Pseudopod is extruded into this universe from a dimension of purest fear.

It's beautiful in its own alien way, but what's to come will unsettle you.

Sudapod, episode 947 for the 1st of November, 2024.

Will They Disappear by Cynthia Gomez?

Narrated by Julia Rios, hosted by Eleanor R. Wood, audio by Chelsea Davis.

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing okay.

I'm your host for this week, Eleanor R. Wood,

visiting from over at Podcastle, where I'm co-editor and General Dragon Rangler.

I'm excited to tell you that for this week we have Will They Disappear by Cynthia Gomez?

This story first appeared in Cynthia's collection, The Nightmare Box and

other stories from cursed morsel's press, and I'm happy to say this episode opens our

anthologies and collections showcase. Cynthia Gomez writes horror and other types of speculative

fiction, set primarily in Oakland, where she makes her home.

She has a particular love for themes of revenge, retribution and resistance to oppression,

and she loves to write dark and frightening things while cuddling with her shadow, aka her adorable little dog.

Her work has appeared or will appear in Fantasy Magazine, Strange Horizons, Lunar Station Quarterly, Nightmare magazine and numerous anthologies.

The Nightmare Box and other stories, her first collection, was released from Cursed Morsel's

Press in July

2024. You can find more of her work at Cynthia Saysboo.orghum.com.

Julia Rios is a queer Latinx writer, editor, podcaster and narrator, whose fiction, nonfiction and poetry have appeared in

Latin American literature today, Lightspeed and Goblin Fruit, among other places. Their editing

work has won multiple awards, including the Hugo Award. They've narrated stories for Escape

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