Lightning has struck pseudopod towers once again and, as every week, something horrifying

slouches towards your ears, waiting to be heard.

What follows is horror to the core.

Proceed only if you wish to be disturbed as well as entertained.

Sudapod, episode 964 for February 28th, 2025.

The Darkness Carried by the Beasts, by Maria Haskins,

narrated by Vila Miralainen, hosted by Cat Day, audio by Chelsea Davis.

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing okay. Happy new moon.

I'd love the darkness, right?

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

the darkness carried by the beasts by Maria Haskins.

This story was originally published in the Sunday

Morning Transport in 2023. Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and reviewer of

speculative fiction. She grew up in Sweden and debuted as a writer there and currently lives just

outside Vancouver with her family,

including several noisy birds, a snake and a large black dog.

Maria's short fiction is available in her short story collections,

six dreams about the train and wolves and girls.

Maria's work has also appeared in the best horror of the year, nightmare, lightspeed, the

deadlands and many others. Find out more on her website, Maria haskins.com.

Villa Miralinen is a Finnish university student, author and death metal vocalist. His horror

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