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 […]
May 28, 2025•38 min
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 […]
May 20, 2025•29 min
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 […]
May 12, 2025•43 min
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-lan...
May 07, 2025•46 min
Authors : David Marino, Lindz McLeod, Laura Blackwell and Cyrus Amelia Fisher Narrators : Ben Phillips, Kat Day, Eve Upton and The Word Whore Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Shallow Fangs” is a PseudoPod Original “Glean” previously appeared in a Bag of Bones micro horror anthology “The First Mrs. Edward Rochester […]
Apr 25, 2025•40 min
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 […]
Apr 18, 2025•45 min
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 […]
Apr 11, 2025•51 min
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?” […]
Apr 04, 2025•43 min
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 […]
Mar 31, 2025•21 min
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 […]
Mar 28, 2025•25 min
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 […]
Mar 21, 2025•29 min
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.” Fat Betty Listed Monuments The Watchers Ghost Stories The Woman in […]
Mar 14, 2025•38 min
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 days a […]
Mar 07, 2025•43 min
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 […]
Feb 28, 2025•33 min
Author : A. D. Sui Narrator : Yelena Crane Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 963: Mavka is a PseudoPod original. CW: cannibalism, suicide, starvation, use of second person perspective Mavka By A.D. Sui You pray to forget this. You pray to forget the cold. Even under two wool blankets you’re […]
Feb 21, 2025•33 min
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 […]
Feb 14, 2025•37 min
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 […]
Feb 07, 2025•26 min
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 […]
Feb 03, 2025•31 min
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 […]
Jan 30, 2025•42 min
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 […]
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 2 min
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 […]
Jan 10, 2025•41 min
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 […]
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr 4 min
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 […]
Dec 27, 2024•44 min
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 […]
Dec 20, 2024•56 min
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 […]
Dec 13, 2024•32 min
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 […]
Dec 06, 2024•44 min
Author : Richard E. Dansky Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 951: Last Supper is a PseudoPod original. CW: Thanksgiving dinner drama “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 […]
Nov 29, 2024•41 min
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 […]
Nov 22, 2024•39 min
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-...
Nov 18, 2024•43 min
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 C/W for emotional abuse Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls A Relationship in Four Haircuts By Ai Jiang You […]
Nov 08, 2024•30 min