gloves are on the […]
Author : Todd Keisling Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “We’ve All Gone to the Magic Show” was previously published in Vastarien: Vol.3, Issue 1 by Grimscribe Press. We’ve All Gone To The Magic Show By Todd Keisling Earlier this summer, word spread around our […]
Author : Shannyn Campbell Narrators : Halloween Bloodfrost, Scott Campbell, Kat Day, Graeme Dunlop, Jamie Grimes, Alex Hofelich, Dave Robison, Kitty Sarkozy, Lisa Tuttle and Melissa Hofelich Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 828: Taxiptómy is a PseudoPod original. Mulholland Drive trailer Mulholland Drive ‘No Hay Banda’ scene […]
Author : Alex Singer Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 827: She Works in the Office Where They Died is a PseudoPod original. She Works in the Office Where They Died By Alex T. Singer Dezra works in an office where 1000 people died. […]
Author : C. O. Davidson Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Dream House” originally appeared in the anthology Georgia Gothic Dream House By C. O. Davidson Alice and Rick turned off the highway onto the twisting gravel road. Oaks arched overhead, a tunnel of […]
Author : Margaret St. Clair Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Flowering Evil” first appeared in Planet Stories, Summer 1950 Flowering Evil By Margaret St. Clair Captain Bjornson shook a grizzled head. “I never saw a plant I liked the looks of less,” he said. […]
Author : Pauline Yates Narrator : Kat Day Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Renascent” was first published by Aurealis in 2019. From the author: Renascent means ‘rising again into being or vigor’, an apt title for my story. The origin of this story came from my personal questioning […]
Author : Ephiny Gale Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : M. M. Schill Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Little Freedoms” was first published in ‘Shoreline of Infinity’ in December 2017. Little Freedoms By Ephiny Gale The room is cylindrical, metal, no doors or windows. Nine of us stand in a circle, not […]
Author : Sewell Peaslee Wright Narrator : Tony Sarrecchia Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Experiment of Erich Weigert” was originally published in Weird Tales in 1926 The Experiment Of Erich Weigert By Sewell Peaslee Wright The moment I gazed out over the audience I saw him. He […]
Authors : Sarah Day and Tim Pratt Narrators : Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner Host : Ben Phillips Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 821: Celestial Shores is a PseudoPod original. Celestial Shores by Sarah Day and Tim Pratt Britt drove silently while Ray gazed past her at the beauty of the […]
Author : Matt Ellis Narrator : Kara Grace Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Off the Road” was originally published in the Spring 2021 issue of Sein und Werden This story is dedicated to my daughter Kaetlyn Nicole–one of the strongest women I know. Thank you for always listening […]
Author : Thomas Ha Narrator : Scott Campbell Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Balloon Season” has previously been featured in Fusion Fragment and Dark Matter Magazine. Balloon Season by Thomas Ha I’ve never gotten used to the sense of urgency of summer afternoons, that feeling of being drenched […]
Authors : Frank Oreto, Hannah Whiteoak and Karlo Yeager Rodriguez Narrators : Dennis Robinson, Sevatividam and Karlo Yeager Rodriguez Host : Brian Lieberman Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 818: Flash on the Borderlands LXII: Flash Fiction Contest 7 Winners is a PseudoPod original. Overnight Home Companion by Frank J. Oreto Position: […]
Author : Nathan McCullough Narrator : Hollis Monroe Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Tommy’s Field” was originally published in the anthology Georgia Gothic – The final line is a nod to the superstition against whistling in a graveyard lest ye summon the devil. From the author: “This story […]
Author : Tobi Ogundiran Narrator : Opie Ogundiran Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Goatkeeper’s Harvest” was originally published in The Dark. Special thanks to the author for helping us find a reader. From the author: “When I was seven, I spent the summer on my aunt’s goat […]
Author : Liam Hogan Narrator : Ant Bacon Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 815: Stinkpit is a PseudoPod original. Ben Wheatley interview A Field in England trailer Under the Earth trailer Stinkpit by Liam Hogan John Arnold’s traps were full; too many rabbits for one man’s needs. […]
Author : Alfred McLelland Burrage Narrator : Marc Burrows Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Green Scarf” originally appeared in The London Magazine, August 1926 The Green Scarf By A.M. Burrage When the Wellingford family became extinct the days of Wellingford Hall as one of the great country […]
Author : Mário Coelho Narrator : Bryce Dahle Host : M. M. Schill Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 813: A Belly Full of Spiders is a PseudoPod original. A Belly Full of Spiders by Mário Coelho Alone in a dark basement, Davey’s learned to do much without his eyes. He can […]
There are a number of short stories in anthologies and collections that deserve to get in front of more readers. We want to shine more light across our community and widen our circle to make room for more writers and readers. We and our audience love short fiction, and we never have enough space to […]
Author : Christi Nogle Narrator : Sheila Regan Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Old Switcheroo” will appear in the anthology What One Wouldn’t Do from Scott J. Moses in autumn 2021. The publisher has given permission for the exclusivity period to be waived. The Old Switcheroo By […]
Author : Lesley Hart Gunn Narrator : Autumn Ivy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 811: No One Really Lives Alone is a PseudoPod original. No One Really Lives Alone by Lesley Hart Gunn When the priest comes to your house to vanquish your demons, draped in ancient […]
Author : Greg Stolze Narrators : Dave Robison and Poppy Beaujolais Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 810: Her Face All Teeth is a PseudoPod original. Her Face, All Teeth by Greg Stolze Denny did not want to spy on the confessional, but at the same time, he […]
Author : R.A. Busby Narrator : Lois Tate Host : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “A Pearl as Red as Sin” originally appeared as “Baby” to open the anthology Good Southern Witches A Pearl as Red as Sin by R. A. Busby The baby bit hard into my flesh and […]
Author : Lisa Tuttle Narrator : Kat Day Host : M. M. Schill Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Food Man” was originally published in Crank! and was nominated for an Otherwise Award, known at the time as the Tiptree Award. Food Man by Lisa Tuttle Dinner was the real problem. Mornings, it […]
Author : M. A. Blanchard Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Premee Mohamed Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 807: The Bleak Communion of Abandoned Things is a PseudoPod original. The Bleak Communion of Abandoned Things by M. A. Blanchard I accept the house in lieu of a settlement. I don’t want […]
Author : Christopher Matson Narrator : Dan Rabarts Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 806 : Garden Empire is a PseudoPod original. Insects, lots of insects Garden Empire by Chris Matson I’d bought the house only the week before, when I was still in possession both of my […]
Author : Margery Lawrence Narrator : Barry J. Northern Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Fifteenth Green” was first published in Nights of the Round Table, 1926. Yard Act-Land of the Blind If You Build It, They Will Move: The Los Angeles Freeway System and the Displacement of […]
Authors : John Wiswell, Owen Duffy and Clayton Hackett Narrators : Kaz, The Word Whore and Marguerite Kenner Host : Samuel Poots Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Tentacle and You” was originally published in Nature Futures back in 2019. “Backers” is a PseudoPod Original “Your Honor, My Undead Client Opposes the […]
Author : Jennifer Hudak Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie The Cat Lady and the Petitioner by Jennifer Hudak Laurie stands in front of a door. It’s old but solid, as many old things are. Whatever paint once covered it has long since worn away, and the wood […]
Authors : John Wiswell, Owen Duffy and Clayton Hackett Narrators : Kaz, The Word Whore and Marguerite Kenner Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Tentacle and You” was originally published in Nature Futures back in 2019. “Backers” is a PseudoPod Original “Your Honor, My Undead Client Opposes the […]
Author : Lindz McLeod Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 803: Them At Number Seventy-Four is a PseudoPod original. Them At Number Seventy-Four by Lindz McLeod When body number four is discovered, Mrs Patterson thinks that surely now she and her husband will be […]
Author : Suzan Palumbo Narrator : Premee Mohamed Host : Karissa Sluss Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Laughter Among the Trees” was previously published by The Dark Magazine on February 1st 2021. Laughter Among the Trees By Suzan Palumbo The highway to the campground cuts through the granite Laurentian Plateau like a […]
Author : Emily Rigole Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 801: The Bear Across the Way is a PseudoPod original. The Bear Across the Way by Emily Rigole I paid no more attention to the bear than I would have any new neighbors. Despite […]
Author : Charles Robert Maturin Narrator : Kurt Kuersteiner Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Parricide’s Tale” is an excerpt from a larger work, the notorious Gothic Novel Melmoth The Wanderer (1820) Wikipedia article on Melmoth The Wanderer This week’s quote The Parricide’s Tale by Charles Robert Maturin It […]
Author : Josh Rountree Narrator : Diane Severson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “February Moon” originally appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies in May, 2020, and was the first in a series of monster stories I’m writing that take place in old Texas. February Moon by Josh Rountree Something […]
Authors : Donyae Coles, Mary Berman and Kat Day Narrators : Cherrae L. Stuart, Suna Dasi and Katherine Inskip Host : M. M. Schill Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Sometimes Boys Don’t Know” was originally published in the July 2021 issue of Nightmare Magazine. “Human Body as Compendium” is a PseudoPod original. […]
For your consideration we present the Escape Artists stories that ran in 2021 which are eligible in the upcoming award nomination season. The list of individual stories for PseudoPod follows in order of publication can be found below, or all year long as we go along. 2021 first publications: 743: If It Bit You by […]
Author : Seán Padraic Birnie Narrator : J.S. Arquin Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “New to It All” first appeared in the collection I Would Haunt You If I Could published in March of 2021 by Undertow. New To It All by Seán Padraic Birnie My first girlfriend, […]
Author : Michael Picco Narrator : Ben Gideon Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Horse Leech Has Two Maws” was originally published in The Jewish Book of Horror This story deals with the Holocaust. This story has an academic frame and that the text on the website has […]
Author : Agatha Christie Narrator : Kat Day Host : Gemma Amor Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums ‘The Last Seance’ was first published in Ghost Stories, November 1926 The Last Séance by Agatha Christie Raoul Daubreuil crossed the Seine humming a little tune to himself. He was a good-looking young Frenchman of […]
Author : B.W. Sliney Narrator : John Bell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums ‘The Man Who Was Saved’ was first published in Weird Tales, May 1926 The Man Who Was Saved By B. W. Sliney ‘Only I escaped.’ The man whom they had found adrift in the dory […]
Author : E.F. Benson Narrator : Marc Burrows Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producers : Chelsea Davis and Shawn Garrett Discuss on Forums “And No Bird Sings” was first published in the magazine Woman, December 1926. “Birdsong & Elemental Slug” soundbed by Shawn M. Garrett, dedicated to Adi Newton & The Anti-Group (TAGC) And No […]
Author : D. H. Lawrence Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Rocking-Horse Winner” was first published in Harper’s Bazaar, July 1926. The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no […]
Authors : Eric J. Guignard, Can Wiggins, Hailey Piper and Anthony Oliveira Narrators : Victoria Winnick, Kitty Sarkozy, Brian Lieberman and Dave Robison Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Feast for Small Pieces” was originally published in The Bronzeville Bee in 2019 and reprinted in the collection Unfortunate Elements […]
Author : Orrin Grey Narrator : Nicola Burke Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Artist : Kitty Sarkozy Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 790: The Humbug is a PseudoPod original. The Humbug By Orrin Grey Joshua caught it in a glass jar with holes poked in the lid. He came running up to […]
Author : Jamie Grimes Narrator : Devante Johnson Host : Tonia Ransom Audio Producers : Marty Perrett and Jen Zink Discuss on Forums “I Will Not Walk in Darkness” originally appeared in the anthology Georgia Gothic and “High Water Slack” was first published by the IGNYTE Award Winning publication NightLight The song in “I Will […]
Southern Nightmares Volume Two Smothered, Scattered, and Covered Submission Guidelines Southern Nightmares Volume Two: Smothered, Scattered, & Covered will be the second anthology organized as a group effort from members of the Atlanta Chapter of the Horror Writers Association. One of PseudoPod’s co-editors, Alex Hofelich, also helped edit the first volume and will be returning […]
Author : A.C. Wise Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Stories We Tell About Ghosts” was originally published in Looming Low: Volume I and reprinted this year in A.C. Wise’s new collection, The Ghost Sequences. The Stories We Tell About Ghosts by A.C. Wise […]
Author : Richard E. Dansky Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “On Seas of Blood and Salt” originally appeared in The Jewish Book of Horror On Seas Of Blood And Salt Richard Dansky This is what Reb Palache does when he finds a ship crewed […]
Author : Richard E. Dansky Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 786: Licking Roadkill is a PseudoPod original. Licking Roadkill by Richard Dansky Cole was licking the highway when the cops picked him up the night before Thanksgiving. Reckless endangerment, they said, and obstructing […]
Author : Lisa Tuttle Narrator : Julie Hoverson Host : Kitty Sarkozy Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Closet Dreams” was originally published in PostScripts and was a finalist for the Stoker Award. Content Warnings Child Abuse, Stalking, Abduction, Confinement, Sexual Assault [collapse] Closet Dreams by Lisa Tuttle Something terrible happened to me […]
Author : Laird Barron Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “American Remake of a Japanese Ghost Story” was originally released by Crystal Lake Publishing in the anthology There Is No Death, There Are No Dead American Remake Of A Japanese Ghost Story Laird Barron There’s […]
Author : Gemma Files Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Sleep Hygiene” was first published in Nightmare’s Realm: New Tales of the Weird and Fantastic and reprinted this year in the collection In That Endlessness, Our End Audio Production & DreamBed, assembled from various field […]
Author : Alasdair Stuart Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 782: The Halloween Parade is a PseudoPod original. THE 2021 HALLOWEEN PARADE by Alasdair Stuart The Parade is back this year. Socially distanced, with masks and vaccinations mandatory, of course. But as you settle […]
Authors : Ash Beker, Alasdair Stuart and Summer Fletcher Narrators : Imogen Harris, Marty Perrett, Wilson Fowlie, Peter Adrian Behravesh, Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Mur Lafferty, M. M. Schill, Alex Hofelich, Shawn Garrett, Scott Campbell, Kat Day, Graeme Dunlop and Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Marguerite Kenner, Ciaran ‘Zalia’ Roberts, Lillian Boyd and Peter Wood Artist : […]
Author : Orrin Grey Narrator : Lalana Dara Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Screen Haunt” was first published in It Came from the Multiplex, published by Hex Publishers in September 2020 Screen Haunt by Orrin Grey “What are you afraid of?” Jeanne asks, kicking her feet on the […]
Author : Luciano Marano Narrator : Robert C. Eccles Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Flickering Dusk Of The Video God” was originally published in the 2020 anthology Monsters, Movies & Mayhem Flickering Dusk Of The Video God by Luciano Maeano A fresh burst of white noise roars through […]
Author : Audrey R. Hollis Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Trowel, Brush, Bones” was originally published in the Iron Horse Literary Review in January 2021 Sites that help with and advocate for the safety for women: Reclaim These Streets Safeline Women’s Aid Trowel, Brush, Bones […]
Author : Frank Oreto Narrator : Katie Gill Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 778: Live From The End Of The World is a PseudoPod original. Live from the End of the World by Frank Oreto Highway 28 vanished and reappeared as the windshield wipers fought a losing […]
Authors : Margaret St. Clair, G.G. Pendarves and Michael Kelly Narrators : Simon Meddings, David Darke and Jimmy Horrors Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Family” was first Published in Weird Tales in January 1950 This is an abridged version of “The Devil’s Graveyard” which first appeared in […]
Author : Marianne Halbert Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Papa’s Wrench and the Wind Chime” was originally published by Mocha Memoirs Press in The Grotesquerie (2014) and reprinted in her collection, Cold Comforts (Crossroad Press, 2019). Papa’s Wrench and the Wind Chime By Marianne […]
Author : Michael McDowell Narrator : Jessica Nettles Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Miss Mack” was first published in the 1986 anthology Halloween Horrors When Miss Mack showed up in Babylon in the late summer of 1957, nobody knew what to think of her. She had come from a little town called Pine Cone, and had a brother back there who did ladies’ hair in his...
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Author : Dan Fields Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 774: Vanity, Vanity is a PseudoPod original. The author had this to share about this piece: “Gothic rural horror and the amorphous disposition of evil have long preoccupied me. Moral and spiritual diffidence have weighed on my mind more recently. The troubling and self...
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Author : M.L. Humphreys Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Floor Above” was originally published in the May 1923 issue of Weird Tales SEPTEMBER 17, 1922. — I sat down to breakfast this morning with a good appetite. The heat seemed over, and a cool wind blew in from my garden, where chrysanthemums were already budding.
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Authors : Chelsea Davis, Evan J. Peterson and Sarah Turi Boshear Narrators : Halloween Bloodfrost, Kitty Sarkozy and Kara Grace Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 772: Flash on the Borderlands LVII: The Loving Gaze of the Abyss is a PseudoPod original. “Five Films Reviewed by Dr. Frankenstein’s Creature” was originally published in Weird Tales in 2012.
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Authors : Allen Zhang and Edogawa Ranpo Narrator : Ron Jon Hosts : Kat Day and Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 771: The Human Chair is a PseudoPod original. “The Human Chair” was originally published in Kuraku, October 1925, as “Ningen Isu.” As this story is in the public domain in its original Japanese, we thought a new translation would be a fascinating...
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Author : Clark Ashton-Smith Narrator : Dr. Hal Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Garden of Adompha” originally appeared in Weird Tales, April 1938 Lord of the sultry, red parterres And orchards sunned by hell’s unsetting flame! Amid thy garden blooms the Tree which bears Unnumbered heads of demons for its fruit; And, like a slithering serpent...
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Author : Mjke Wood Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 769: Songs in a Lesser Known Key is a PseudoPod original. From the author, “I’ve played saxophone and clarinet in big bands for more years than I care to admit to. And while I have performed Artie Shaw’s Nightmare once or twice (and as far as I know the audiences have largely...
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Author : Eugie Foster Narrator : Jasmine Blake Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Perfidious Beauty” was originally published in the anthology Embark to Madness Beauty knelt over the cooling body of her husband, the prince. The elegant clock in the foyer, carved from ebony and teak, struck the midnight hour. The twelve tiny peals: the bells of heaven tolling...
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The British Fantasy Society shortlist has been announced, revealing that both PseudoPod and PodCastle have both been nominated under the Best Audio category! We are honored to share a list with a number of truly stunning artists, not just on the audio shortlist, but the entire list of British Fantasy Award nominees. Also a PodCastle story is up for Best Short Fiction: John Wiswell’s 8-Bit Free...
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Author : Greye La Spina Narrator : Dennis Robinson Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Death Has Red Hair” was originally published in Weird Tales in September of 1942. This story is surprising in being an early entry that is unabashedly feminist with multiple shades of “street harassment” on display. We three men were hugging the open fire closely.
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Author : P.G. Galalis Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Knock, Knock, Wolf” was originally published in Flame Tree’s Gothic Fantasy anthology, Footsteps in the Dark, in October 2020 It was time to kill the sparrows. Every autumn, after the last leaves fell and the bare trees rattled their bone song to an empty sky...
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Author : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Narrator : Jasmine Blake Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 765: The Child Feast of Harridan Sack is a PseudoPod original. I plant a whisper in my daughter’s hair when her shoulders shake and hunch up to her ears. It’s only a story, I say. I turn the page; I’ve resolved her fears. It’s only a story. That is what mothers say...
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Author : Jordan Kurella Narrator : Sevatividam Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Hollow Tree” was previously published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies in November 8, 2018 (Issue #264) Sevatividam would let to give a shoutout to Dan of Groundcrew Studios in Charlotte NC. She recorded “The Hollow Tree” and “Grave Mother” there and he did a spectacular good job...
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Author : Leanna Renee Hieber Narrator : Joe Williams Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Charged” was first published in Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells (Tor Books, 2011) The reader, Joe Williams, would like to dedicate the reading to their Father who recently passed away: “Allan Williams was Joe’s hero. Never short of experiences to share or advice to give he...
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Author : Amelia Reynolds Long Narrator : Spencer Disparti Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Thought Monster” originally appeared in Weird Tales in March 1930 Fiend Without A Face resources: Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTLRyLnqCH4 Wikipedia Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiend_Without_a_Face Fiend without a Face and it’s surprising...
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Author : Mary Elizabeth Counselman Narrator : George Cleveland Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Black Stone Statue” was first published in Weird Tales, December 1937 We can’t help but wonder what Counselman would think of Annihilation. Directors, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. Gentlemen: Today I have just received aboard the S. S.
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Author : Eugie Foster Narrator : Kara Grace Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 760: Akiko’s Legacy is a PseudoPod original. “Mother, why are Grandma and Gramps ashamed of Father?” Akiko smoothed back the unruly curls from her son’s face. Robert needed a haircut. The tips of his brown hair had begun to feather up around his ears. His father’s hair had...
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Author : G.G. Pendarves Narrator : Ben Meredith Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Withered Heart” was originally published in the November 1939 issue of Weird Tales As this was originally published as a novelette and a bit long for an episode of PseudoPod, staff turned this into […]
Author : Geneve Flynn Narrator : E. R. Zhang Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Little Worm” was originally published in the anthology Black Cranes Little Worm by Geneve Flynn Ping-ping-ping-ping. The incessant chiming underscored the cabbie’s music and the occasional blare of a horn. Theresa wondered what the […]
Authors : Couri Johnson, Dorothy Quick, Trace Conger and Peter Adam Salomon Narrators : Eliza Chan, Dave Thompson, Amanda Ching and Lisa Hicks Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Woman the Spiders Loved” first appeared in Penultimate Peanut and was reprinted in her 2020 collection I’ll Tell You […]
Author : Luciano Marano Narrator : Julian Bane Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 756: To Witness is a PseudoPod original. Though the author is a professional photojournalist and has covered many car crashes, all characters, events, and organizations depicted in this story are fictional. Bad Samaritan (YouTube […]
Author : Alan Baxter Narrator : Dan Rabarts Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Exquisite” first appeared in the 2019 collection Served Cold. “On the Eyeball Floor” by Tina Connolly Scarfolk Hookland Exquisite by Alan Baxter Tim Rinneman had never met a lock he couldn’t pick. It was his […]
Authors : Matt Thompson, Glynn R. Forsythe and Alexandra Duncan Narrators : Kat Day, Karlo Yeager Rodriguez and Tina Connolly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 754: Flash on the Borderlands LV: The Easily Digested Hurt is a PseudoPod original. “Step Down, Step Down” is a PseudoPod original […]
Author : David Stevens Narrator : Halloween Bloodfrost Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Boulevardier” originally appeared in the anthology Love Hurts, from Meerkat Press. Each of the neighbours the boulevardier refers to in this story have appeared in their own published tales, as have others who live […]
Author : Donna J. W. Munro Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Karen Bovenmyer Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 752: It Rises From Between My Bones is a PseudoPod original. Cancer, Chemotherapy It Rises from Between My Bones By Donna J. W. Munro Sitting on the toilet for the first sleepy […]
Author : Scott Beggs Narrator : Premee Mohamed Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “As Well as the Infirm” was originally published in Dark Moon Digest, April 2020 From the author: “The title comes from a section in the Hippocratic Oath: ‘I will remember that I remain a member […]
Author : Sarah Gailey Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Peter Adrian Behravesh Discuss on Forums “Bargain” first appeared in Mothership Zeta (Dec 2015) Bargain by Sarah Gailey Malachai loved his work. He loved wandering among the trappings of enormous wealth and influence, seeing the baubles that humans excreted to […]
Author : Dorothy Quick Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Artist and the Door” was first published in Weird Tales in November 1952 The Artist and the Door by Dorothy Quick The advent of the artist and the door was almost simultaneous. I have […]
Author : Natalia Theodoridou Narrators : Scott Campbell, Graeme Dunlop, Kitty Sarkozy, Kat Day, Alex Hofelich, Jamie Grimes, Shawn Garrett, Karen Bovenmyer, Adrian Howard, Timothy Menzel, Christiana Ellis, Nika Harper and Marguerite Kenner Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Notes on a Resurrection” was originally published in Strange Horizons […]
Authors : Jon Padgett and Matthew M. Bartlett Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Chelsea Davis and Shawn Garrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 748: The Infinite Error is a PseudoPod original. This is this story’s first time appearing to the public. It will be included in the forthcoming collaborative collection […]
Author : Sarah Day Narrator : Kat Day Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 747: Keeping House is a PseudoPod original. Keeping House by Sarah Day “Isn’t it cute?” Keishya, the realtor, spread her arms in the center of the kitchen like a starlet in center stage. “It’s […]
Author : Josh Rountree Narrator : Jarius Durnett Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Rattlesnake Song” originally appeared in July 2019 in the the anthology Triangulation: Dark Skies. Rattlesnake Song by Josh Rountree The Last Picture Show came to the movie house on the square in the fall of […]
Author : Maria Haskins Narrator : Larissa Thompson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Cleaver, Meat, and Block” was originally published in Black Static #73 in January 2020. Cleaver, Meat, and Block by Maria Haskins The first thing Hannah learned when she came to live with her grandparents after […]
Author : Marisca Pichette Narrator : Autumn Ivy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 744: This Wet Red is a PseudoPod original. This Wet Red by Marisca Pichette I lie listening to a mouse in the wall. Its tiny feet scrabbling across worn boards; its tiny heart beating […]
Authors : Gordon B. White, Donyae Coles and William Faulkner Narrators : Dave Robison, Graeme Dunlop and Tonia Ransom Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 743: Flash on the Borderlands LIV: Stage Three: The Bargain is a PseudoPod original. Content warning: Spoiler Racial slurs, systemic racism [collapse] “The […]
Author : Frank Belknap Long Narrator : Andrew Leman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums This story was first published in Weird Tales, December 1925. The Sea Thing by Frank Belknap Long JULY 16—We are caught in one of the great calms. There is water in the well, and […]
Author : Edward Lucas White Narrator : Phil Lunt Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Lukundoo” was first published in Weird Tales, November 1925 Content warning: Spoiler Racial slurs, systemic racism, colonialism [collapse] Lukundoo by Edward Lucas White “It stands to reason,” said Twombly, “that a man must accept […]
Author : Marjorie Bowen Narrator : Paul S. Jenkins Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Kecksies” was first published in Regent Magazine, January 25, 1925 Kecksies by Marjorie Bowen Two young esquires were riding from Canterbury, jolly and drunk, they shouted and trolled and rolled in their saddles as […]
Author : Margery Lawrence Narrators : Lucy McCloughlin and Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums First published in Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine, July 1925. – “Morag-of-the-Cave” is an evocative tale of lovers from the sea that predates that fateful visit to Innsmouth by over a decade. But […]
Author : Edith Wharton Narrators : Christiana Ellis and Dave Robison Host : Shawn Garrett Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Bewitched” was first published in Pictorial Review, March 1925 The pre-episode warning excerpt is from the beginning of “The Electronic Plague” by Edward Hades and it first appeared in Weird Tales, April […]
Author : Kurt Fawver Narrators : Scott Campbell, Karen Bovenmyer, Chelsea Davis, Graeme Dunlop, Alex Hofelich, Brian Lieberman, S. Kay Nash, Kitty Sarkozy, Kaz and Timothy Menzel Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Workday” first appeared in Shadows and Tall Trees 8 which was published by Undertow in March […]
Author : Lee Murray Narrator : Heath Miller Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Lifeblood” was first published in Grimdark Magazine, edited by Adrian Collins and was republished in Lee Murray’s first collection Grotesque: Monster Stories. From the afterword: “‘Lifeblood’, with its mean-spirited prejudice towards immigrants, pits one marginalised […]
Author : Tim Major Narrator : Simon Meddings Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Slow King” originally appeared in the 2020 Anthology The Fiends in the Furrows 2: More Tales of Folk Horror. Reviews by Christi Nogle and read by Kat Day for The Fiends in the Furrows […]
Author : Couri Johnson Narrators : Graeme Dunlop and Kitty Sarkozy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Anatomist” first appeared in Orba/Artifact and was reprinted in her 2020 collection I’ll Tell You a Love Story. Review by Kitty Sarkozy for I’ll Tell You a Love Story the 2020 collection […]
Author : Steve Rasnic Tem Narrator : David Powell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Late Sleepers” was first published in It Came from the Multiplex, published by Hex Publishers in September 2020 Reviews of It Came from the Multiplex edited by Josh Viola and Echoes of a Natural […]
Author : Christopher Slatsky Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Devil Gonna Catch You in the Corners” first appeared in Strange Aeons Magazine #20 (2016) Reviews at the end by co-Editor Alex Hofelich, read by Associate Editor Scott Campbell. The Immeasurable Corpse of Nature is […]
Author : Elaine Cuyegkeng Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums This story was originally published in Black Cranes edited by Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn. (2020) Reviews at the end by Associate Editor M.M. Schill, read by Assistant Editor Karen Bovenmyer. Black Cranes is […]
Author : Wendy N. Wagner Narrator : Kara Grace Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 730: The Smell of Night in the Basement is a PseudoPod original. Content warning: Spoiler Gutter vampires, exploitation [collapse] The Smell of Night in the Basement by Wendy N. Wagner I looked up […]
Authors : Kitty Sarkozy, Jessica Ann York, Jamie Grimes and Alasdair Stuart Narrators : Kaz, Jennie Agerton, Alex Hofelich and Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 729: What We Talk About When We Talk About Cooking Country & The Halloween Parade is a PseudoPod original. Please […]
Author : A.C. Wise Narrator : Tonia Ransom Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 728: Teeth Long and Sharp as Blades is a PseudoPod original. Teeth Long and Sharp as Blades by A.C. Wise Have you ever thought about how fairy tale heroines are like final girls? We […]
Author : Jeffrey Thomas Narrator : Scott Campbell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Uninvited Grave” originally appeared in the braided story collection The Unnamed Country published by Word Horde in 2019. Roadkill by Mercedes Lackey Heavenly Creatures trailer The Uninvited Grave by Jeffrey Thomas “Fuck my mother!” […]
Author : John Waterfall Narrator : Kaz Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Artist : Deena Salzman Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 726: The Sneakaboo is a PseudoPod original. The Sneakaboo by John Waterfall I bought the walrus at the carnival off I-95. The one that sets up in the lot next to […]
Author : August Derleth Narrator : Andrew Leman Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Lonesome Place” was first published in Famous Fantastic Mysteries (February 1948) and collected in Lonesome Places (1962). Submitted for the Approval of the Midnight Pals: https://gumroad.com/l/UEPhV The Lonesome Place by August Derleth You who […]
Authors : Lyndsie Manusos, Eugenia Triantafyllou and Sarah Read Narrators : Omega Francis, Carly Bergey and Madeline Ruth Somerville Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 724: Flash on the Borderlands LIII: What Dreams May Come is a PseudoPod original. “The Funeral Coat” is a PseudoPod original. “Cherry Wood […]
Author : Isabel Cañas Narrator : Sandra Espinoza Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 723: Silver as the Devil’s Necklace is a PseudoPod original. La Llorona Wiki Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona Old Gods of Appalachia https://www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/ La Llorona Folk Song https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona_(song) Silver as the Devil’s Necklace by Isabel Cañas A […]
Author : Matt Cardin Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Teeth” was the first story published at “Thomas Ligotti Online” in 1998. It was later reprinted in The Children of Cthulhu in 2002, in Dark Awakenings in 2010, and in the excellent 2019 collection “To […]
Author : Matt Cardin Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Teeth” was the first story published at “Thomas Ligotti Online” in 1998. It was later reprinted in The Children of Cthulhu in 2002, in Dark Awakenings in 2010, and in the excellent 2019 collection “To […]
Author : Donyae Coles Narrator : Laurice White Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 720: Seance is a PseudoPod original. Séance by Donyae Coles I have not performed since that evening, and even now I do not know if it is merely psychological or if there is some […]
Author : Mary Elizabeth Counselman Narrator : Robert C. Eccles Hosts : Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Cordona’s Skull” was first published in Weird Tales, July 1950 Cordona’s Skull by Mary Elizabeth Counselman Joe “Fresno” Talley dropped his cigarette butt on the sidewalk and ground it […]
Author : Suzan Palumbo Narrator : Arielle John Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Artist : Brandon Kawashima Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 718: Tara’s Mother’s Skin is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler “Being from Trinidad, Caribbean folklore was a large part of my childhood. I grew up with stories about jumbies and La […]
Author : Richard E. Dansky Narrator : Kris Straub Host : Soren Narnia Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Mad Eyes of the Heron King” originally appeared in the anthology Dark Faith, Apex Publishing, 2010 The Mad Eyes of the Heron King by Richard Dansky There was a lake or something like […]
Author : Evan Marcroft Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 716: Big Brother is a PseudoPod original. “Although I have a younger sister, I’ve always felt more like a single child, since we were never very close. Ever since I was little I wondered […]
Authors : Selena Chambers and Jesse Bullington Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Jordan Shiveley Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Dive In Me” first appeared in The New Gothic, edited by Beth Lewis and published by Stone Skin Press in 2013. Caring into the Void: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caring-into-the-void/id1348004415 Hot Singles in Your Area — […]
Author : Hal Ellson Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Blackout” was originally published in Mantrap, October 1956 Dave Robison’s new domain: https://butterymanvoice.com/ Frankee White: https://twitter.com/frankee_white 20 Fists: https://gumroad.com/fdwhite#FVqmz Blackout by Hal Ellson It’s a hot night. I got that uneasy feeling again and I […]
Author : Mira Grant Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “You Can Stay All Day” was originally published in 2017 in Nights of the Living Dead and reprinted in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror. You Can Stay All Day by Mira Grant The merry-go-round was still […]
Authors : Drew Czernik, Jennifer Gardner and Desmond Warzel Narrators : Karlo Yeager Rodriguez, Autumn Ivy and Summer Fletcher Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 712: Flash on the Borderlands LII: You Know What You Are is a PseudoPod original. https://junjiitomanga.fandom.com/wiki/The_Enigma_of_Amigara_Fault The Boy in the Mirror by Drew […]
Author : Jonathan Louis Duckworth Narrator : Larissa Thompson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 711: Les Lutins is a PseudoPod original. Content warning: Spoiler miscarriage, animal harm [collapse] EA YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtLeMuTcFDtF2C3MiF6GPfQ EA Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/eapodcasts/videos Spoiler Search & Rescue Creepypasta https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/I%27m_a_Search_and_Rescue_Officer_for_the_US_Forest_Service,_I_Have_Some_Stories_to_Tell CreepyPod https://www.creepypod.com/ The Hole in the Ground […]
Author : Charlotte Riddell Narrator : Cian Mac Mahon Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Sandy the Tinker” originally appeared in the collection Weird Stories in 1882 Sandy the Tinker by Charlotte Riddell “Before commencing my story, I wish to state it is perfectly true in every particular.” “We […]
Author : Richard E. Dansky Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Unhaunted House” originally appeared at Storytellers Unplugged, 2006 Unhaunted House by Richard Dansky They huddled in the bathroom on the second floor, a family of three, afraid. Tap. Tap tap. Tap. The sounds came […]
Author : Stephen Graham Jones Narrator : Eric Luke Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Tenderizer” was first published in the movie themed anthology The Cutting Room where it shared a Table of Contents with “Final Girl Theory” by A.C. Wise. Content warning: Spoiler death of a child, school […]
Author : P.R. Dean Narrator : Scott Campbell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 707: Crybaby is a PseudoPod original. Per the author, “I watched several Michael Haneke films, back to back, one evening. A brilliant director, but not exactly light entertainment. The bleak, disturbing world of the […]
Author : Charlotte Perkins Gilman Narrators : Leeman Kessler and John Meagher Host : Gwendolyn Kiste Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Giant Wistaria” was first published in the New England Magazine, June 1891 with the byline “Charlotte P. Stetson.” The Giant Wistaria by Charlotte Perkins Gilman “Meddle not with my new […]
Author : D.P. Watt Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Vertep” was first published in The First Book of Classical Horror Stories, ed. D.F. Lewis, with Megazanthus Press in 2012 and then reprinted in Watt’s collection The Phantasmagorical Imperative, Egaeus Press, 2014. Interview with Colin […]
Author : Christi Nogle Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 704: Resilience is a PseudoPod original. Escape Pod turns 15! Preorder the anthology! Check out the other news here: https://mailchi.mp/e7810b939179/escape-pod-turns-15 Resilience by Christi Nogle Jason gets home while I’m at the sink. He […]
Author : Orrin Grey Narrator : Orrin Grey Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Dream House” was first published in Gothic Lovecraft in 2016 Escape Pod turns 15! Preorder the anthology! Check out the other news here: https://mailchi.mp/e7810b939179/escape-pod-turns-15 Creepy Podcast https://www.creepypod.com/ Channel Zero: Candle Cove https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candle_Cove Kris Straub https://twitter.com/krisstraub […]
Author : E.F. Benson Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “At the Farmhouse” first appeared in Hutchinson’s Magazine, March 1923 At the Farmhouse by E.F. Benson The dusk of a November day was falling fast when John Aylsford came out of his lodging in the […]
Author : John Langan Narrator : George Hrab Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Technicolor” was first published in Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy and Horror in 2009 The inspiration, “The Masque of the Red Death”, was read on PodCastle and can be found here The […]
Author : Edgar Allan Poe Narrator : John Bell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Hop Frog” was first published in the March 7, 1849 Flag of Our Union. Twitch eapodcasts Hop Frog Animated Version Content warning: Spoiler Ableism, fatphobia, sharpening the guillotines [collapse] Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe […]
Authors : Bradley H. Sinor, Selena Chambers and Edgar Allan Poe Narrators : Matt Franklin, Tatiana Grey and Wayne Johnson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “A Dark Bird” was first published in Flush Fiction II, by Yard Dog Press in 2016 “Dr. Lambshead’s Dark Room” was first published […]
Author : Morgan Sylvia Narrator : Justine Eyre Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 698: Of Marrow and Abomination is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler Montauk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Project USS Eldridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Eldridge#Philadelphia_Experiment Gideon Falls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Falls Tanis: http://tanispodcast.com/ [collapse] Of Marrow and Abomination by Morgan Sylvia I am very young when I […]
Author : Christine Lucas Narrator : Danielle Imara Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 697: Five Fridays During Lent is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler “The Greek countryside crawls with legends of undead. They are a blend of what we today call vampires, ghouls and zombies, and they almost […]
Author : Morley Roberts Narrator : Ant Bacon Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Fog” first appeared in The Strand Magazine in October 1908 and was collected in MIDSUMMER MADNESS in 1909. The Fog by Morley Roberts The fog had been thickening for many weeks, but now, moving […]
Discuss on Forums All cat stories start with this statement: “My mother, who was the first cat, told me this…” It is said that in Ulthar, which lies beyond the river Skai, no man may kill a cat; and this I can verily believe as I gaze upon him who sitteth purring before the fire. For the […]
Author : Sarah Gribble Narrator : S. Kay Nash Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Muse” first appeared in Tales of Blood and Squalor in 2017 Muse by Sarah Gribble I noticed him on a Saturday morning. He was fingering tomato plants across the square, nodding every so often […]
Author : Margery Lawrence Narrator : Lewis Davies Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Robin’s Rath” first appeared in Hutchinson’s Story Magazine, Nov 1923 Robin’s Rath by Margery Lawrence ‘So ye’re goin’ to buy Robin’s Rath, young lady?’ Ellen Vandermyl raised her arched brows with a touch of hauteur […]
Authors : Avery Kit Malone, Lauren Ring and Chantal Beaulne Narrators : Hugo Jackson, Kitty Sarkozy and Alexis Goble Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 693: Flash on the Borderlands L: Flash Fiction Contest 6 Winners is a PseudoPod original. Third Place: The Animals Are Becoming by Chantal […]
Author : Johnny Compton Narrator : Cherrae L. Stuart Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 692: FFUNS is a PseudoPod original. FFUNS by Johnny Compton Holding the unlabeled black video cassette somehow reassured her of the legitimacy of its contents. With that reassurance came effervescent nausea, an ugly, […]
Author : Robin Husen Narrator : Halloween Bloodfrost Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Half-Men of the Night Marie” first appeared in Phobos magazine issue 4, published in 2017 From the Author: Spoiler “Moby Dick is one of my favourite novels, and this story is inspired by the same […]
Author : Stewart Moore Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 690: The Aetherised Chamber is a PseudoPod original. In its inspiration this is sort of a science fiction story: I was reading about 17th century scientists and wondered, “What if they were right?” The […]
Author : Alexis Ames Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Ages of Man” was previously published with Underbelly ‘Zine, Issue 3 Spoiler “We’ve often heard of science fiction stories where humans construct the perfect mate for themselves–in this one, I wanted to explore an android […]
Author : Alice Glaser Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Tunnel Ahead” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1961 The Tunnel Ahead by Alice Glaser The floor of the topolino was full of sand. There was sand in Toni’s […]
Author : Michael Joseph Narrator : Phil Lunt Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Yellow Cat” originally published in Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine, June 1924 Trophy RPG: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/trophy-rpg?ref=discovery&term=trophy Duggan Hill Podcast: https://dugganhill.com/ The Walken Puss In Boots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEjKmsMkPKQ The Yellow Cat by Michael Joseph It all began when Grey was followed […]
Author : Otis Adelbert Kline Narrator : Sean D. Sorrentino Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Phantom Rider” originally appeared in Weird Tales, November 1924 The Phantom Rider by Otis Adelbert Kline Big Bill Hawkins laid the trap with admirable precision. Every little detail had been worked out […]
Authors : C.M. Eddy, Jr. and H.P. Lovecraft Narrator : Andrew Leman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Loved Dead” originally published in Weird Tales, May-June-July 1924 The Loved Dead by C.M. Eddy Jr. & H.P. Lovecraft It is midnight. Before dawn they will find me and take […]
Author : Richard Connell Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums ‘The Most Dangerous Game” was originally published in the January 19, 1924 issue of Collier’s The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell “Off there to the right—somewhere—is a large island,” said Whitney. “It’s rather a […]
Author : Agatha Christie Narrator : B.J. Harrison Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums ‘The Mystery of the Blue Jar’ was first published in the UK in issue 233 of The Grand Magazine in July 1924 and in the US in Metropolitan Magazine the same year. Reprinted in The […]
Author : Jack Westlake Narrator : Pippa Alice Stephens Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums ‘Pomegranate Pomegranate” was originally published in Black Static #69 in May of 2019. It was reprinted in the August 2019 issue of The Dark. Pomegranate Pomegranate by Jack Westlake This is what she knows: […]
Author : C.L. Holland Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “A Night of Many Months” was first published in Every Day Fiction 25th Dec 2017 A Night of Many Months by C.L. Holland He’d wondered, when he started the job, why he needed a belt […]
Author : Mildred Clingerman Narrator : Karen Bovenmyer Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Wild Wood” was originally published by The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1957 Content Warning: Spoiler Sexual Assault, Abuse, Captivity [collapse] Do you find most perfumes reek of banality and bad French […]
Author : Gwendolyn Kiste Narrator : Rachel Lackey Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Woman Out of the Attic” was originally published in Flame Tree’s Haunted House anthology Out this week is The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters. This coming-of-age horror novel focuses on a group […]
Author : Rosemary Hayes Narrator : Heath Miller Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 678: The Boy Who Killed His Mother is a PseudoPod original. Content Warning: Spoiler gun violence [collapse] The Boy Who Killed His Mother by Rosemary Hayes Nobody wanted to play with the boy who […]
Author : Orrin Grey Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “When a Beast Looks Up at the Stars” was first published in Orrin’s third collection Guignol and Other Sardonic Tales Werewolf Ambulance Podcast: http://werewolfambulance.libsyn.com/ Pure Cinema Podcast: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/purecinema Do you find most perfumes reek of […]
Author : Rhoads Brazos Narrator : Hollis Monroe Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 676: Things My Father Taught Me is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler Bigotry, genocide [collapse] Spoiler This story is based upon Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart,” though it’s set in modern-day Nigeria rather than colonial […]
Author : Lucy Clifford Narrator : Eliza Chan Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis The New Mother was first published in Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise, Macmillan and Co., 1882. Audio used in this episode: Spoiler https://archive.org/details/joel_pulham_0307/03_joel_260307_knitting_skylarks.mp3 https://freesound.org/people/viznoman/sounds/267306/ https://freesound.org/people/ross_sinc/sounds/444793/ [collapse] The New Mother by Lucy Clifford 1 The children were always called […]
Author : Rebecca Lloyd Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums Dust was first published in Mercy and Other Stories Dust by Rebecca Lloyd Much has developed since the day in April I stumbled out of the Quiet Garden with blood running freely down my cheek. […]
Author : Gemma Files Narrator : Nika Harper Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Venio” was originally published in Vastarien, Spring 2019 Venio by Gemma Files Watch out. I’m going to tell you about something, and then . . . you’ll know. You won’t be able to un-know or […]
Authors : Effie Seiberg and Alasdair Stuart Narrators : Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 672: In Regards to Your Concerns About Your ScareBnB Experience and The Halloween Parade is a PseudoPod original. Effie Seiberg: “As a card-carrying wuss, this is the first […]
Author : Nadia Bulkin Narrator : Karen Bovenmyer Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Only Unity Saves the Damned” first appeared in Letter to Lovecraft in 2014. We discovered this in the collection She Said Destroy released by the excellent Word Horde. Click the link to pick up the […]
Author : Lisa Morton Narrator : Laurice White Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Devil Came to Mamie’s on Hallowe’en” was first published in Cemetery Dance Magazine #60 Content Warning: Spoiler Animal cruelty [collapse] The Devil Came to Mamie’s on Hallowe’en by Lisa Morton It was Hallowe’en night, […]
Author : Annie Neugebauer Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Zanders the Magnificent” was first published in Fireside Magazine Issue 21 in March 2015. Zanders the Magnificent by Annie Neugebauer “My handsome, darling boys,” Mrs. Zander said, placing a hand on each of their shoulders. […]
Authors : Pierce Skinner, Lora Gray and Maria Haskins Narrators : Austin Malone, The Word Whore and Summer Fletcher Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 668: Flash on the Borderlands XLIX: Dirty Deeds is a PseudoPod original. Content warning: Spoiler assault, confinement, sexual violence [collapse] “Baby Fingers” is […]
Author : Livia Llewellyn Narrator : Christiana Ellis Hosts : Matt Saye, Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Allochton” was first published in Letters to Lovecraft: Eighteen Whispers to the Darkness Hey PseudoPod family, is your TO READ pile getting shorter? We have a solution for you. […]
Authors : Donyae Coles and W.B. Yeats Narrators : Cherrae L. Stuart and Wayne Johnson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Tonia Ransom Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 666: Breaking the Waters & The Second Coming is a PseudoPod original. Content warning: Spoiler Sexual assault [collapse] “The Second Coming” by W.B. […]
Author : Grant Allen Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Hosts : Shawn Garrett and Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums The Thames Valley Catastrophe originally appeared in The Strand Magazine, December 1897 Hey PseudoPod family, is your TO READ pile getting shorter? We have a solution for you. Coming out this week […]
Author : Gary McMahon Narrator : Danielle Imara Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “My Boy Builds Coffins” first appeared in Black Static, May-June 2015 My Boy Builds Coffins by Gary McMahon I Susan found the first one when she was tidying his room. Chris was at school, […]
Author : Gordon B. White Narrator : Steve Anderson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Birds of Passage” first appeared in Twice-Told: A Collection of Doubles (ed. C.M. Muller) Spoiler From the Author: “This story draws a lot from my relationship with my late father, as well as an […]
Author : Ray Cluley Narrator : Jonathan Danz Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums ‘Indian Giver’ first appeared in the collection, Probably Monsters, in 2015. It was reprinted in Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year (Volume 8). Content warnings: Spoiler Racial violence, genocide [collapse] Subscribe to the […]
Author : Kevin Wabaunsee Narrator : John Bell Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 661: The Happiest Place is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler A certain mouse-themed theme park has always been an object of fascination for me, and the more I read about it, the more strange an […]
Author : Sarah Hans Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 660: Tiny Teeth is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “This story was inspired by and is dedicated to all the people around the world who have been forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy […]
Author : J.B. Harris-Burland Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Lord Beden’s Motor” first appeared in The Strand Magazine in December 1901. Preorder Monster She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kroger and Melanie R. Anderson. Then listen to them […]
Author : Leigh Harlen Narrator : Heather N. Thomas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “I Hate All That Is Mine” originally appeared in the anthology, Lost Films, published by Perpetual Motion Machine Spoiler Self harm, strong sexual themes [collapse] Title card music is “Coagula” by permission of Zeal […]
Author : W.L. George Narrator : Simon Meddings Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Waxworks” originally appeared in The Strand Magazine in 1922 under the title “Waxworks: A Mystery” Sound attribution: Spoiler Drip: https://freesound.org/people/tack00/sounds/399257/ Rain: https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/346642/ Door slam: https://freesound.org/people/DBproductions/sounds/60031/ [collapse] Waxworks by W.L. George Henry Badger rapidly paced the City churchyard; his […]
Author : Suzanne Palmer Narrator : Halloween Bloodfrost Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “House Party Blues” originally appeared in Black Static #39 (TTAPress) 2014 “I used to live next door to a house rented out to college students, and while they were actually mostly very nice, the near-nightly, […]
Author : Vivian Shaw Narrator : Robert C. Eccles Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 655: Black Matter is a PseudoPod original. “I’m an aviation nerd with trainwreck syndrome, so air crash investigation is a subject dear to my heart. Having watched documentaries on (and read NTSB reports […]
Authors : Kurt Hunt, Bo Balder and Michael Uhall Narrators : Graeme Dunlop, Dan Rabarts and Kris Straub Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 654: Flash on the Borderlands XLVIII: Parts & Maintenance is a PseudoPod original. Content warning: Spoiler body horror, sexual abuse, predation, exploitation [collapse] “A […]
Author : Tod Robbins Narrator : J.S. Arquin Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Spurs” was first published in Munsey’s Magazine in February 1923. Content warning: Spoiler Bigotry, ableism, cruelty [collapse] Spurs by Tod Robbins 1 Jacques Courbé was a romanticist. He measured only twenty-eight inches from the soles […]
Author : Michael Harris Cohen Narrator : Phil Lunt Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums ‘He Dies Where I Die’ was first published in The Dark in 2018. Content warning: Spoiler Racism, body horror [collapse] He Dies Where I Die by Michael Harris Cohen Dion spun back to the […]
Author : L’Erin Ogle Narrator : Nika Harper Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 651: The Coven of Dead Girls is a PseudoPod original. Content warning: Spoiler Kidnapping, confinement, predation [collapse] Spoiler I was an invisible teenage girl once. I was lucky to survive the situations I put […]
Author : Tom Reamy Narrator : Andrew Leman Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Detweiler Boy” was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1977. Thank you to Vaughne Hansen of the Virginia Kidd Agency for helping us secure the rights to this story. […]
Author : David Erik Nelson Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Whatever Comes After Calcutta” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in November 2017, and was included in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Volume Ten. Content warning: Spoiler lynching, […]
Author : Everil Worrell Narrator : Scott Campbell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Canal” was first published in Weird Tales, December 1927 and was later made into a TV episode on Rod Serling’s popular series, Night Gallery. A surprisingly in depth look at the origin of the […]
Author : Ken Liu Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Algorithms for Love” was originally published by Strange Horizons in 2004. Content warning: Spoiler self harm, grief, loss of a child [collapse] The Algorithms for Love by Ken Liu So long as the nurse […]
Author : Angela Slatter Narrator : Robin McLeavy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Home and Hearth” was originally published in the Spectral Press Chapbook Series, March 2014 and the story won the Aurealis Award for Best Short Horror Story 2014. Content Warning: Spoiler Violence against children, race-based violence, […]
Author : Rudyard Kipling Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Undertakers” was first published in The Second Jungle Book in 1895 Dream Foundry Dream Foundry is a new organization helping all professionals, especially beginners, working in the speculative arts. Back their Kickstarter to make […]
Authors : Chris Sumberg and Buzz Dixon Narrators : Dave Robison, Scott Campbell, Karen Bovenmyer, John Bell, Graeme Dunlop, Alasdair Stuart, Brian Lieberman, Alex Hofelich, Kate Kastelein, Tad Callin, Dani Daly, Kitty Sarkozy and Shawn Garrett Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Marty Perrett and Shawn Garrett Discuss on Forums “The Gerunding” was first […]
Author : Ambrose Bierce Narrator : B.J. Harrison Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The City of the Gone Away” was first published as “The Gone Away: A Tale of Medical Science and Commercial Thrift” in the San Francisco Examiner, December 2, 1888. The City of the Gone Away by […]
Author : B.G. Hilton Narrator : Ron Jon Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 642: HORROR COMEDY SHOWCASE: The House that Dripped Character is a PseudoPod original. From the endcap: The author’s thoughts on the story: “The central idea was a joke I made to my wife while […]
Author : Kristi Demeester Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Gwendolyn Kiste Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 641: ARTEMIS RISING 5: A Song for Wounded Mouths is a PseudoPod original. “I wanted to write a story about body glitter, and instead wrote something about teeth.” A Song for […]
Author : Annie Neugebauer Narrators : Dagny Paul and Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Tonia Ransom Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 640: ARTEMIS RISING 5: What Throat is a PseudoPod original. What Throat by Annie Neugebauer It was embarrassingly easy to get lost. Even for someone like Jo, […]
Author : Melody Wolfe Narrator : Ben Phillips Hosts : Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums “Of All the Things the Girls Had Ever Said” was previously available on Amazon Content warning: Spoiler Kidnapping, confinement, predation [collapse] “This is one of the rare stories I […]
Author : Maria Haskins Narrator : Jen R. Albert Hosts : Matt Saye, Melanie R. Anderson and Lisa Kröger Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums “A Strange Heart, Set In Feldspar” was first published in the anthology Abandoned Places (Shohola Press), published in March 2018 “I go back to visit Sweden […]
Author : Kai Hudson Narrator : Chris Tang Host : Xander M. Odell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Yuumei Discuss on Forums “White Noise” was previously published in the April 2018 issue of Anathema: Spec from the Margins “Despite its speculative content, I wrote this story to illustrate the complexities of the immigrant […]
Author : Eden Royce Narrator : Rasheedah Prioleau Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Hag Ride” was originally published in Steamy Screams from Blood Bound Books (2011), then in the author’s collection Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror (2015) Content warning: Spoiler Body horror, sexual violence [collapse] Hag Ride by […]
Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : John Bell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 635: Last Week I Was Esther is a PseudoPod original. Last Week I was Esther by Deborah L. Davitt Last week, I was Esther. I remember her plump face, pearl earrings, and huge […]
Authors : Kurt Hunt, Lisa Baldinelli and Paul Alex Gray Narrators : Hollis Monroe, Larissa Thompson and Trendane Sparks Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 634: Flash On The Borderlands XLVI: The Accursed and the Monstrous is a PseudoPod original. “Ecdysis” was previously published at Kaleidotrope (Spring 2016) […]
Author : Adam L.G. Nevill Narrator : Peter Bishop Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Hippocampus” was first published in Terror Tales of the Sea, edited by Paul Finch Narration is by Peter Bishop, courtesy of Christopher C. Payne at Journalstone. JournalStone is a small press publishing company focusing […]
Author : Robert W. Chambers Narrator : B.J. Harrison Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Harbour Master” first appeared in Ainslee’s Magazine, August 1899 and was included in the fix-up novel In Search of the Unknown, which is available for free download through Gutenberg. Content warning: Use of insensitive […]
Author : A.C. Wise Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Last Sailing of the Henry Charles Morgan in Six Pieces of Scrimshaw (1841)”, originally appeared at The Dark, and won the 2017 Sunburst Award for short fiction. Sign up for Alasdair’s weekly newsletter The […]
Author : Trisha J. Wooldridge Narrators : Alethea Kontis, Kyle Akers and Alex Hofelich Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums Originally published under the title “Steadfast in the Face of Zombies” in Once Upon an Apocalypse anthology that went out of print shortly after publication due to publisher buyout. […]
Author : Kristi Demeester Narrator : Nika Harper Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Slipping Petals from Their Skins” was originally published in Gamut Magazine. This story was inspired by my childhood obsession with Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies books and imagining that if I ate flowers, I could […]
Author : Matt Dovey Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 628: A Spider Trapped in Wax is a PseudoPod original. This story was first drafted for a Hallowe’en story contest in the Codex writers group, based on two story seeds provided by Merc Rustad […]
Author : Thomas Hardy Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Grave by the Handpost” was first published in 1897 and is part of the volume A Changed Man and Other Tales. This episode is sponsored by J.R. HAMANTASCHEN (who podcasts at The Horror Of Nachos And Hamantaschen) […]
Author : D.K. Wayrd Narrator : Phil Lunt Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Blue John” was originally published in Shock Totem magazine, Jan. 2016 The first draft of “Blue John” centered on a demon-possessed letterpress that compelled Blue John to kill. Which, of course, meant he was simply […]
Author : Manly Wade Wellman Narrators : Andrew Leman and Eve Upton Host : Orrin Grey Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Golgotha Dancers” was was originally published in Weird Tales, October 1937 “These Doth The Lord Hate” was originally published in Weird Tales, January 1939 “Masks of Nyarlathotep” is now available […]
Authors : Maria Haskins, Rachel Cassidy and Alex Patterson Narrators : Rebecca Wei Hsieh, Ron Jon and Katherine Inskip Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 624: Flash On The Borderlands XLV: Personal Narratives is a PseudoPod original. “Ten Things I Didn’t Do” is a PseudoPod Original – “This was […]
Author : Michael Wehunt Narrator : Bill Ruhsam Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Greener Pastures” was originally published in Aghast #1 in 2015. It was reprinted in 2016 as the title story of Michael’s debut short fiction collection Greener Pastures (Shock Totem Publications/Apex Publications), which was a Shirley […]
Author : J. T. Glover Narrator : Heather N. Thomas Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “En Plein Air” first appeared in volume two of Nightscript, an anthology series edited by C.M. Muller that focuses on “subtle and darksome literary horror.” Stephen Jones subsequently picked it up for reprint […]
Author : Ira Brooker Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 621: Voices is a PseudoPod original. “This story showed up nearly fully formed in a dream one night. I probably should have been freaked out by it, but instead I woke up thinking, ‘Ooh, […]
Author : R.K. Duncan Narrator : Spencer Disparti Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artists : Jefferson Dupree and Christopher Walker Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 620: Farewell Concert at the World’s End is a PseudoPod original. “Worlds End state park is a real, quite pretty, place in Sullivan County Pennsylvania, where I […]
Authors : Ian Stuart and Alasdair Stuart Narrators : Ian Stuart and Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Ghost Guide’s Tale” first appeared in Quantum Theory for Cats which is available in both print and audio. The Ghost Guide’s Tale by Ian Stuart Outside the Minster, […]
Authors : James Whitcomb Riley and Orrin Grey Narrators : Phil Lunt and Leeman Kessler Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Karen Bovenmyer Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Goblins” was first published in order to add an original story to the deluxe hardcover edition of my first collection NEVER BET THE DEVIL, which […]
Author : Maxwell Price Narrator : Paul Cram Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 617: The Culvert is a PseudoPod original. The Culvert by Maxwell Price Jamie had been visiting the thing that lived in the culvert for about three weeks now. He spent more time with it […]
Authors : Heather N. Thomas, Jen C.A. Morris and Lee Battersby Narrators : Nika Harper, Austin Malone and Chloë Yates Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 616: Flash On The Borderlands XLIV: Objectification is a PseudoPod original. Stalking, Assault FEINSTEIN: How did you decide to come forward? FORD: […]
Author : Cameron Suey Narrator : Xander M. Odell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 615: The Shrike is a PseudoPod original. This episode is brought to you by The Darkest Night podcast. Follow them on Twitter and add them to your feed at http://www.darkestnightpod.com/ Sound effects […]
Author : E. Catherine Tobler Narrator : Jen Zink Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Figure 8” originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of Gamut Spoiler “A friend and I were talking and he idly wondered where all the Ripleys had gone, and that got me to thinking […]
Authors : H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, C.L. Moore, A. Merritt and Frank Belknap Long Narrators : Ben Phillips, Marty Perrett, Dave Robison, Elie Hirschman and Peter Piazza Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums The Challenge from Beyond was first published in Fantasy Magazine, September 1935 The Challenge from Beyond […]
Author : Grady Hendrix Narrator : Ant Bacon Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Karen Bovenmyer Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Mofongo Knows” was first published in The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination “We at Pseudopod would like to dedicate this story to all of them: Cheetah, Lancelot Link, Mojo Jojo, Monsieur Mallah, […]
Author : Clark Ashton-Smith Narrator : Dr. Hal Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Chelsea Davis, Kiko Aumond and Shawn Garrett Discuss on Forums An edited version of “The Vault of Yoh Vombis” appeared in Weird Tales, May 1932. This is the restored version of “The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis” including nearly two thousand words […]
Author : Katharine Duckett Narrator : Larissa Thompson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Artist : Christopher Walker Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 610: Beneath Their Hooves is a PseudoPod original. Beneath Their Hooves by Katharine E.K. Duckett We go to Grandmère’s house to ride the unicorns. We only go once or twice […]
Author : Jon Padgett Narrator : Dagny Paul Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Artist : Christopher Walker Discuss on Forums A Little Delta of Filth was first published in Walk on the Weird Side A Little Delta of Filth by Jon Padgett to the memory of Conrad Aiken I It could make […]
Author : Joe Weintraub Narrator : Halloween Bloodfrost Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “A Visit to the Catacombs of Via Altamonvecchi” was originally published in Karamu (vol. xx, no. 2, Spring 2007), a literary review out of Eastern Illinois University. In addition, I have featured a shortened version […]
Author : Damien Angelica Walters Narrator : Justine Eyre Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Take A Walk In The Night, My Love” was first published in The Madness of Dr. Caligari in 2016. Take a Walk in the Night, My Love by Damien Angelica Walters He is a good […]
Author : Nino Cipri Narrator : Larissa Thompson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 606: The Fainting Game is a PseudoPod original. “This story is partially autobiographical. My older cousins did, in fact, teach me how to induce a fainting spell, and I did, in fact, have some […]
Author : Thomas Ligotti Narrator : Anson Mount Host : Anson Mount Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums The Town Manager was first published in Weird Tales, September-October 2003 The Town Manager by Thomas Ligotti One gray morning not long before the onset of winter, some troubling news swiftly travelled among us: the town […]
Author : Tanith Lee Narrators : Scott Campbell and Sharon Moskowitz Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums ‘The Gorgon’ originally appeared in 1982 in the anthology of quiet horror Shadows 5 edited by Charles L. Grant. The Gorgon by Tanith Lee The small island, which lay off the larger […]
Author : James Tiptree Jr. Narrator : Amy H. Sturgis Host : Lisa Yaszek Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums Beyond the Dead Reef originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1983 Beyond the Dead Reef by James Tiptree, Jr My informant was, of course, spectacularly unreliable. The only […]
Author : Melinda Brasher Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums A Learned Man was first published in Electric Spec I based the story loosely on an El Salvadorian folk tale I read in a book while I was traveling there. It was a collections of […]
Authors : Linda Addison, Steve Rasnic Tem and Thomas Welsh Narrators : Siobhan Gallichan, Scott Campbell, Susan Gage and Spencer Disparti Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums Suicide Vending Machine was first published in The Leicester Writes Short Story Prize 2017 Anthology in July 2017 Am I Repeating Myself? […]
Author : Henry Kuttner Narrator : Robert C. Eccles Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Graveyard Rats” was first published in Weird Tales, March 1936. The Graveyard Rats by Henry Kuttner Old Masson, the caretaker of one of Salem’s oldest and most neglected cemeteries, had a feud with the […]
Author : J.L. Flannery Narrator : Paul S. Jenkins Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 599: The Boy with the Glass Eyes is a PseudoPod original. The Boy With The Glass Eyes By J.L. Flannery My son arrived in a brown cardboard package, no bigger than a shoebox. […]
Author : Jim Bihyeh Narrator : Cayenne Chris Conroy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums This story was first published in the PseudoPod 10th Anniversary anthology For Mortal Things Unsung and follows immediately after the end of Jim’s anthology Coyote Tales available now from your favorite purveyors of audiobooks. […]
Author : Tim Pratt Narrator : Eric Luke Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums Tim Pratt publishes a new short story every month for Patreon supporters (www.patreon.com/timpratt). Fool’s Fire was first published for his Patreon in October 2015, reprinted at Nightmare in November 2016. You can read along here: […]
Author : Laird Barron Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Mysterium Tremendum” was originally published in Occultation and Other Stories in 2010. Part 3 of 3 Listen to Part 1 here: https://pseudopod.org/2018/05/11/pseudopod-594-mysterium-tremendum-part-1/ Listen to Part 2 here: https://pseudopod.org/2018/05/18/pseudopod-595-mysterium-tremendum-part-2/ More information on Blood Standard here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35464016-blood-standard Mysterium […]
Author : Laird Barron Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Mysterium Tremendum” was originally published in Occultation and Other Stories in 2010. Part 2 of 3 Listen to Part 1 here: https://pseudopod.org/2018/05/11/pseudopod-594-mysterium-tremendum-part-1/ More information on Blood Standard here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35464016-blood-standard Mysterium Tremendum by Laird Barron 7. Sequim […]
Author : Laird Barron Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Mysterium Tremendum” was originally published in Occultation and Other Stories in 2010. Part 1 of 3 More information on Blood Standard here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35464016-blood-standard Mysterium Tremendum by Laird Barron 1. We bought supplies for our road […]
Author : Tamsyn Muir Narrator : A.J. Fitzwater Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums The Woman in the Hill was originally printed in Dreams from the Witch House and reprinted in The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight. I grew up a few kilometres away from Waikopua Creek […]
Author : Dirck de Lint Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 592: Free Balloons for All Good Children is a PseudoPod original. Blink RoadKill Desserts “This story came about because the balloon described in it drifted past my window at work. Because a balloon […]
Author : Clark Ashton-Smith Narrator : Dr. Hal Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producers : Kiko Aumond, Marty Perrett and Shawn Garrett Discuss on Forums “The Plutonian Drug” was first published in Amazing Stories, September 1934 “The Hashish-Eater: or, The Apocalypse of Evil” was first published in Ebony and Crystal: Poems in Verse and Prose in […]
Author : Evan Marcroft Narrator : Kris Straub Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 590: Emperor All is a PseudoPod original. Emperor All By Evan Marcroft It is like X-ray vision. Like in the comic books from when he was ten. John blinks the rain out of his […]
Authors : Jack London, Melissa Snark and Sam Gorenstein Narrators : B.J. Harrison, Tad Callin and Kaz Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums A Bar Story originally appeared on The Snarkology during the October 2014 Halloween Hop. It has since been reposted to Melissa’s author website as a free […]
Author : Izzy Wasserstein Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Sarah Gailey Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 588: ARTEMIS RISING 4: The Good Mothers’ Home for Wayward Girls is a PseudoPod original. This is Izzy’s first professional sale. “While writing this story, I was thinking a lot […]
Author : N.R. Lambert Narrators : M.K. Hobson and Tina Connolly Hosts : David Ian McKendry and Rebekah McKendry Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 587: ARTEMIS RISING 4: When the Slipling Comes to Call is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler I found the seed of this story in […]
Author : Xander M. Odell Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Hosts : Alex West and Andrea Subissati Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 586: ARTEMIS RISING 4: For Fear of Little Men is a PseudoPod original. Preorder Godfall and Other Stories today! For Fear of Little Men by […]
Author : Livia Llewellyn Narrator : Lucy A. Snyder Host : Lucy A. Snyder Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums “Cinereous” was originally published in Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages in 2013. This is an alternate narration from our host, Lucy A. Snyder. Enjoy! Cinereous by Livia Llewellyn Paris […]
Author : Livia Llewellyn Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Lucy A. Snyder Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums “Cinereous” was originally published in Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages in 2013. Cinereous by Livia Llewellyn Paris October, 1799 The nails on the heels of Olympe Léon’s boots are the […]
Author : Christine Lucas Narrator : Andrew Leman Host : Karen Bovenmyer Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Geneva Benton Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 584: ARTEMIS RISING 4: The Drowned Man’s Kiss is a PseudoPod original. “The Drowned Man’s Kiss” is inspired by the works of the Greek Poet Nikos Kavvadias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Kavvadias In his […]
Author : Brandon Massey Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “After the Party” was first published in Brandon’s collection Twisted Tales in 2006. After the Party By Brandon Massey When Terry was halfway along the twisting, dark country road, he looked in his rearview mirror […]
Author : Robert W. Chambers Narrator : B.J. Harrison Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Alex Hofelich Audio Producers : Chelsea Davis and Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “The Yellow Sign” was first published in the collection THE KING IN YELLOW in 1895. Longtime listeners or backers of our Pseudopod 10 Year anniversary will be familiar […]
Author : Crystal Connor Narrator : Stephanie Malia Morris Host : Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Monster” was originally printed in Strange Tales of Horror in 2011, and then reprinted in Crystal’s collection And They All Lived Happily Ever After! as well as the anthology Sycorax’s Daughters (where we […]
Author : Alaya Dawn Johnson Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Tonia Ransom Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ was first published in ‘Zombies vs. Unicorns’ in 2010 Love Will Tear Us Apart by Alaya Dawn Johnson 1. I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor Think […]
Author : W.E.B. DuBois Narrator : Hollis Monroe Host : Hollis Monroe Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Comet” originally published in 1920 as the tenth chapter of DuBois’s book, Darkwater: Voices From Within the Veil The Comet By W.E.B. DuBois He stood a moment on the steps of the bank, watching […]
Author : Mário Coelho Narrator : Maui Threv Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 579: All My Nightmares Are Named Heather is a PseudoPod original. Content Warnings: Spoiler Self harm, body dysmorphia, eating disorders, toxic relationships [collapse] One night I woke up talking to myself, whispering the title […]
Author : Christopher Shultz Narrators : Scott Campbell and Susan Gage Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Artist : Christopher Walker Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 578: Alarm Will Sound is a PseudoPod original. As mentioned by Alasdair: Art Bell-The Frantic Caller https://youtu.be/ee3bld4lTG0 The Peoria Plague https://archive.org/details/ThePeoriaPlague Uncanny County-The Boy Who Cried Martian […]
Author : Rebecca J. Allred Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums ‘From the Fertile Dark’ was originally printed in Nightscript II, in October of 2016. Content warning: Spoiler Loss of a child [collapse] “I started writing five years ago by participating in a weekly flash […]
Authors : Evan Dicken, Stephanie Malia Morris and Drew Czernik Narrators : Karen Bovenmyer, Alexis Goble and Austin Malone Host : Brian Lieberman Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 576: Flash On The Borderlands XLI: Flash Fiction Contest 5 Winners is a PseudoPod original. Third Place: The Taking Tree by Evan Dicken […]
Author : Ramsey Campbell Narrator : Phil Lunt Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Shawn Garrett Discuss on Forums “Christmas Present” originally appeared in the NAMELESS PLACES anthology edited by Gerald W. Page in 1975, followed by THE YEAR’S BEST HORROR STORIES: SERIES IV anthology, also edited by Page, in […]
Author : Lucy A. Snyder Narrator : Tatiana Grey Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “While the Black Stars Burn” originally appeared in the Cassilda’s Song anthology. It was reprinted in Turn To Ash, and is the title story in Lucy’s Stoker Award-winning collection While the Black Stars Burn. […]
Author : Laura Blackwell Narrator : Emily Smith Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums This story was originally published in She Walks in Shadows anthology, eds. Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles, October 2015 from Innsmouth Free Press. Prime Books issued the American edition, which is called Cthulhu’s Daughters. […]
Author : D. Morgan Ballmer Narrators : David Cummings , Scott Campbell, Moaner T. Lawrence, Brian Lieberman and Alex Hofelich Host : Jonny Sims Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Scott Campbell Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 572: Deconstructing Hillsdale is a PseudoPod original. Click to view content warnings: Spoiler The events described occur in America […]
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Author : Sarah Gailey Narrator : Dani Daly Hosts : Dani Daly and Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums This story was originally published in Issue 31 of Fireside Fiction in February 2016 Click to view content warnings: Spoiler Domestic Violence [collapse] Haunted by Sarah Gailey Read the full text here.
Author : J.M. McDermott Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums The Jamcoi was first published in Disintegration Visions in 2012 and was reprinted by Apex on their website on November 26, 2014. Content warnings: Spoiler Cruelty to animals [collapse]
Author : Robert E. Howard Narrator : Andrew Leman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums The Black Stone was first published in WEIRD TALES, November, 1931. It appears here by permission. Andrew is one of the founders and proprietors of the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, and has produced […]
Hi there! A short metacast to tell you all about our new websites. Transcript follows for those who who prefer to read along. Transcript (Alasdair) Hi there! This is Alasdair! (Marguerite) And this is Marguerite! (Alasdair) And we’re looking a good deal shinier. The EA family of podcasts has all new websites, thanks to Jeremy Tolbert of Clockpunk Studios […]
Author : Kristi Demeester Narrator : Jacquie Duckworth Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 568: The Room in the Other House is a PseudoPod original. The Room in the Other House by Kristi DeMeester I’ve counted the moments we once had over and over. Tried to hold them […]
Author : Caspian Gray Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 567: Passover is a PseudoPod original. Passover by Caspian Gray One day there came a body that didn’t burn. Tomek found her, because he was young, and because it was his job only to […]
Author : Steve Rasnic Tem Narrators : Alasdair Stuart, Brian Lieberman, Summer Fletcher and Daniel Braum Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Christopher Walker Discuss on Forums “Halloween Street” was originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1999 and was nominated for both a Stoker and […]
Author : Angela Slatter Narrator : Victoria Winnick Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Cuckoo” originally appeared in A Killer Among Demons, Craig Bezant (ed.) Dark Prints Press, May 2013. It was reprinted in The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2014, Paula Guran (ed.), Prime Books. Violence against […]
Author : Garrett Cook Narrator : The Word Whore Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Hello, Handsome” was originally published in Giallo Fantistique in 2015. This was a great anthology edited by Ross E. Lockhart and released by Word Horde, and worth checking out if you’re a fan of […]
Authors : Cassandra Khaw, Chris Kuriata and Getty Hesse Narrators : Maui Threv, Mae Zarris-Heaney and John Bell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums Kiss, Don’t Tell is a reprint Shed Skin is a PseudoPod Original. This story is the culmination of Getty’s attempts to adequately explore the experience […]
Author : Nick Mamatas Narrators : Alasdair Stuart, Brian Lieberman, Tad Callin, Ben Phillips, Scott Campbell, Graeme Dunlop, Moaner T. Lawrence, Dagny Paul and Kaz Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 562: A Howling Dog is a PseudoPod original. Consider this Wikipedia article while listening to this story. […]
Author : Joseph Cusumano Narrator : Cheyenne Wright Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 561: Better to Curse the Darkness than Light a Candle is a PseudoPod original. Check out PAPERBACKS FROM HELL by Grady Hendrix. Listen to the interview on the Know Fear Podcast with Grady and […]
Author : Karl Edward Wagner Narrator : Anson Mount Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Where the Summer Ends” first appeared in the seminal anthology Dark Forces (1980), edited by Kirby McCauley. This particular anthology was an eye-opener to 12 year old co-editor of Pseudopod Shawn Garrett, and deserves […]
Author : T.J. Berry Narrator : Laura Hobbs Host : Tina Connolly Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 559: Granite Requires is a PseudoPod original. Thanks to our sponsor, ARCHIVOS – a Story Mapping and Development Tool for writers, gamers, and storytellers of all kinds! Granite Requires By T.J. Berry Granite requires […]
Author : T.R. North Narrator : Justine Eyre Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 558: Toward the Banner of the King is a PseudoPod original. Thanks to our sponsor, ARCHIVOS – a Story Mapping and Development Tool for writers, gamers, and storytellers of all kinds! Toward the […]
Author : Luciano Marano Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 557: ‘Till the Road Runs Out is a PseudoPod original. Thanks to our sponsor, ARCHIVOS – a Story Mapping and Development Tool for writers, gamers, and storytellers of all kinds! ‘Till the Road Runs […]
Author : B.C. Edwards Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Evitative” is the titular and ultimate story of The Aversive Clause, the collection of stories that also included, ‘Sweetness,’ which ran as Pseudopod episode 445. Says Edwards: “I’ve been listening to audial fiction for longer […]
Author : Premee Mohamed Narrator : Ian Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 555: Four Hours of a Revolution is a PseudoPod original. Four Hours of a Revolution by Premee Mohamed Rebels, like vampires, prowl by night, sleep by day; they are short on everything in the […]
Author : Ville Meriläinen Narrator : Riku Kanninen Host : Tad Callin Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 554: A Doll Full of Nails is a PseudoPod original. A Doll Full of Nails By Ville Meriläinen 1. “Once upon a time,” the doll began, “there lived a god who feared the […]
Author : Benjanun Sriduangkaew Narrator : Jen Zink Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Fade to Gold” was first published in End of the Road, edited by Jonathan Oliver (Solaris Books, 2013). by Benjanun Sriduangkaew They say the afterlife is a wheel and that is true, but I am […]
Author : Gus Moreno Narrator : Maui Threv Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 552: The All or Nothing Days is a PseudoPod original. The All or Nothing Days By Gus Moreno Sometimes Ya-Ya would lie on the ground and look up at the sky, and in between […]
Author : Seras Nikita Narrator : Dagny Paul Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 551: Alison is a PseudoPod original. Alison by Seras Nikita Alison will live her whole life in Folkston Georgia, forty miles from Waycross and as close to the Okefenokee as you can get before […]
Author : Ramsey Campbell Narrator : Ant Bacon Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Again” was first published in Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine, November 1981 and has been reprinted numerous times. by Ramsey Campbell Info on Anders Manga’s album (they do our theme music!) can be […]
Authors : Ruth EJ Booth, Richard Farren Barber and Samuel Marzioli Narrators : Andrew Reid, Moaner T. Lawrence and Spencer Disparti Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums ‘Good Boy’ was first published in Far Horizons e-magazine, in their January 2015 issue. ‘Reaching Out’ is a PseudoPod Original. ‘A Thing […]
Author : Joe L. Hensley Narrator : Ben Phillips Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Lord Randy, My Son” was first printed in DANGEROUS VISIONS (1967) and appears here with the kind permission of the Hensley estate and the Virginia Kidd Agency. This is the second of Ellison’s Dangerous […]
Author : Jon Padgett Narrator : Dagny Paul Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Escape to Thin Mountain” originally appeared in Padgett’s 2016 short story collection The Secret of Ventriloquism. Escape to Thin Mountain
Author : Ian McHugh Narrator : Ron Jon Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 546: Monsters Exist is a PseudoPod original. Monsters Exist by Ian McHugh I. Monsters exist. Their numbers and nature vary from time to time and place to place, but they are always near. More […]
Author : Hillary Dodge Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 545: Indiscretions is a PseudoPod original. Indiscretions By Hillary Dodge During the full pound and punch of her morning run, in the steadily lifting gloom, Mary sees a figure, indistinct and blurry, at the […]
Author : John Wiswell Narrator : Marguerite Kenner Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Artist : Shawn Garrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 544: Under the Rubble is a PseudoPod original. “This story is dedicated to Takeo Murata, Ishiro Honda, and Rod Serling.” The horror of an earthquake is something you’d never wish […]
Author : J. T. Glover Narrator : Dagny Paul Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Be Still, My Dear, And Listen” was published in Issue 7 of “Makeout Creek”, a literary magazine based in Richmond, Virginia. by J. T. Glover Of course we called her “Audrey.” We were […]
Author : Judith Merril Narrator : Dagny Paul Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “That Only a Mother” was originally published in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1948. It appears here with appreciation through the assistance of the Virginia Kidd Agency. That Only a Mother by Judith Merril A well-known […]
Author : Rob Kotecki Narrator : Makenzi Newman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 541: Tessa Told Me is a PseudoPod original. CONTENT WARNING: Spoiler Sexual Assault, Rape [collapse] “I always like to say that there’s nothing more terrifying than the human heart.” Tessa Told Me by Rob […]
Author : Michael Chant Narrator : Ben Phillips Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 062 Replay: Faith in Sips and Bites is a PseudoPod original. We are digging a classic from the vault and reloading it into your queues anew. We hope that it makes you consider diving into […]
Author : Jason Fischer Narrator : Barry Haworth Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Dog Pit” first appeared in Cthulhu: Deep Down Under and is soon to be reprinted in the Year’s Best Australian Fantasy and Horror 2015. “The Dog Pit came about as a story for the […]
Author : Richard Harland Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “The Fear” was first printed in Macabra: A Journey Through Australia’s Darkest Fears in 2010 and reprinted in the US in Year’s Best Horror 2010. “Yes – imagine that film! Even though it may […]
Authors : John Purfield, Amelia Gorman, Benjamin Blattberg and A. W. Baader Narrators : Brian Lieberman, Laura Hobbs, John Chu and Christopher Reynaga Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 538: Flash On The Borderlands XXXVII: Higher Beings Command is a PseudoPod original. “Higher Beings Command…Their Powers To The […]
Author : Brian Trent Narrator : Summer Fletcher Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 537: A World of Bones is a PseudoPod original. A World of Bones By Brian Trent She awoke in the blackness thinking she was still alive, fumbling for the lipstick she’d never found. Angela […]
Author : Xander M. Odell Narrator : Linda Hamilton Host : A.C. Wise Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Ashley Mackenzie Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 536: ARTEMIS RISING 3: Meat is a PseudoPod original. Meat by Sandra M. Odell A poster on the far wall of the crowded cafeteria chamber shows an identical man […]
Author : Mel Kassel Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Summer Fletcher Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Ashley Mackenzie Discuss on Forums “The Lady with the Light” was published originally in For Mortal Things Unsung in February 2017. PseudoPod wants to draw your attention to an anthology that dovetails nicely with Artemis Rising. […]
Author : Christi Nogle Narrator : Dagny Paul Hosts : Andrea Subissati and Alex West Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Ashley Mackenzie Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 534: ARTEMIS RISING 3: In The Country is a PseudoPod original. In the Country By Christi Nogle At sunset everything is pink and blue-violet. The mother, Myrna, […]
Author : Wendy N. Wagner Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : M.K. Hobson Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Ashley Mackenzie Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 533: ARTEMIS RISING 3: Drift Right is a PseudoPod original. This piece was inspired by a trip to the Columbia River Maritime Museum and the Bumblebee Cannery Museum, both […]
Authors : Dagny Paul, Victoria Winnick, Rachael K. Jones and Karen Bovenmyer Narrators : Tatiana Grey, Laurice White, Jen Roper and Jen R. Albert Host : Dani Daly Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Ashley Mackenzie Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 532: Flash On The Borderlands XXXVI: Artemis Rising Showcase is a PseudoPod original. “When […]
Author : Jason Rush Narrator : Hollis Monroe Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 531: Gleed is a PseudoPod original. Gleed by Jason Rush The first thing I notice is that goddamn old-timey music, Suwanee River or some shit. I smell stale peanuts and beer. Also coal and […]
Author : Sean Pearce Narrator : Kyle Akers Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 530: The Madness of Bill Dobbs: A Tale of Snuff Movies and Cannibal Cults is a PseudoPod original. This is the author’s first sale Pseudopod wants to direct your attention to a project by […]
Author : Mary Wilkins-Freeman Narrator : Julie Hoverson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “Luella Miller” was first published in Everybody’s Magazine, December 1902. Pseudopod wants to direct your attention to a project by one of our Authors, Greg Stolze. This is a good time to go back and […]
Author : Aaron Fox-Lerner Narrator : Kenny Kinlund Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 528: Unsent Letter From An Unnamed Student is a PseudoPod original. Pseudopod wants to direct your attention to a project by one of our Authors, Greg Stolze. This is a good time to go […]
Author : A.C. Wise Narrator : Siobhan Gallichan Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “We Are Not These Bodies, Strung Between the Stars” originally appeared in WHISPERS FROM ABYSS 2. This story is set in the same universe as Venice Burning, which was podcast on Pseudopod in 2013 Pseudopod […]
In our first 2017 metacast, for your consideration we present the Escape Artists stories that ran in 2016 which are eligible in the upcoming award nomination season. A quick plug. For us. All four EA shows – PodCastle, Pseudopod, Escape Pod and Cast of Wonders – are themselves eligible in the SEMIPROZINE Hugo category. So is our […]
Author : Moaner T. Lawrence Narrator : John Bell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 526: The Great American Nightmare is a PseudoPod original. “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” – Plato “They who […]
Author : Ramsey Campbell Narrator : Paul S. Jenkins Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “Cold Print” first appeared in TALES OF THE CTHULHU MYTHOS in 1969. by Ramsey Campbell “GOOD BOOKS ON THE HIGHWAY provided shelter; he closed out the lashing sleet and stood taking stock. On the […]
Authors : Jarod K. Anderson, Karen Bovenmyer and Michael M. Rader Narrators : Jeremy Moran, Heather Simmons and Troy Volin Host : Dagny Paul Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 524: Flash on The Borderlands XXXV: The Kids Are All Wrong is a PseudoPod original. Bells chime, I know I gotta get […]
Author : Andrew Paul Narrator : Brian Lieberman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 523: Kashrut, or, the Ortolan is a PseudoPod original. “Compassion is what’s most important here,” Schulman tells his son. He shows him the sakin, turning it over in his hand, highlighting each angle. “The blade is sharpened again and again. There cannot be a single...
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Author : Grady Hendrix Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums The Christmas Spirits was first published in “Tales of the White Street Society” in December 2012. Another true horror story of the season mentioned in the intro can be found here. You can have your Paris, your London, your Vienna, your Rome; for this good Christian there is no...
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Author : Simon Bestwick Narrator : Lewis Davies Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “The Moraine” was first printed in The Best Horror of the Year: Volume 4 in 2012 “Hello?” I called into the mist. “Hello?” “Anybody down there?” Diane called. “Hello?” A voice called back. “Thank god for that,” Diane whispered. We started along the rattling path, into the mist.
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Author : Simon Bestwick Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “Dermot” was first printed in Black Static, Issue 24 August-September 2011. The bus turns left off Langworthy Road and onto the approach to the A6. Just before it goes under the overpass, past the old Jewish cemetery at the top of Brindleheath Road and on past Pendleton Church...
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Author : Elizabeth Siedt Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 519: Perfect Reflection is a PseudoPod original. You hate mirrors. You use them, sure, begrudgingly checking your hair and doing your makeup and smiling into them after you’ve finished brushing your teeth. But you’ve never liked them, how they throw back at you a world...
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Author : Nina Allan Narrator : George Hrab Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “The Tiger” was first printed in Terror Tales Of London in May 2013. It was subsequently reprinted in Best Horror of the Year #6 and The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime #11. “The Tiger” is one in a loose sequence of stories Nina is still in the process of writing...
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What it says on the tin – 48 hours left on the PSEUDOPOD Kickstarter! We’ve just got $1000 left to push us over the top! Please consider pledging! Every bit helps! And if you’ve already pledged, consider upping your pledge for a special mystery bonus!
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Author : Claire Dean Narrator : Eve Upton Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “Into The Penny Arcade” was originally published as a chapbook by Nightjar Press in 2012 and reprinted in THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR: VOLUME FIVE. She walked down the same street every day on her way home from school. There were no houses along there, just old warehouses with boarded...
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Author : Conrad Williams Narrator : Kaushik Narasimhan Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “The Fox” was first published March 1st 2013 as a chapbook by This Is Horror and reprinted in THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR: VOLUME SIX. Megan was trying to push past her mother and now I was able to breathe more easily. Kit was just trying to shield Lucy from what was...
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Author : Tamsyn Muir Narrator : Louise Ratcliffe Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “The Magician’s Apprentice” was first printed in Weird Tales, Issue #358 for Winter 2012 and was reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2013, edited by Rich Horton and The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five, edited by Ellen Datlow. When she was thirteen, Mr.
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Author : Alasdair Stuart Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 514B: Halloween Parade 2016 is a PseudoPod original. This year’s Halloween Parade by Alasdair Stuart is being released as a bonus episode. Check out his blog at http://alasdairstuart.com/ follow him on twitter @AlasdairStuart and grab a copy of...
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Author : Priya Sharma Narrator : Andrea Richardson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums Originally published in BOX OF DELIGHTS, you can read “The Show” online at NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE. This story was also reprinted this month as part of Nightmare’s special issue People of Colo(u)r DESTROY Horror! Read along with the story over at their site. Listen to two more...
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Authors : Thomas Vicinanzo, Nicholas Conley and Murf Freedmont Narrators : Laurice White, Spencer Disparti and Rock Manor Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 513: Flash on The Borderlands XXXIV: Interstices is a PseudoPod original. All three of these stories are runners up from the PSEUDOPOD flash fiction contest They walk serene /
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Author : Damien Laughlin Narrator : Phil Lunt Host : Dagny Paul Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums Before being reprinted in Pseudopod, “Boys” was published in 2015 in The Cadaverine Magazine, which publishes Prose, Fiction and Nonfiction from writers under thirty. “I’ve always struggled with titles, so when submitting work to my creative writing group I had taken to giving my...
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Authors : Annie Neugebauer, S. Siporin and Gary Emmette Chandler Narrators : Heather Welliver, Kris Straub, Louise Ratcliffe and Marc Bailey Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 511: Flash on The Borderlands XXXIII: Corpus is a PseudoPod original. “Hand Off” by S. Siporin is a Pseudopod Original. “We all have parts of ourselves we are unhappy with...
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Author : Damien Angelica Walters Narrator : Rachael K. Jones Host : Dagny Paul Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop Discuss on Forums “Falling Under, Through the Dark” originally appeared in May 2015 in Black Static. This story was On Ellen Datlow’s list of Honorable Mentions for Best Horror of the Year 8. Content warnings: Spoiler Grief; Loss of a child [collapse] Kara’s sitting at her desk when she...
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