PseudoPod

Author : James Dorr Narrator : John Michnya Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis This story originally appeared in Splatterlands in 2013 under the title “The Artist” Roald Dahl, Lamb to the Slaughter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter  Flash on the Borderlands XXIII: Grief (The Beachcomber, by L.R. Bonehill): https://pseudopod.org/2014/11/07/pseudopod-411-flash-on-the-borderlands-xxiii-grief  Inside No. 9: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_No._9 Some Say […]

Transcribed - Published: 18 April 2025

Author : Sheree Renée Thomas Narrator : Premee Mohamed Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight” originally appeared in Sleeping Under the Tree of Life and was reprinted in Sycorax’s Daughters Hounds of Tindalos Strange Things Happen at the 1-2 Point Sarah […]

Transcribed - Published: 11 April 2025

Author : Shaenon K. Garrity Narrator : Scott Campbell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 970: At the God Show is a PseudoPod original. At the God Show by Shaenon K. Garrity 6:15 A.M. “It’ll be Pternoch the Fisher,” Sheila overheard one pilgrim say to another. “Why did we bother coming?” […]

Transcribed - Published: 4 April 2025

Author : Zora Neale Hurston Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Jamie Grimes Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis First published in Opportunity in 1925.  When Hurston arrived in New York City in 1925, the Harlem Renaissance was at its zenith, and she soon became one of the writers at its center. Shortly before she entered […]

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2025

Author : A. A. Rubin Narrator : Tol Host : Ian Gordon Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 968: The Vibrations, Louder is a PseudoPod original. The Vibrations, Louder By A. A. Rubin Insanity? Sure, why not. My lawyer advised me to plead insanity, and maybe it will help me. At least I’ll be able […]

Transcribed - Published: 28 March 2025

Author : Audrey Zhou Narrator : Pine Gonzalez Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 967: Two’s Company, Three Might Be A Sign of Demonic Possession is a PseudoPod original. CW: Intimate partner death; Second person point of view Also narrated by Pine Gonzalez: A Relationship in Four Haircuts, by Ai Jiang […]

Transcribed - Published: 21 March 2025

Author : H. R. Laurence Narrator : Matthew Hamblin Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Fat Betty” originally appeared in Shock Totem Issue 8 in 2014 From the author: “The story is meant to be set in a slightly dystopian near-future (‘Iran’ as mentioned is correct, it’s supposed to reference a war […]

Transcribed - Published: 14 March 2025

Author : J.A.W. McCarthy Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 965: The Ecstasy of the Saints is a PseudoPod original. CW: body horror; self-harm From the author: I was raised Catholic and went to Catholic school through the seventh grade. That meant I spent three […]

Transcribed - Published: 7 March 2025

Author : Maria Haskins Narrator : Ville Meriläinen Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Darkness Carried by the Beasts” was originally published in The Sunday Morning Transport in 2023. CW: cancer, death of a family member From the author: This story came to me, at first, with the image of a […]

Transcribed - Published: 28 February 2025

Author : A. D. Sui Narrator : Yelena Crane Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 963: Mavka is a PseudoPod original. Mavka By A.D. Sui You pray to forget this. You pray to forget the cold. Even under two wool blankets you’re always cold now. Skin and bones, you. A February […]

Transcribed - Published: 21 February 2025

Author : Cyrus Amelia Fisher Narrator : A.J. Fitzwater Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Hemorrhage” was originally published in the Book of Queer Saints Volume 2 CW: self-harm, drug abuse, addiction, physical abuse and coercive control Hemorrhage by Cyrus Amelia Fisher It’s a dumb fight to pick, but I only learn […]

Transcribed - Published: 14 February 2025

Author : Mirri Glasson-Darling Narrator : Lindz McLeod Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 961: Body Heat is a PseudoPod original. C/W: death of a family member, cancer From the author: ‘Body Heat’ was inspired by a reoccurring dream during a 3-week solo expedition in the mountains. Void Merch  Hot Singles […]

Transcribed - Published: 7 February 2025

Author : Kelsey P. Kitchel Narrator : Matt Arnold Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Mummy” first appeared in Weird Tales, November 1929 The Old Lady The Shout Power of Darkness Them Jones Boys Nathan Drake Lara Croft Mummy by Kelsey Percival Kitchel I have always prided myself on being a practical […]

Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2025

Author : John Russell Narrator : Maui Threv Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Powers Of Darkness” was first published in Collier’s, March 30, 1929. CW: Use of racial slurs as well as sexism and misogyny Beau Geste, Russel’s best known work was adapting this for the screen. Joseph Conrad Heart of […]

Transcribed - Published: 30 January 2025

Author : Robert Graves Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Shout” was first published in a limited edition chapbook, The Woburn Books #16, 1929. Jamie Oliver’s controversial children’s book has shone a spotlight on the importance of sensitivity readers Jamie Oliver pulls ‘offensive’ children’s book from sale […]

Transcribed - Published: 17 January 2025

Author : Elizabeth Bowen Narrator : Leila Al-Jeboury Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Dead Mabelle”  first appeared in the 1929 collection Joining Charles and Other Stories CW: Allusions to suicide Dead Mabelle By Elizabeth Bowen The sudden and horrible end of Mabelle Pacey gave her a publicity with the European press […]

Transcribed - Published: 10 January 2025

Author : Eleanor Scott Narrator : Kat Day Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Old Lady” first appeared in the 1929 collection of ghost stories, Randall’s Round Penda’s Fen Void Merch Hot Singles In Your Area   The Old Lady By Eleanor Scott Adela Young must have come up to Oxford […]

Transcribed - Published: 3 January 2025

Authors : Robbie Banfitch, TJ Price, Christi Nogle and Rob Costello Narrators : Robbie Banfitch, Brent Lambert, Dani Daly and Justin Riestra Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Summer Night” was first published in the 2024 anthology Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror “Chosen” was first published in the […]

Transcribed - Published: 27 December 2024

Author : Michael Ford Narrator : Dave Liloia Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Be Not Afraid” originally appeared in the 2024 anthology We Mostly Come Out at Night edited by Rob Costello The Mothman The Mothman Prophecies (Book) The Mothman Prophecies (Film) Krampus Krampus (2015 movie) Be Not Afraid by Michael […]

Transcribed - Published: 20 December 2024

Author : Sonora Taylor Narrator : David Powell Host : Laura Pearlman Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “If You Don’t Want a Cat, Don’t Get a Kitten” originally appeared in the 2024 collection Recreational Panic From the author: “I dedicated one of my stories, ‘If You Don’t Want a Cat, Don’t Get a Kitten’, to […]

Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2024

Author : Somto Ihezue Narrator : Solomon Osadolo Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Onitsha Main, Ochanja, The Twins, Nkpor, and the Shadows of Shoprite” was originally published in the 2024 anthology, Escalators to Hell: Shopping Mall Horrors Onitsha Main, Ochanja, The Twins, Nkpor, and the Shadows of Shoprite By Somto Ihezue […]

Transcribed - Published: 6 December 2024

Author : Richard E. Dansky Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Last Supper” is a follow-up to “Licking Roadkill”, which previously appeared at PseudoPod (ep 786, Nov 2021) and in the collection A Meeting In the Devil’s House. CW: Thanksgiving dinner drama From the author: “It’s [Last Supper] […]

Transcribed - Published: 29 November 2024

Author : A.C. Wise Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Slow Music of Drums” was originally published in the 2024 Anthology Northern Nights edited by Michael Kelly TW: features grief, an implied apocalypse, sinister music, a family curse, cosmic horror and bees Astute readers and listeners may […]

Transcribed - Published: 22 November 2024

Author : Gemma Amor Narrator : Barry J. Northern Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Less Exalted Tastes” originally appeared in the 2024 collection All Who Wander Are Lost Gemma Amor https://gemmaamorauthor.com/ Total Immersion https://gemmaamorauthor.com/books-gemma-amor/full-immersion-by-gemma-amor/ Hot Singles In Your Area by Jordan Shiveley https://unbound.com/books/hotsingles Irish House Burning Mania https://www.countrylife.co.uk/architecture/the-tale-of-irelands-house-burning-mania-of-1919-1923-221446 Resident Evil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_Village […]

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2024

Author : Ai Jiang Narrator : Pine Gonzalez Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis ‘A Relationship in Four Haircuts’ was originally published in the 2024 anthology Welcome to Your Body: Lessons in Evisceration A Relationship in Four Haircuts By Ai Jiang  Narrated by [Your Name] You met him on Etsy. That’s right. […]

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2024

Author : Cynthia Gómez Narrator : Julia Rios Host : Eleanor R. Wood Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis ‘Will They Disappear’ originally appeared in the 2024 collection The Nightmare Box from Cursed Morsels Press From the author: “This piece is based on the horrendous real-life story of Jennifer and Sarah Hart, two white women who […]

Transcribed - Published: 4 November 2024

Authors : Brittany Groves and Alasdair Stuart Narrators : Siobhan Gallichan and Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 946: Toby and The Halloween Parade is a PseudoPod original. Andrew Garfield and Elmo  Alasdair Stuart Previous Halloween Parades  Toby By Brittany Groves It’s a long walk from Founders Cemetery, but […]

Transcribed - Published: 31 October 2024

Author : Alex Dal Piaz Narrator : Alex Hofelich Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 945: The Gobstomper is a PseudoPod original. The Gobstomper by Alex Dal Piaz A lot changes as you get older, thought Wilkie Saunders. For example, he’d been sure older boys like Tom Dunn—who was either in […]

Transcribed - Published: 28 October 2024

Author : Kyle Piper Narrator : Peter Adrian Behravesh Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 944: The House That Stands Over Your Grave is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “For as universal as it is, I find it weirdly difficult to explain grief in a way that feels satisfying. It’s […]

Transcribed - Published: 25 October 2024

Author : Todd Keisling Narrator : John Bell Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Oneirophobia” originally appeared in NEVER WAKE: A DREAM HORROR ANTHOLOGY, edited by Kenneth W. Cain and Tim Meyer, and published by Crystal Lake Publishing on 9/8/23 From the author: “I’ve experienced sleep paralysis a few times in my […]

Transcribed - Published: 18 October 2024

Author : K. Bosgra Narrator : Tony Sarrecchia Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 942: The Sound of a Jackknife is a PseudoPod original. The Dead Room Pontypool   The Sound of a Jackknife by K. Bosgra I only took the Tremaine gig because of Shepherd’s recommendation. “This one won’t pay […]

Transcribed - Published: 12 October 2024

Author : Carson Winter Narrator : Jess Lewis Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “In Haskins” originally appeared in Apex, issue 127 In Haskins by Carson Winter Everyone, both the young and the old, went about their lives as usual on the day of the Mask Festival. The downtown streets were covered […]

Transcribed - Published: 4 October 2024

Author : Rachael K. Jones Narrator : Alex Hofelich Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 940: Controlling Your Weeds is a PseudoPod original. NIMBY https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/not-in-my-back-yard#:~:text=’Not%20in%20My%20Back%20Yard,development%20in%20their%20local%20area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY Get Out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Out Controlling Your Weeds By Rachael K. Jones I always mow it twice a week during peak season. Some might consider that excessive, […]

Transcribed - Published: 1 October 2024

Author : Henry Herz Narrator : Tanja Milojevic Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis CW: Ableist slur This material originally appeared in The Hitherto Secret Experiments of Marie Curie edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Henry L. Herz published by Blackstone Publishing Cheating Death by Henry Herz I didn’t join in as […]

Transcribed - Published: 23 September 2024

Author : Robert E. Howard Narrator : Tad Callin Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Sea Curse” was originally published in Weird Tales, May 1928 The Soul Cages Sea Curse By Robert E. Howard And some return by the failing light And some in the waking dream. For she hears the heels […]

Transcribed - Published: 13 September 2024

Author : Marianne Kirby Narrator : Sevatividam Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 937: The Yearning of the All-Devouring Earth is a PseudoPod original. The Yearning of the All-Devouring Earth by Marianne Kirby It’s always when we find a moment of peace that the universe remembers we exist—or maybe it’s less […]

Transcribed - Published: 6 September 2024

Authors : Lyndsey Croal, Hannah Greer and S.L. Harris Narrators : Lindz McLeod, Kitty Sarkozy and Elie Hirschman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Every Part of You” was first published in OOZE: Little Bursts of Body Horror, edited by Ruth Anna Evans, in March 2023 and was also included in Hexagon […]

Transcribed - Published: 30 August 2024

Author : Dashiell Hammett Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Hollow Temple” was first published in Black Mask, December 1928. This is the second of four novelettes that were fixed up into the novel The Dain Curse. The Thin Man (Novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Man The Thin Man (Movie) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Man_(film) […]

Transcribed - Published: 24 August 2024

Author : Dashiell Hammett Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Joshua Tuttle Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Hollow Temple” was first published in Black Mask, December 1928. This is the second of four novelettes that were fixed up into the novel The Dain Curse. The Hollow Temple (Part Two of The Dain Curse) by […]

Transcribed - Published: 16 August 2024

Author : Dashiell Hammett Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Hollow Temple” was first published in Black Mask, December 1928. This is the second of four novelettes that were fixed up into the novel The Dain Curse. The Hollow Temple (Part Two of The Dain Curse) by […]

Transcribed - Published: 12 August 2024

Author : Jane Marciano Narrator : Tiernan Douieb Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Man With a Serpent in his System” originally appeared in London Mystery Magazine Selection (No. 99) November 1973. Jane reached out to us in 2023. She told us that, back in the 1970s when she was in […]

Transcribed - Published: 10 August 2024

Author : Jess Whitecroft Narrator : Kat Day Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 931: What He Woke is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “This story was written before the 2024 British General Election. The MP whose voting record inspired these events has since been fired by his constituents. We […]

Transcribed - Published: 8 August 2024

Author : W.F. Harvey Narrator : Tol Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Wilson Fowlie “The Dabblers” appeared in the 1928 collection The Beast with Five Fingers The Dabblers by W.F. Harvey It was a wet July evening. The three friends sat around the peat fire in Harborough’s den, pleasantly weary after their long […]

Transcribed - Published: 26 July 2024

Author : Eugenia Triantafyllou Narrator : Steph P. Bianchini Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Bonesoup” originally published in Strange Horizons, July 2022 From the author: “My initial idea was a Hansel and Gretel retelling where the Evil Witch actually has children of her own. It became a story about Greece’s intergenerational […]

Transcribed - Published: 19 July 2024

Author : Elliott Gish Narrator : Louise Hewitt Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 928: Mr. Harmon’s Girls is a PseudoPod original. CW: child sexual abuse, grooming https://www.elliottgishwrites.com https://www.facebook.com/elliottgishwrites Mr. Harmon’s Girls By Elliott Gish The first day of school. Bright, cold, the sky that special autumn blue. All of us […]

Transcribed - Published: 12 July 2024

Author : Emily Ruth Verona Narrator : Kevin M. Hayes Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Three Nights With the Angel of Death” was originally published in the anthology ALONG HARROWED TRAILS from Timber Ghost Press in July 2023 The Quick and the Dead Three Nights with the Angel of Death by […]

Transcribed - Published: 5 July 2024

Author : Dan LeMoal Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Beach Head” was published in On Spec (longtime Canadian sci-fi/horror magazine) – 2008 & The Best Horror of the Year Volume 1 – 2009 CW: Drug use, problematic language Beach Head by Daniel LeMoal “Are you still alive […]

Transcribed - Published: 29 June 2024

Author : Robert Bloch Narrators : Leeman Kessler and Rish Outfield Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Black Bargain” was originally published in Weird Tales, May 1942 “What Every Young Ghoul Should Know” was originally published in Amateur Correspondent, September-October 1937 What Every Young Ghoul Should Know” is a little piece of […]

Transcribed - Published: 21 June 2024

Author : Arther Wick Narrators : Wilson Fowlie and Wendy N. Wagner Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 924: The Things That Wash Up on Marble Beach is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “Following the enthusiastic and repeated recommendations of a good friend of mine (looking at you BDM), I […]

Transcribed - Published: 14 June 2024

Author : John Wiswell Narrator : Paul Cram Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis ‘Too Little, Too Little, Too Much’ originally appeared in Cossmass Infinites in March of 2022 Fans of the urban legend of the Russian Sleep Experiment may be excited to see a recent movie release “The Soviet Sleep Experiment” […]

Transcribed - Published: 10 June 2024