Eldritch Girl: Weird Gothic Stuff & Nonsense

Ricky and Wes find themselves in Myrddin’s realm, but it is Wes who chooses to make a sacrifice. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs : physical and emotional distress, grief Intro/Outro Theme Music: Gemma Dyer

Ricky reacts badly to some devastating news, and Myrddin returns with an offer of help. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: loss, self-harm in response to grief, unprovoked inter-familial violence Intro/Outro Theme Music: Gemma Dyer

Jem Foreman takes his (not)-boyfriend Theo to open the portal… with dramatic and deadly consequences. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: blood, gore, cultist POV, body horror Intro/Outro Theme Music: Gemma Dyer

Wes goes to a family memorial, the Beast takes on a new role, and Ricky learns he’s going to die. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: memorial service with blood, gore, amputation (of bereavement reactions, cult indoctrination leading to betrayal, sacrifice of loved one, physical/health consequences of depression. Intro/Outro T...

Paula D. Ashe is an award-winning writer of dark fiction, a Hellraiser obsessive, and an educator. You can find her on Substack , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pauladashe and Twitter @/pauladashe. Her debut collection, We Are Here to Hurt Each Other , was released in early 2022 from Nictitating Books, and has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. She has a story in the bug horror collection, T...

Wes has another vision-episode, in which he sees himself betray a family member to Jem’s cult. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: toxic family dynamics, seizure-like episode, hyperventilation/panic attack Intro/Outro Theme Music: Gemma Dyer

Katy deals with her own dangerous spiral of depression, but a mysterious Otherworldly figure intervenes and changes her perspective. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: depression, active contemplation/preparation for suicide/severe self-harm (using knife), mention of historic self-harm (cutting), friendship trauma, toxic famil...

Wes meets up with Jem Foreman and learns about the new family cult - and also discovers more about his own powers. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: cult-thinking and indoctrination, family estrangement and interfamilial violence, including mention of child-sacrifice, on-page fight, bereavement and grief-related trauma Intro/...

Ricky goes for a drink with Wes and discovers his cousin’s new abilities - but Wes wants to make a deal. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: alcohol, encouraged binge eating/disordered eating, first cousins with sexual history/dub con/asexual in uncomfortable situation, scoleciphobia imagery (Ricky’s tendrils), dressing weeping...

Wes learns the family are being watched by someone Otherworldly, and has three visions of the future - two versions of the apocalypse, and one indication it can be averted. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: seizure-like trance, minor in caring role for adult relatives, sibling estrangement and toxic family dynamics Intro/Outr...

Suzan Palumbo is a dark fiction author, a Nebula finalist, active member of the HWA, Co Administrator of the Ignyte Awards and a member of the Hugo nominated FIYAHCON team. She is also a former Associate Editor of “ Shimmer ” magazine. Her debut dark fantasy/horror short story collection “Skin Thief: Stories” will be published by Neon Hemlock in Fall 2023. Her novella “Countess” will be published...

Katy arrives in Pagham-on-Sea to find her missing cousin, only to find things are worse than she imagined. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: depression, suicide ideation, drug use, graphic diseased open wounds, and imagery that may affect those with parasitophobia, trypophobia, parasitic dermatophobia, entomophobia/acarophobia,...

Wes, on Day 22 of his rocky sobriety journey, gets some unwelcome news and faces uncomfortable truths about himself. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: maggot mention, suicide ideation, fear of relapse. Intro/Outro Theme: Gemma Dyer

The full transcript of the interview is live on cmrosens.com , and you can watch the film on YouTube , embedded here and in the transcript post. You can support my work here by tipping me on Ko-Fi, or joining my Ko-Fi membership !

Ricky faces the consequences of drastic action and is confronted by a figure from his past. Buy your copy and read along! Support my podcast by tipping me on Ko-Fi/joining my Ko-Fi membership ! CWs: arson, wounds, gore, alcohol Intro/Outro Theme Music: Gemma Dyer (née Cartmell)

Three possible futures. Two versions of the apocalypse. One chance to save the world. Wes Porter, a severely depressed insanity-inducing playboy, is detoxing from hallucinogens that have unlocked his ability to see versions of potential futures - and he's just foreseen two ways the world could end. Normally, Wes would leave the hero bullshit to somebody else, but he can't abdicate responsibility t...

The last (and double-length!) episode of S02, in which the triad meet their Grandsire, Ricky finds some comfort, Wes makes a choice and gets some insurance, and Katy sets herself on a path she can't come back from. CW: graphic gore/violence, killing family, drug use, strong language, gruesome transformational body horror Reissued by Canelo Horror 2024. BUY YOUR COPY HERE AND READ ALONG!

In this episode with multiple guests, I catch up with Ezra Arndt, Frank Rudiger Lopes and Alessandra "Allie" Pino on their short stories in THE UNCANNY AND THE DEAD anthology out now in eBook and Paperback! This indie horror anthology was edited by Ezra Arndt and also contains a longer short story/novelette by me, entitled THE RELUCTANT HUSBAND, now released on its own and available as a standalon...

Ricky and Wes learn the extent of their powers in the Outside and must decide what to do with them; Katy hatches out, and Grandad's priests show up. CWs: deconstructive body horror, insectoid creature swarm, creature gore Theme Tune: Gemma Cartmell Reissued by Canelo Horror 2024. BUY YOUR COPY HERE AND READ ALONG!

Katy's metamorphosis begins, Ricky takes a risk that leads to a bad trip, and Wes finds himself assuming responsibility. CWs: consuming non-edible hallucinogenic/toxic substance, discussion of sexual relationship between cousins, deconstructive body horror (while conscious). Theme Tune: Gemma Cartmell Reissued by Canelo Horror 2024. BUY YOUR COPY HERE AND READ ALONG!

Katy, Wes and Ricky begin their exploration of the Outside, but Wes isn't the only one to be affected by the atmosphere in this other dimension. Reissued by Canelo Horror 2024. BUY YOUR COPY HERE AND READ ALONG! CWs: body horror, family-context aggression, thinking of people as objects, blood/accidental cut. Theme Tune by Gemma Cartmell

An interview with Ally Wilkes, author of ALL THE WHITE SPACES, released 25 Jan '22 (UK) and 22 March '22 (USA). This episode includes an author-read extract from the novel, and we discussed Polar exploration in the early 20thC, the Great War (WWI), Polar horror, and a morsel of survival cannibalism. The full transcript is available at cmrosens.com .

The Triad find themselves trapped the wrong side of the portal with an unexpected benefit for Wes. CWs: fist-fight, blood, disordered eating/mindless eating to painful over-capacity (of rotten food) Theme tune: Gemma Cartmell Reissued by Canelo Horror 2024. BUY YOUR COPY HERE AND READ ALONG!

Katy returns to the Outside unprepared and Wes seizes his chance to get rid of Ricky. CWs: drug-addled decision-making, aggressive family arguments, body horror. Theme Tune: Gemma Cartmell Reissued by Canelo Horror 2024. BUY YOUR COPY HERE AND READ ALONG!

Ricky struggles to cope with his cousins and his deeply-rooted insecurities, while Katy, struggling to deal with her grief and newfound knowledge, figures out why Wes is on the List. Wes is just... struggling. Reissued by Canelo Horror 2024. BUY YOUR COPY HERE AND READ ALONG! CWs: alcohol use in context of a depression spiral, lack of self-awareness, on-page panic attack, references to drug use, d...