Author : Mary Elizabeth Counselman Narrator : Robert C. Eccles Hosts : Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Cordona’s Skull” was first published in Weird Tales, July 1950 Cordona’s Skull by Mary Elizabeth Counselman Joe “Fresno” Talley dropped his cigarette butt on the sidewalk and ground it […]
Aug 28, 2020•46 min
Author : Suzan Palumbo Narrator : Arielle John Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Artist : Brandon Kawashima Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 718: Tara’s Mother’s Skin is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler “Being from Trinidad, Caribbean folklore was a large part of my childhood. I grew up with stories about jumbies and La […]
Aug 21, 2020•33 min
Author : Richard E. Dansky Narrator : Kris Straub Host : Soren Narnia Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Mad Eyes of the Heron King” originally appeared in the anthology Dark Faith, Apex Publishing, 2010 The Mad Eyes of the Heron King by Richard Dansky There was a lake or something like […]
Aug 14, 2020•33 min
Author : Evan Marcroft Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 716: Big Brother is a PseudoPod original. “Although I have a younger sister, I’ve always felt more like a single child, since we were never very close. Ever since I was little I wondered […]
Aug 08, 2020•35 min
Authors : Selena Chambers and Jesse Bullington Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Jordan Shiveley Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Dive In Me” first appeared in The New Gothic, edited by Beth Lewis and published by Stone Skin Press in 2013. Caring into the Void: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caring-into-the-void/id1348004415 Hot Singles in Your Area — […]
Jul 31, 2020•48 min
Author : Hal Ellson Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Blackout” was originally published in Mantrap, October 1956 Dave Robison’s new domain: https://butterymanvoice.com/ Frankee White: https://twitter.com/frankee_white 20 Fists: https://gumroad.com/fdwhite#FVqmz Blackout by Hal Ellson It’s a hot night. I got that uneasy feeling again and I […]
Jul 24, 2020•35 min
Author : Mira Grant Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “You Can Stay All Day” was originally published in 2017 in Nights of the Living Dead and reprinted in Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror. You Can Stay All Day by Mira Grant The merry-go-round was still […]
Jul 17, 2020•49 min
Authors : Drew Czernik, Jennifer Gardner and Desmond Warzel Narrators : Karlo Yeager Rodriguez, Autumn Ivy and Summer Fletcher Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 712: Flash on the Borderlands LII: You Know What You Are is a PseudoPod original. https://junjiitomanga.fandom.com/wiki/The_Enigma_of_Amigara_Fault The Boy in the Mirror by Drew […]
Jul 10, 2020•26 min
Author : Jonathan Louis Duckworth Narrator : Larissa Thompson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 711: Les Lutins is a PseudoPod original. Content warning: Spoiler miscarriage, animal harm [collapse] EA YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtLeMuTcFDtF2C3MiF6GPfQ EA Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/eapodcasts/videos Spoiler Search & Rescue Creepypasta https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/I%27m_a_Search_and_Rescue_Officer_for_the_US_Forest_Service,...
Jul 03, 2020•39 min
Author : Charlotte Riddell Narrator : Cian Mac Mahon Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Sandy the Tinker” originally appeared in the collection Weird Stories in 1882 Sandy the Tinker by Charlotte Riddell “Before commencing my story, I wish to state it is perfectly true in every particular.” “We […]
Jun 26, 2020•36 min
Author : Richard E. Dansky Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Unhaunted House” originally appeared at Storytellers Unplugged, 2006 Unhaunted House by Richard Dansky They huddled in the bathroom on the second floor, a family of three, afraid. Tap. Tap tap. Tap. The sounds came […]
Jun 20, 2020•10 min
Author : Stephen Graham Jones Narrator : Eric Luke Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Tenderizer” was first published in the movie themed anthology The Cutting Room where it shared a Table of Contents with “Final Girl Theory” by A.C. Wise. Content warning: Spoiler death of a child, school […]
Jun 19, 2020•38 min
Author : P.R. Dean Narrator : Scott Campbell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 707: Crybaby is a PseudoPod original. Per the author, “I watched several Michael Haneke films, back to back, one evening. A brilliant director, but not exactly light entertainment. The bleak, disturbing world of the […]
Jun 12, 2020•30 min
Author : Charlotte Perkins Gilman Narrators : Leeman Kessler and John Meagher Host : Gwendolyn Kiste Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Giant Wistaria” was first published in the New England Magazine, June 1891 with the byline “Charlotte P. Stetson.” The Giant Wistaria by Charlotte Perkins Gilman “Meddle not with my new […]
Jun 05, 2020•22 min
Author : D.P. Watt Narrator : Elie Hirschman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Vertep” was first published in The First Book of Classical Horror Stories, ed. D.F. Lewis, with Megazanthus Press in 2012 and then reprinted in Watt’s collection The Phantasmagorical Imperative, Egaeus Press, 2014. Interview with Colin […]
May 29, 2020•38 min
Author : Christi Nogle Narrator : Dani Daly Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 704: Resilience is a PseudoPod original. Escape Pod turns 15! Preorder the anthology! Check out the other news here: https://mailchi.mp/e7810b939179/escape-pod-turns-15 Resilience by Christi Nogle Jason gets home while I’m at the sink. He […]
May 22, 2020•49 min
Author : Orrin Grey Narrator : Orrin Grey Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Dream House” was first published in Gothic Lovecraft in 2016 Escape Pod turns 15! Preorder the anthology! Check out the other news here: https://mailchi.mp/e7810b939179/escape-pod-turns-15 Creepy Podcast https://www.creepypod.com/ Channel Zero: Candle Cove https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candle_Cove Kris Straub https://twitter.com/krisstraub […]
May 15, 2020•26 min
Author : E.F. Benson Narrator : Matt Dovey Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “At the Farmhouse” first appeared in Hutchinson’s Magazine, March 1923 At the Farmhouse by E.F. Benson The dusk of a November day was falling fast when John Aylsford came out of his lodging in the […]
May 08, 2020•40 min
Author : John Langan Narrator : George Hrab Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Technicolor” was first published in Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy and Horror in 2009 The inspiration, “The Masque of the Red Death”, was read on PodCastle and can be found here The […]
May 02, 2020•1 hr 18 min
Author : Edgar Allan Poe Narrator : John Bell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Hop Frog” was first published in the March 7, 1849 Flag of Our Union. Twitch eapodcasts Hop Frog Animated Version Content warning: Spoiler Ableism, fatphobia, sharpening the guillotines [collapse] Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe […]
Apr 24, 2020•38 min
Authors : Bradley H. Sinor, Selena Chambers and Edgar Allan Poe Narrators : Matt Franklin, Tatiana Grey and Wayne Johnson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “A Dark Bird” was first published in Flush Fiction II, by Yard Dog Press in 2016 “Dr. Lambshead’s Dark Room” was first published […]
Apr 17, 2020•31 min
Author : Morgan Sylvia Narrator : Justine Eyre Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 698: Of Marrow and Abomination – Narration Only is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler Montauk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Project USS Eldridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Eldridge#Philadelphia_Experiment Gideon Falls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Falls Tanis: http://tanispodcast.com/ [collapse] Of Marrow and Abomination by Morgan Sylvia I am very [...
Apr 12, 2020•41 min
Author : Morgan Sylvia Narrator : Justine Eyre Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 698: Of Marrow and Abomination is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler Montauk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Project USS Eldridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Eldridge#Philadelphia_Experiment Gideon Falls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_Falls Tanis: http://tanispodcast.com/ [collapse] Of Marrow and Abomination by Morgan Sylvia I am very young when I […]
Apr 12, 2020•43 min
Author : Christine Lucas Narrator : Danielle Imara Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 697: Five Fridays During Lent is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler “The Greek countryside crawls with legends of undead. They are a blend of what we today call vampires, ghouls and zombies, and they almost […]
Apr 10, 2020•14 min
Author : Morley Roberts Narrator : Ant Bacon Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Fog” first appeared in The Strand Magazine in October 1908 and was collected in MIDSUMMER MADNESS in 1909. The Fog by Morley Roberts The fog had been thickening for many weeks, but now, moving […]
Apr 03, 2020•52 min
Discuss on Forums All cat stories start with this statement: “My mother, who was the first cat, told me this…” It is said that in Ulthar, which lies beyond the river Skai, no man may kill a cat; and this I can verily believe as I gaze upon him who sitteth purring before the fire. For the […]
Apr 01, 2020•31 min
Transcript (Alasdair) Hi everyone, Alasdair here. We’re not going to ask how you are right now, because we have a pretty good idea. You’re fine. You’re FINE. You’re the same version of fine as everyone right now, the one Aerosmith sang about. The one where you’re alternately anxious, terrified, furious and calm. We empathise. We’re […]
Mar 28, 2020•9 min
Author : Sarah Gribble Narrator : S. Kay Nash Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Muse” first appeared in Tales of Blood and Squalor in 2017 Muse by Sarah Gribble I noticed him on a Saturday morning. He was fingering tomato plants across the square, nodding every so often […]
Mar 28, 2020•33 min
Author : Margery Lawrence Narrator : Lewis Davies Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Robin’s Rath” first appeared in Hutchinson’s Story Magazine, Nov 1923 Robin’s Rath by Margery Lawrence ‘So ye’re goin’ to buy Robin’s Rath, young lady?’ Ellen Vandermyl raised her arched brows with a touch of hauteur […]
Mar 20, 2020•54 min
Authors : Avery Kit Malone, Lauren Ring and Chantal Beaulne Narrators : Hugo Jackson, Kitty Sarkozy and Alexis Goble Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 693: Flash on the Borderlands L: Flash Fiction Contest 6 Winners is a PseudoPod original. Third Place: The Animals Are Becoming by Chantal […]
Mar 14, 2020•20 min