Welcome to Sudapod Towers. Get comfy. Find a cushion to hide behind. You're going to need it.

Sudapod, episode 965, March 7th, 2025. This week's story, The Ecstasy of the Saints, by J.A.W. McCarthy, narrated for us by Danny Daly,

hosted by Alistair Stewart, and audio production by Chelsea Davis.

Hello everyone. Welcome to Sudapod, the weekly horror podcast. I'm Alistair, your host,

and this week's story comes to us from J.A.W. McCarthy and is a

pseudapod original. J.A.W. McCarthy is a two-time Bramstoker Award and two-time Shirley

Jackson Award finalist, an author of Sometimes We're Cruel and other stories, from Cemetery Gates

media in 2021, and Sleep Alone from Off Limits Press in 2023. Her short fiction

has appeared in numerous publications, including Vastorian, pseudapod, split scream, volume 3,

apparition lit, tales to terrify, and the best horror of the year, Volume 13. She is a second-generation immigrant of Thai and Slovak descent,

and lives with her spouse and assistant cats in the Pacific Northwest.

You can call her Jen on most social media,

and we'll drop the links to her social media in the show notes.

This story is a pseudopod original,

and it is a pseudopod original narrated by Danny Daly,

a Jack of All Trades, Master of Nun and Friend of Escape Artists.

Danny loves the rogue life, so this whole Jack of All Trades thing is quite alright with her.

You can hear stories she's narrated on four of the Escape Artist podcasts, as well as Starship Sofer,

Glittership, and Asimov's

science fiction. And you can contact her on Twitter at Danuli underscore Danny if you'd like

her to read for you. And of course, once again, the links will be in the show notes.

So, bring your hands together, because this story is true.

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