PseudoPod

Author : Angela Sylvaine Narrator : Laura Pearlman Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “Playing Tricks” was first published in It Was All A Dream: An Anthology Of Bad Horror Tropes Done Right, edited by Brandon Applegate, and later in Angela Sylvaine’s collection, The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls C/W: mental […]

Author : M. Ian Bell Narrator : Kat Day Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop PseudoPod 1036: A Greater Dark is a PseudoPod original. C/W: Xenophobia, gun violence, harm to animals A Greater Dark by M. Ian Bell Gray sheets of rain as the door bangs in, Willard and his men materializing […]

Author : M. L. Krishnan Narrator : Suna Dasi Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Interstate Mohinis” was originally published in Diabolical Plots (June 2023) C/W: sexual violence, cannibalism, reference to drug abuse Interstate Mohinis by M. L. Krishnan In the way of Death runs the Vaitarani river. We are flayed open […]

Author : Elizabeth Winfield Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Richard E. Dansky Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 1034: Only In The Dark is a PseudoPod original. Only In The Dark by Elizabeth Winfield The crackling sound of static fills the room as the screen lights up. We see a simple landscape with some […]

Author : Michael Bettendorf Narrator : Norm Sherman Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Devil Is Fine” was first published in Cosmic Horror Monthly, in January 2025  C/W: strong body horror, gun violence, animal harm Author notes: “I was still pretty drunk on the experience of playing Red Dead Redemption 2 when […]

Authors : L. Marie Wood, Rio Lombana, Rajiv Moté and Rich Larson Narrators : Alexis Goble, Rae Lundberg, Pine Gonzalez and Kyle Akers Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Jacob Street” was first published in the Fall 2024 issue of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction “Everyone Drinks At Sunrise” was […]

Author : Maegan Langer Narrator : Jonathan Danz Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “Her Skin” first appeared in the anthology, They Walk Among Us: A Collection of Utah Horror (42 Books, April 2020). C/W: intimate partner abuse/control Notes contain possible spoilers: see Host Commentary below Her Skin By Maegan Langer He […]

Author : Jess Whitecroft Narrator : Louise Hewitt Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop PseudoPod 1030: Keeping Up With the Conan Doyles is a PseudoPod original. C/W: disordered eating, fat-shaming May 22nd is Conan Doyle’s birthday and Sherlock Holmes Day Jess Whitecroft’s Patreon Cautionary Tales: Photographing Fairies Keeping Up with the Conan […]

Author : R.J. Gerard Narrator : Bob Eccles Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop PseudoPod 1029: Feeding the Choke-Tree is a PseudoPod original. Okja   Feeding the Choke-Tree by R.J. Gerard “Straws,” I said. “Why straws?” “Because they’re cute, obviously,” said Foreman. “Don’t you think?” I squinted at them. Nearly a dozen […]

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://...

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...

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 […]