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.

Sudapod, episode 952 for December 6th, 2024.

On each a main, Al-Changar, the twins, Nukpur, and the Shadows of Shoprite, by Sonto

a Hayesway, narrated by Solomon Asadalo, hosted by Cat Day, audio by Chelsea Davis.

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing okay. I'm Kat, Assistant Editor at Sudapod,

your host for this week, and I'm excited to tell you that for this week we have

Anichermaine, Ochanja, the twins, Nakpur and the Shadows of Shoprite, by Somtoe Heisewe.

This story first appeared in the 2024 anthology,

Escalators to Hell, Shopping Mall Horrors. Sonto Ahaisway is a Nigerian Igbo writer, editor and

filmmaker. He is a creative writing MFA student at the University of Maryland and an alumnus

of Clarion West.

He is also a recipient of the Mandela Institute's AYNM Fiction Prize and the Horror Writers Association

grant. His work has been shortlisted and nominated for multiple awards, including the

NOMO Awards and the Utopia Awards. And his works have appeared or are forthcoming in Tor, Africa Risen, Uncanny, Mother Sound,

the Sotoverse Anthology and many others.

Solomon Asadolo is a copywriter, editor and podcaster based in Lagos, Nigeria.

He's the editor of Four Loop Weekly from Four Loop Africa and is a content

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