set your radios to spooky, then crack the dial all the way past that into full-on-blood-souke screaming horror.

Welcome to Suitopod.

Suitapod episode 900 for January 5th, 2024, The Red Lodge by HR Wakefield, narrated by

Ant Bacon, hosted by Sean Garrett, with audio by Chelsea Davis.

Hello everyone, I hope you're all having a good start to the new year.

I'm Sean Garrett, co-editor of Sudopod, your host this week, which is not

just our first story of 2024, not just our show's 900th episode, and thus reserved for an author of historical note, but also

the beginning of this year's month-long public domain showcase in which we feature stories

that have entered that hallowed state.

We have a few milestones to note before we get started.

From last year it has been 15 years since I started with Sudapod, 15 years since Graham Dunlop started with Pseudopod.

10 years since Alex Hoeflich moved up to assistant editor.

Five years since Kitty Sarkozy started as an associate editor.

Five years since M.M. Schill, who presented me with a wonderful painting for my 15 year anniversary,

started as an associate editor.

In 2024, it will be five years. started as an associate editor.

In 2024, it will be five years since Cat Day and Ash Becker started with Sudapot.

And now for episode 900 we have The Red Lodge by H.R. Wakefield, which was previously available

only to Sudapod subscribers.

This story first appeared in Wakefield's collection They Return at evening in 1928. Herbert Russell Wakefield,

1888 to 1964, was an English short story writer, novelist, publisher, and civil servant chiefly remembered today for his ghost stories.

He produced several short story collections during his lifetime, such as the aforementioned they returned at evening, 1928, a ghostly company, 1935, the clock strikes 12, 1939, and stirs from Schule 1961.

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