Pseudopod

Author : Mike Wyant Jr Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 992: Chattering Spines is a PseudoPod original. C/W immolation, guns, animal harm From the author: Oh Spines. I wrote this while at a writing conference called Superstars Writing Seminars back in February of 2022 after attending […]

Author : ego_bot Narrator : Christopher Tang Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 991: The Hermit Crab God is a PseudoPod original. C/W: harm to animals, mental illness Notes from the author: I recently spoke with a nature photographer who was very passionate about hermit crabs, and he made me want to […]

Author : Jamie Grimes Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 975: James Courtney Goes Home is a PseudoPod original. Get Out James Courtney Goes Home By Jamie Grimes The personal effects of the late Mr. James Courtney found their way to me some months after his passing, […]

Author : Cassiopeia Gatmaitan Narrator : Jess Lewis Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 990: Hearts and Half-Measures is a PseudoPod original. C/W: · Transphobia · Body horror · Murder · Gore · Grief · Death of a parent  · Cannibalism From the author: The Manananggal (“self-segmenter” – the creature in this […]

Author : Jessi Ann York Narrator : Marie Lestrange Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Dimorphism” first appeared in SEASONS OF SEVERANCE, an anthology-collection hybrid published by Cemetery Gates Media in 2023. “Dimorphism” was later mentioned as a standout in the Summation section of The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 16. […]

Author : Kitty Sarkozy Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 988: Anthropology 201 is a PseudoPod original. C/W: references to mental illness, second-person PoV Theseus myth  Labyrinth movie Anthropology 201 Written by Kitty Sarkozy College is a crucible. You go in a dumb kid, and with luck, […]

Author : Catherine MacLeod Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 987: Reflections on Bloody Mary is a PseudoPod original. CW: domestic abuse, coercive control, alcoholism Reflections on Bloody Mary By Catherine MacLeod “Maaa-reee,” my husband taunts. “Oh, Maaa-reee. Come out now, dear. We need to talk.” Wrong, […]

Author : E. Catherine Tobler Narrator : Essie Batz Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs” originally appeared in Bourbon Penn, and will appear in Ellen Datlow’s Year’s Best Horror #16 C/W: death by drowning The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs by E. […]

Author : Lindsay King-Miller Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Think of Me” was first published in the anthology DARK RAINBOW: QUEER EROTIC HORROR (Riverdale Ave., 2018) CW: explicit sex, self-harm, transphobia, body horror, S&M kink Strange Darling Think of Me by Lindsay King-Miller Sasha and Taylor are […]

Authors : Joanne Harris, Archita Mittra, Kat Day and A. L. Munson Narrators : Joanne Harris, Tatiana Grey, Kat Day and Samantha Loney Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Talented Beetle” was first published on the social media platform Bluesky, on 13th April 2025 “My Heart in a Snow Globe” is […]

Author : Molly Tanzer Narrators : The Word Whore and Preston Buttons Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Grave Worms” originally appeared in Cassilda’s Song: Tales Inspired by Robert W. Chambers’ King in Yellow Mythos an anthology edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. Grave-Worms By Molly Tanzer The grey flannel suit might […]

Author : H.P. Lovecraft Narrator : Boocho McFly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Haunter of the Dark” first appeared in Weird Tales, December 1936 CW: xenophobia H.P. Lovecraft The Horror of the Heights Federal Hill, Providence Voluminous: The Letters of HP Lovecraft Episode 82 Lovecraftian horror — and the racism […]

Author : Robert Bloch Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Joshua Tuttle Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Vincent Napoli “The Shambler from the Stars” first appeared in Weird Tales, September 1935 The Shambler From the Stars By Robert Bloch I have nobody but myself to blame for the whole affair. It was my […]

Author : W.E.B. DuBois Narrator : Boocho McFly Host : Joshua Tuttle Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Louise R. Latimer “Jesus Christ in Georgia” was printed in The Crisis in the 1911 Christmas issue. It later appeared as “Jesus Christ in Texas” in Darkwater: Voices from the Veil. Use of the n-word 2010 […]

Author : Siobhan Carrol Narrator : Leanna Renee Hieber Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Dave Robison “Nesters” originally appeared in the anthology Lovecraft’s Children CW: Animal death Nesters By Siobhan Carroll They killed the last calf that morning. Ma wanted to hold off, give the poor thing a chance, but Pa said it […]

Authors : Leanna Renee Hieber and Robert Bloch Narrators : Leanna Renee Hieber, Andrew Leman and Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Old Things are Meant to Be Found and Shared” first appeared as “Of Lovecraft and ‘He’” in The Book of Starry Wisdom. “The Secret in the Tomb” originally […]

Author : Katie McIvor Narrator : Eliza Chan Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 978: Where the Brass Band Plays is a PseudoPod original. CW: environmental horror, parent loss; grief, reality vs. illusion, nostalgia, willful blindness From the author:  “This story grew out of the feeling that we live in an […]

Author : Chelsea Davis Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Fruits Of” originally appeared in the online Spring 2024 edition of Club Chicxulub CW: dementia, death of a family member and suicidal ideation. The Fruits of By Chelsea Davis They’d long since passed the point where road […]

Author : C.J. Dotson Narrator : Jess Lewis Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 976: Every Last Gossamer Strand is a PseudoPod original. CW: narcissism, family abuse and especially spiders. C.J. Dotson’s upcoming novel, The Cut  Jess Lewis’s website  Brene Brown: When Narcissists Get Older  Fleetwood Mac, The Chain     […]

Author : DuBose Heyward Narrator : Ben Phillips Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Half-Pint Flask” was first published in The Bookman, May 1927 Racism https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-is-gullah-geechee-food-and-how-do-you-make-it https://discoversouthcarolina.com/articles/theres-history-in-every-bite-of-gullah-cuisine https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/1/1960612/-The-Gullah-Geechee-have-owned-land-since-the-1800s-One-terrible-law-allows-their-land-to-be-stolen https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/12/slave-descendants-preservation-land-georgia-gullah-geechee https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/apr/22/georgia-state-university-grant-gullah-geechee-heritage https://marshhenmill.com/ The Half-Pint Flask By DuBose Heyward I picked up the book and regarded it with interest. Even its format suggested […]