The artifact is 150,000 years old. It's made of an artificial metal we have been unable to identify.

There is a message scratched on the front.

What does it say? This is a horror podcast. Consider yourselves warned.

SUDEPOD Episode 883

September 15th, 2023

This week's story, Barlat Ove, by Brander S. Tollion

Hello everybody, welcome to SUDEPOD The Weekly Horror Podcast. I'm Alistair, your host and

this week's story comes to us from Brander S. Tollion. Brander is a writer in New Orleans and

author of Blood Mountain published by Raw Dog Screaming Press. Her work has appeared in numerous

anthologies such as 101 Proof Horror, Consumed Tales inspired by The Wendigo, The Jewish Book

of Horror and Twisted Pulp Magazine issue 3. Her poetry has appeared in various publications

and she was a featured poet for the HWA publication Showcase Volume 8. This story is one of many

great ones contained in the Denver Horror Collectives, The Jewish Book of Horror.

Find more information at BranderS. Tollion.com

Your narrator this week is Victoria Marcliffe, an ex-pat Brit living in suburban Philly,

still trying to make sense of life in America. You can find her blog at AbroadInTheUSA.com,

her short story Marmo, garnered an honorable mention in the genre category of the 92nd annual

writers' digest writing competition and her first novel, Guardians of the Weave,

is currently out on submission. So listen to the voices, the ones behind the world,

because whether you like them or not, while you're hearing, it's true.

Bar Alat Ove by Brenda Tollion, narrated by Victoria Marcliffe.

In the night, the spirits spoke with hisses and gurgles like serpents wrapped around my head

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