Pseudopod

Author : Alan Baxter Narrator : Graeme Dunlop Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “All The Eyes That See” was originally published in Cosmic Horror Monthly issue #42 (ed. Charles Tyra, December 2023); it also won the 2023 Australian Shadows Award for Short Fiction. C/W: child abuse, domestic abuse From the author: […]

Author : Nissa Harlow Narrator : Tina Connolly Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop PseudoPod 1027: This Thing of Darkness is a PseudoPod original. C/W: grief, approaching death Nissa Harlow: nissaharlow.com  Tina Connolly: tinaconnolly.com ‘Don’t Put a Rug on a Polished Floor’ public information film  Scarred for Life on Bluesky: @scarredforlife.bsky.social   Writers […]

Author : Meg Elison Narrator : Sofia Quintero Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop PseudoPod 1026: Thoughts and Prayers is a PseudoPod original. C/W: Gun violence, school shooting https://www.npr.org/2025/09/08/nx-s1-5317647/school-shooting-industry https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/school-shootings-database/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Craft_(film) https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/law-and-life/do-the-police-have-an-obligation-to-protect-you/ Thoughts and Prayers by Meg Elison he’s over by the gym Maddie’s phone buzzed once and she glanced down […]

Author : Gregory Marlow Narrator : Brian Lieberman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop PseudoPod 1025: Impostor Syndrome is a PseudoPod original. The Mighty Boosh-Back to the Crunch Impostor Syndrome By Gregory Marlow Looking back, the first red flag was during the job interview, when Chad said their target demographic was males, […]

Authors : Arthur Machen, D. Matthew Urban, Courtney Farr and Chelsea Davis Narrators : Kaitlyn Zivanovich, Elie Hirschman, Kat Day and Rae Lundberg Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “Witchcraft” was first printed in Ornaments in Jade, 1924 “How I Turned My Little Brother Human” was first published in Shaky Pictures of […]

Author : Elliott Gish Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop C/W: Emotional control, intimate partner abuse ‘Grandifolia’ is a PseudoPod original Grandifolia By Elliott Gish The first time I do everything the way I’m supposed to. I wait for the new moon and walk into the woods at […]

Author : Jolie Toomajan Narrator : Eric Valdes Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis ‘All the Good You Did Not Do’ originally appeared in Apex magazine in November of 2023 C/W: reference to PTSD, depression All the Good You Did Not Do by Jolie Toomajan When the doors slide open, the screams […]

Author : John Wiswell Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis ‘Bad Doors’ was originally published in Uncanny Magazine in 2023, and was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. C/W: pandemic, family and animal disappearance/death Bad Doors By John Wiswell The country was at just […]

Author : Stewart C Baker Narrator : Kat Day Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 1020: Walking Tour of Scarborough in Nuclear Winter is a PseudoPod original. Rogue One final scene 30 Days Of Night trailer From the author: “All of the landmarks in this story are real places in Scarborough, […]

Author : Silvia Moreno-Garcia Narrator : Rae Lundberg Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis ‘Superstition’ was first published in the anthology 120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era Remote Viewing Clerks 1 Donnie Darko The Destructors Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand by Primitive Radio […]

Author : M. Lopes da Silva Narrator : Jordan Kurella Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop ‘The Polyamorous Heart of Death’ first appeared in the anthology And One Day We Will Die: Strange Stories Inspired by the Music of Neutral Milk Hotel CW: 2nd person PoV, transphobia, implied necrophilia The Neutral Milk […]

Author : Noah Ashley Blooms Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop PseudoPod 1017: In the Hands of a Different God is a PseudoPod original. C/W for body horror, child abuse/neglect, implied homophobia Jim Kristofic novels Coyote Stranger The Sundown Killers Why Miitaries Must Destroy Cities To Save Them […]

Authors : Edward E. Schiff, Seth Wade and Ash Vale Narrators : Leeman Kessler, Scott Campbell and Amy H. Sturgis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “Left by the Tide” first appeared in Weird Tales, March 1929 “Sirens Chasing Sirens” first appeared in The Gateway Review back in 2018 “Dread and Faith” […]

Author : Meagan Kane Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Allie James Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop PseudoPod 1015: What Haunts the Newbuild? is a PseudoPod original. When the Night Comes Out What Haunts the Newbuild? by Meagan Kane If the dead who loved her haunt an old home’s bones, what haunts the newbuild? What […]

Author : Irvin S. Cobb Narrator : Kevin M. Hayes Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis ‘Faith, Hope and Charity’ was first published in Hearst’s International Combined with Cosmopolitan, April 1930. C/W strong violence, racist language Here’s a link to the Archive.org of the original text: https://archive.org/details/sim_cosmopolitan_1930-04_88_4/page/40/mode/2up Jim Kristofic novels: Coyote Stranger, The […]

Author : Clark Ashton Smith Narrator : Tol Host : Joshua Tuttle Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The End Of The Story” was originally published in Weird Tales, vol. 15, no. 5 (May 1930). Link: Weird Tales original text Original layout from Weird Tales The Emperor of Dreams documentary Best collection of Smith’s poetry The […]

Author : Margaret Irwin Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Book” was first published in 1930 in The London Mercury and later collected in The Weird (Tor Books, 2012) CW: harm to child/animal, reference to suicide The Book By Margaret Irwin On a foggy night in November, […]

Authors : S.L. Dennis and Harry Graham Narrator : Kaz Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Tailpiece” first appeared in More Ruthless Rhymes, 1930, and “The Second Awakening of a Magician” first appeared in The London Mercury, November 1930 C/W: fire Tailpiece by Harry Graham My son Augustus, in the street, one […]

Author : William Faulkner Narrator : Ben Phillips Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “A Rose For Emily” was first published in The Forum, April 30, 1930 C/W for racial slurs [n-word], mental illness, misogyny, homophobia and Spoiler poisoning [collapse] A Rose For Emily by William Faulkner I When Miss Emily Grierson […]

Author : E. Lynn Linton Narrator : Lewis Davies Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop ‘Christmas Eve at Beach House’ was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870.  C/W murder, intimate partner violence To support us during our year-end campaign, go to https://escapeartists.net/support-ea The Oldhammer Fiction Podcast  Eliza Lynn Linton  Dr. Frizzle […]