Authors : Sophie Sparrow, Gretchen Tessmer and Wen-yi Lee Narrators : Kara Grace, Summer Brooks and Wilson Fowlie Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “On the Getting of Husbands and the Spawning of Children” previously appeared in Arsenika in April 2021 “The Chairmaker’s Daughter” is a PseudoPod original “Concerning […]
Mar 24, 2023•33 min
Author : Jess Whitecroft Narrator : Kat Day Host : Lindz McLeod Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 857: Of Dark That Bites is a PseudoPod original. CW: Traumatic birth Of Dark That Bites Jess Whitecroft “Where do we go when we die?” asked Bea. She was in her car seat, a […]
Mar 17, 2023•51 min
Author : Alex Jennings Narrator : Dominick Rabrun Host : Tonia Ransom Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Them Doghead Boys” originally appeared in Current Affairs Magazine in their Jan/Feb 2021 issue Them Doghead Boys By Alex Jennings Things got bad bad once the Ravels was gone. Five-Oh swooped down and arrested damnear […]
Mar 14, 2023•48 min
Author : V. Astor Solomon Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 855: And The Water Said Kneel is a PseudoPod original. Content Warning: Rape Revenge And The Water Said Kneel by V. Astor Solomon The river claims her like a lover, like someone who […]
Mar 04, 2023•24 min
Author : Kristina Ten Narrator : Kaitlyn Zivanovich Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Bones in It” was originally published in Lightspeed in May 2021 Good Bones by Maggie Smith Bones in It by Kristina Ten Besides the vedma who lived behind the stove in steam room three, the […]
Feb 25, 2023•35 min
Author : M. M. Schill Narrator : James Kaku Pierson Hosts : Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn Audio Producer : Dave Robison Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 853: Oni in the Box is a PseudoPod original. Oni in the Box by M.M. Schill Now, Sobo was our late father’s mother. By our mother’s accounts she was […]
Feb 19, 2023•41 min
Author : Elise LeSage Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Adrian Howard Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Every Body Depicted Is Exploited” was first published in PopCult’s Gruesome Love anthology as “Crit.” Every Body Depicted Is Exploited By Elise LeSage Everyone knew that Pamela was the only real artist there. The rest […]
Feb 10, 2023•25 min
Authors : Don Mark Baldridge, Bitter Karella and Rachel Unger Narrators : Halloween Bloodfrost, L. Marie Wood and Kelley M. Frank Host : Ben McKenzie Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 851: Flash on the Borderlands LXIV: Purification is a PseudoPod original. Candlemas: “February 2, 2023 is Candlemas. I’ve always had a […]
Feb 03, 2023•31 min
Presenters: Marguerite Kenner and Alasdair Stuart Hey folks, welcome to an Escape Artists metacast. I’m Marguerite Kenner. And I’m Alasdair Stuart. For those of you who have never heard a metacast before, think of this like a mini State of the Union address, a way for us to update you about what’s been happening at EA. The […]
Jan 31, 2023•14 min
Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald Narrator : Shawn Garrett Host : Shawn Garrett Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “A Short Trip Home” was published in 1927 and is in the public domain F. SCOTT FITZGERALD – “The Diamond As Big As The Ritz” (1922) BLACKWATER 2: MORE TALES OF THE FANTASTIC by […]
Jan 27, 2023•51 min
Authors : H.P. Lovecraft and Wilfred B. Talman Narrator : Ron Jon Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Two Black Bottles” originally appeared in Weird Tales, August 1927 Two Black Bottles by Wilfred B. Talman & H.P. Lovecraft Not all of the few remaining inhabitants of Daalbergen, that dismal […]
Jan 20, 2023•39 min
Author : Alfred McLelland Burrage Narrator : W.J. Walton Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Browdean Farm” originally appeared in the 1927 collection Some Ghost Stories Check out ll the amazing things W.J. Walton is working on at AWKWARD LABS (http://www.awkward-labs.com) ? Browdean Farm by A.M. Burrage Most people […]
Jan 13, 2023•32 min
Author : Robert W. Sneddon Narrator : Hugo Jackson Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums The original version was first published in “Ghost Stories Magazine” April, 1927, “On the Isle of Blue Men” was an atmospheric, Lovecraftian thriller -almost certainly inspired by the real world 1900 Flannan Isles lighthouse […]
Jan 06, 2023•47 min
Author : Anthony Boucher Narrator : Rish Outfield Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Ye Goode Olde Ghoste Storie” originally appeared in Weird Tales, January 1927 under the pen name William A. P. White Derek Delgaudio Excellent and IMMENSELY spoiler-y piece about In & Of Itself Ye Goode Olde […]
Jan 01, 2023•13 min
Author : Carlie St. George Narrators : Rose Hofelich and Battie Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “15 Eulogies Scribbled Inside a Hello Kitty Notebook” originally appeared in Carlie’s debut collection, You Fed Us to the Roses, published by Robot Dinosaur Press in October 2022. 15 Eulogies Scribbled Inside […]
Dec 30, 2022•48 min
Authors : Edgar Allan Poe and Leanna Renee Hieber Narrators : Wayne Johnson and Steve Anderson Host : Shawn Garrett Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “The Oval Portrait” was published in the April 26, 1845 edition of the Broadway Journal. “Not More Lovely than Full of Glee” originally appeared in A Winter’s […]
Dec 23, 2022•34 min
Author : Wailana Kalama Narrator : Jen Zink Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Mother Trucker” originally appeared in Mother: Tales Of Love And Terror by Weird Little Worlds in Fall 2022 Mother Trucker by Wailana Kalama My mother hits the moose in the pitch black of 4:32 a.m. […]
Dec 16, 2022•30 min
Author : Jenny Kiefer Narrator : Kat Day Host : M. M. Schill Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Palette” originally appeared in the anthology Howls From the Dark Ages: An Anthology of Medieval Horror. All of the ingredients for the woman’s makeup recipes are accurate for medieval Austria. Palette By J.L. Kiefer […]
Dec 10, 2022•31 min
Author : Tyler Jones Narrator : Scott Campbell Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Corporation” opened the collection Burn the Plans released by Cemetery Gates Media in February 2022 Corporation by Tyler Jones Sunlight blooms in the sky, rising up from behind all those glass and steel buildings. It […]
Dec 03, 2022•34 min
Authors : Sarah Day and Tim Pratt Narrators : Alasdair Stuart and Marguerite Kenner Hosts : Kat Day, Dave Robison and Ben Phillips Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 821 Special Anniversary Episode: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT! is a PseudoPod original. Featuring the story Celestial Shores by Sarah Day and Tim Pratt Towards […]
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Author : Johnny Compton Narrator : Amy Kelly Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “No Hungry Generations” was published originally in the October 2022 Anthology, Death In The Mouth. No Hungry Generations By Johnny Compton The bird looked like the last descendent of a prehistoric mishap. Fatter than a […]
Nov 26, 2022•47 min
Author : J.A.W. McCarthy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “The Only Thing Different Will Be the Body” originally appeared in the anthology A Woman Built By Man published by Cemetery Gates Media The Only Thing Different Will Be The Body by J.A.W. McCarthy My great-grandfather was an angel. […]
Nov 18, 2022•46 min
Author : Orrin Grey Narrator : Robert C. Eccles Host : Alex Hofelich Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Old Haunts” originally appeared in the 2022 collection How to See Ghosts & Other Figments Old Haunts By Orrin Grey Kim Parks considered himself something of a connoisseur of the haunted attractions that sprang […]
Nov 12, 2022•26 min
Author : Joe Koch Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Marty Perrett Discuss on Forums “Offerings “was first published in Doorbells At Dusk from Corpus Press, 2018 and reprinted in the 2022 collection “Convulsive” Offerings By Joe Koch Blaine’s head hurts at the sight of Amelia shuffling up the block. […]
Nov 07, 2022•44 min
Author : Alasdair Stuart Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 836: The Halloween Parade is a PseudoPod original. The 2022 Halloween Parade by Alasdair Stuart The parade this year feels brittle. At least at first. It reminds you of that first step into a […]
Oct 31, 2022•11 min
Author : Nicole Givens Kurtz Narrator : Devante‘ Johnson Host : Tonia Ransom Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 835: Trickin’ is a PseudoPod original. Trickin’ by Nicole Givens Kurtz It’s time. Nestled beneath the rolling peaks from the mountain ranges, honeycombs of caves spread out in their like swollen slugs providing […]
Oct 28, 2022•30 min
Author : Amy Nagopaleen Narrator : Bryce Dahle Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 834: To the Tooth is a PseudoPod original. To The Tooth by Amy Nagopaleen I just wanted breakfast. Coffee, maybe an egg with spinach. But before I even stumbled over to the coffeemaker, a sprawling net of […]
Oct 25, 2022•24 min
Author : Tod Robbins Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums “Cockcrow Inn” was first published in the collection Who Wants a Green Bottle? and Other Uneasy Tales in 1926 Cockcrow Inn By Tod Robbins Cockcrow Inn stands defiantly facing the sea. For countless years it […]
Oct 21, 2022•54 min
Authors : Kat Day, H.B. Diaz and Taylor Rae Narrators : Kat Day, Gemma Amor and Siobhan Gallichan Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Proverbs 16:31 – Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained in a righteous life. When I Was Young, I Did Not Need Magic by Kat […]
Oct 14, 2022•32 min
Author : Eris Young Narrator : Steph P. Bianchini Hosts : Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Discuss on Forums PseudoPod 831: Idomeneja is a PseudoPod original. From the author: “The speculative elements from this story are based on the death masks found in the grave circles at the site […]
Oct 07, 2022•23 min