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 Alex’s review of the anthology: I approached Silk & Sinew with high hope of a companion for the Stoker Award […]

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 […]

Authors : Alex Ebenstein, Scott Weisser and Annie ZH Sun Narrators : Jarius Durnett, Kevin M. Hayes and Dani Cutler Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “The Wind Beneath” originally appeared in Cosmic Horror Monthly “They Still Haven’t Found Stevie” has previously been featured on the No Sleep Podcast “Precious Darlings” originally […]

Authors : Ambrose Bierce and Philip Curtiss Narrators : Ben Phillips and Kaz Host : Joshua Tuttle Audio Producer : Graeme Dunlop “The Suitable Surroundings” was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, July 14, 1889 “The Resurrection of Chilton Hills” first appeared in Harper’s Monthly Magazine in October 1929.  C/W: suicide (The Suitable Surroundings)  […]

Author : Martha Wells Narrator : Rae Lundberg Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Data Ghost” originally appeared in Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology Data Ghost by Martha Wells When the station stats popped up on the screen, the Interface said, Anomalous. Deni batted at their ear and muttered, “No, no, […]

Author : Shaenon K. Garrity Narrator : Alethea Kontis Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Bride” was originally published in Black Static in 2020 C/W necrophilia, sexual assault, physical assault, control The Bride by Shaenon K. Garrity As you drive south, the heat rushes up to greet you like your name […]

Author : Cameron Schoettle Narrator : Rae Lundberg Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Home, Laced in Web” was previously published by The Dodge on July 15, 2024 C/W: mutation, body horror, spiders Home, Laced in Web By Cameron Schoettle I follow behind Butcher. A lot of nights spent imagining what I’d […]

Author : Mike Wyant Jr Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 992: Chattering Spines is a PseudoPod original. C/W immolation, guns, animal harm From the author: Oh Spines. I wrote this while at a writing conference called Superstars Writing Seminars back in February of 2022 after attending […]

Author : ego_bot Narrator : Chris Tang Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 991: The Hermit Crab God is a PseudoPod original. C/W: harm to animals, mental illness Notes from the author: I recently spoke with a nature photographer who was very passionate about hermit crabs, and he made me want to […]

Author : Jamie Grimes Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 975: James Courtney Goes Home is a PseudoPod original. Get Out James Courtney Goes Home By Jamie Grimes The personal effects of the late Mr. James Courtney found their way to me some months after his passing, once the stipulations of […]

Author : Cassiopeia Gatmaitan Narrator : Jess Lewis Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 990: Hearts and Half-Measures is a PseudoPod original. C/W: · Transphobia · Body horror · Murder · Gore · Grief · Death of a parent  · Cannibalism From the author: The Manananggal (“self-segmenter” – the creature in this […]

Author : Jessi Ann York Narrator : Marie Lestrange Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Dimorphism” first appeared in SEASONS OF SEVERANCE, an anthology-collection hybrid published by Cemetery Gates Media in 2023. “Dimorphism” was later mentioned as a standout in the Summation section of The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 16. […]

Author : Kitty Sarkozy Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 988: Anthropology 201 is a PseudoPod original. C/W: references to mental illness, second-person PoV Theseus myth  Labyrinth movie Anthropology 201 Written by Kitty Sarkozy College is a crucible. You go in a dumb kid, and with luck, […]

Author : Catherine MacLeod Narrator : Christiana Ellis Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 987: Reflections on Bloody Mary is a PseudoPod original. CW: domestic abuse, coercive control, alcoholism Reflections on Bloody Mary By Catherine MacLeod “Maaa-reee,” my husband taunts. “Oh, Maaa-reee. Come out now, dear. We need to talk.” Wrong, […]

Author : E. Catherine Tobler Narrator : Essie Batz Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs” originally appeared in Bourbon Penn, and will appear in Ellen Datlow’s Year’s Best Horror #16 C/W: death by drowning The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs by E. […]

Author : Lindsay King-Miller Narrator : Kitty Sarkozy Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Think of Me” was first published in the anthology DARK RAINBOW: QUEER EROTIC HORROR (Riverdale Ave., 2018) CW: explicit sex, self-harm, transphobia, body horror, S&M kink Strange Darling Think of Me by Lindsay King-Miller Sasha and Taylor are […]