PseudoPod

Author : Margaret Irwin Narrator : Alasdair Stuart Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Book” was first published in 1930 in The London Mercury and later collected in The Weird (Tor Books, 2012) CW: harm to child/animal, reference to suicide The Book By Margaret Irwin On a foggy night in November, […]

Authors : S.L. Dennis and Harry Graham Narrator : Kaz Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Tailpiece” first appeared in More Ruthless Rhymes, 1930, and “The Second Awakening of a Magician” first appeared in The London Mercury, November 1930 C/W: fire Tailpiece by Harry Graham My son Augustus, in the street, one […]

Author : William Faulkner Narrator : Ben Phillips Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “A Rose For Emily” was first published in The Forum, April 30, 1930 C/W for racial slurs [n-word], mental illness, misogyny, homophobia and Spoiler poisoning [collapse] A Rose For Emily by William Faulkner I When Miss Emily Grierson […]

Author : E. Lynn Linton Narrator : Lewis Davies Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop ‘Christmas Eve at Beach House’ was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870.  C/W murder, intimate partner violence To support us during our year-end campaign, go to https://escapeartists.net/support-ea The Oldhammer Fiction Podcast  Eliza Lynn Linton  Dr. Frizzle […]

Author : Sara Tantlinger Narrator : Tanja Milojevic Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “Cyanide Constellations” was published in the collection Cyanide Constellations and Other Stories by Sara Tantlinger in October 2025. C/W: Suicide, 2nd person PoV To support us during our year-end campaign, go to https://escapeartists.net/support-ea Author’s note: This story ended...

Author : Carson Winter Narrator : Matt Arnold Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “The Children of the Event” was first published in the collection ‘Portraits of Decay’ by Carson Winter, published by Salt Heart Press in June 2025. To support us during our year-end campaign, go to escapeartists.net/support-ea Notes from the […]

Author : Richard E. Dansky Narrator : Trendane Sparks Host : Kat Day Artist : Graeme Dunlop PseudoPod 1006: Give A Dog A Bone is a PseudoPod original. From author: “Give A Dog A Bone” is the third story in the series of tales following the exploits of a married couple of werewolves whose relationship is […]

Author : Paul Tremblay Narrator : Rosie Sentman Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Do It” was first published in the anthology ‘120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era’  C/W: gun violence, knife violence Note from author: The pizza joint in the story is based on a locally (local to […]

Author : John Langan Narrator : Ian Gordon Host : Graeme Dunlop Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Madame Painte: For Sale” was first published in Behold! Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders, edited by Doug Murano (Crystal Lake 2017), and then in the Word Horde collection ‘Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions’, in August 2025. […]

Author : Thomas Ha Narrator : Preston Buttons Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis  “House Traveler” originally appeared in Bourbon Penn #34, Dec. 2024 and is reprinted in Thomas Ha’s debut collection, “Uncertain Sons and Other Stories” C/W: alludes to alcoholism House Traveler by Thomas Ha The five of us were gathered […]

Author : Shawna Yang Ryan Narrator : Rebecca Wei Hsieh Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Squatters” originally appeared in the 2025 Anthology, Silk and Sinew C/W for mass graves, genocide The Squatters by Shawna Yang Ryan The government begins excavating the bones in late February to coincide with the events […]

Authors : M. Halstead and Alasdair Stuart Narrators : Laura Pearlman and Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 1001: A Coven of Cats Under the Light of the Moon and The Halloween Parade is a PseudoPod original. C/W: implied animal harm (Coven) A Coven of Cats Under the Light […]

Author : Arthur Machen Narrators : Kat Day and Alasdair Stuart Hosts : Alasdair Stuart and Shawn Garrett Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “Novel of the White Powder” first appeared in The Three Impostors in 1895. C/W: drug abuse, delusions The Angels of Mons: The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War by Arthur Machen […]

Author : Susan King Narrator : Louise Hewitt Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop ‘Barghest’ was first published Modern Folklore: A Comma Press Course Anthology, in August 2025 C/W: bullying From the author: “The idea for Barghest came from reading legends surrounding the existence of mythical ‘black dogs.’ These were supernatural, ghostlike, […]

Author : Madhu Campbell Narrator : Suna Dasi Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop PseudoPod 998: The Story-Stealer’s Night is a PseudoPod original. C/Ws from author: Body horror, creature horror, brief suicidal ideation, cancer, child abuse, child death and parent death The Story-Stealer’s Night by Madhu Campbell Story-teller, Story-screamer Tell your tales […]