“El Hijo” was first published under the title “El padre” in La Nación, 15 January 1928. “El Almohadón de Plumas” was first published in the magazine Caras y Caretas, 13 July 1907; it was revised when collected in 1917. Both of these are new translations by Shawn Garrett. It was a powerful summer day in Misiones, with all the sunlight, heat and calm that the season brings. Nature, fully resplendent... Source

“El Hijo” was first published under the title “El padre” in La Nación, 15 January 1928. “El Almohadón de Plumas” was first published in the magazine Caras y Caretas, 13 July 1907; it was revised when collected in 1917. Both of these are new translations by Shawn Garrett. It was a powerful summer day in Misiones, with all the sunlight, heat and calm that the season brings. Nature, fully resplendent... <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2023/08/13/pseudopod-878-the-son-el-hijo-and-the-feather-pillow-el-almohadon-de-plumas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 878: The Son (El Hijo) and The Feather Pillow (El almohadón de plumas)

PseudoPod 877: Billy’s Garage is a PseudoPod original. CW: Animal cruelty From the author: “This is my contribution to the “kids on bikes” subgenre of horror. It’s set back when I was a teen, and yes, we did have to dissect actual frogs.” Incidentally, the author in no way condones any of the actions depicted in this story, except for reading comic books. “Billy’s Garage” by Richard Dansky Billy... Source

PseudoPod 877: Billy’s Garage is a PseudoPod original. CW: Animal cruelty From the author: “This is my contribution to the “kids on bikes” subgenre of horror. It’s set back when I was a teen, and yes, we did have to dissect actual frogs.” Incidentally, the author in no way condones any of the actions depicted in this story, except for reading comic books. “Billy’s Garage” by Richard Dansky Billy... <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2023/08/09/pseudopod-877-billys-garage/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 877: Billy’s Garage

This text was extracted from McClure’s Jan 1911, illustrated by Henry Raleigh. The short story was adapted by herself into a novel in 1913; and again adapted into an opera and numerous films (including one by Alfred Hitchcock) and radio plays. “THERE he is at last, and I’m glad of it, Ellen. ‘Tain’t a night you would wish a dog to be out in.” Mr. Bunting’s voice was full of unmistakable relief. Source

This text was extracted from McClure’s Jan 1911, illustrated by Henry Raleigh. The short story was adapted by herself into a novel in 1913; and again adapted into an opera and numerous films (including one by Alfred Hitchcock) and radio plays. “THERE he is at last, and I’m glad of it, Ellen. ‘Tain’t a night you would wish a dog to be out in.” Mr. Bunting’s voice was full of unmistakable relief. <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2023/08/03/pseudopod-876-the-lodger-part-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 876: The Lodger – Part 2

This text was extracted from McClure’s Jan 1911, illustrated by Henry Raleigh. The short story was adapted by herself into a novel in 1913; and again adapted into an opera and numerous films (including one by Alfred Hitchcock) and radio plays. “THERE he is at last, and I’m glad of it, Ellen. ‘Tain’t a night you would wish a dog to be out in.” Mr. Bunting’s voice was full of unmistakable relief. <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2023/07/21/pseudopod-875-the-lodger-part-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 875: The Lodger – Part 1

Fishing Season: I went fishing at a nearby reservoir, and I didn’t catch anything except water willow and the wisps of this story’s concept. Snotty: I watched a documentary that featured snot otters and began thinking again about how some amphibians are able to regenerate limbs. The next morning I woke up with this story and all its elements and themes fully formed in my head... Source

Fishing Season: I went fishing at a nearby reservoir, and I didn’t catch anything except water willow and the wisps of this story’s concept. Snotty: I watched a documentary that featured snot otters and began thinking again about how some amphibians are able to regenerate limbs. The next morning I woke up with this story and all its elements and themes fully formed in my head... <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2023/07/14/pseudopod-874-flash-on-the-borderlands-lxvii-ichthyic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 874: Flash on the Borderlands LXVII: Ichthyic

PseudoPod 873: A Box of Hair and Nail is a PseudoPod original. “This story was inspired by an urban myth that terrified my mum when she was a teenager in Malaysia. The legend went that if you didn’t dispose of your nail and hair clippings carefully, an unwanted admirer could steal them and take them to a bomoh—shaman—and have a love spell placed on you. Rumour was that this happened to a young... Source

PseudoPod 873: A Box of Hair and Nail is a PseudoPod original. “This story was inspired by an urban myth that terrified my mum when she was a teenager in Malaysia. The legend went that if you didn’t dispose of your nail and hair clippings carefully, an unwanted admirer could steal them and take them to a bomoh—shaman—and have a love spell placed on you. Rumour was that this happened to a young... <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2023/07/07/pseudopod-873-a-box-of-hair-and-nail/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 873: A Box of Hair and Nail

“The Strange Island of Dr. Nork” was first published in Weird Tales, March 1949 CW: racist language. Please note this story was first published in 1949 and contains language which would not be acceptable today, particularly with regards to race. Afflicted Season Two Fundraiser I Between the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles rises a little group of islands known as the Medium-Sized Antilles. Source

“The Strange Island of Dr. Nork” was first published in Weird Tales, March 1949 CW: racist language. Please note this story was first published in 1949 and contains language which would not be acceptable today, particularly with regards to race. Afflicted Season Two Fundraiser I Between the Greater Antilles and the Lesser Antilles rises a little group of islands known as the Medium-Sized Antilles. <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2023/06/30/pseudopod-872-the-strange-island-of-dr-nork/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 872: The Strange Island of Dr. Nork

“Nymph of Darkness” was originally published in Fantasy Magazine, April 1935 Afflicted Season Two Fundraiser The thick Venusian dark of the Ednes waterfront in the hours before dawn is breathless and tense with a nameless awareness, a crouching danger. The shapes that move murkily through its blackness are not daylight shapes. Sun has never shone upon some of those misshapen figures... Source

“Nymph of Darkness” was originally published in Fantasy Magazine, April 1935 Afflicted Season Two Fundraiser The thick Venusian dark of the Ednes waterfront in the hours before dawn is breathless and tense with a nameless awareness, a crouching danger. The shapes that move murkily through its blackness are not daylight shapes. Sun has never shone upon some of those misshapen figures... <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2023/06/24/pseudopod-871-nymph-of-darkness/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 871: Nymph of Darkness

“The Dancing Partner” is excerpted from Jerome’s non-genre novel Novel Notes where it is the second half of Chapter 11. The serialization of that chapter first appeared in the March 1893 issue of The Idler. “This story,” commenced MacShaughnassy, “comes from Furtwangen, a small town in the Black Forest. There lived there a very wonderful old fellow named Nicholaus Geibel. His business was the... Source

“The Dancing Partner” is excerpted from Jerome’s non-genre novel Novel Notes where it is the second half of Chapter 11. The serialization of that chapter first appeared in the March 1893 issue of The Idler. “This story,” commenced MacShaughnassy, “comes from Furtwangen, a small town in the Black Forest. There lived there a very wonderful old fellow named Nicholaus Geibel. His business was the... <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2023/06/18/pseudopod-870-the-dancing-partner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 870: The Dancing Partner

“Audio Recording Left by the CEO of the Ranvannian Colony to Her Daughter, on the Survival Imperative of Maximising Market Profits” was originally published in Diabolical Plots, October 2021 “We didn’t set out to write this as a story: we only really set out to try and gross each other out, exchanging segments in a series of escalations for our own amusement. But then Matt considers it a crime to... Source

“Audio Recording Left by the CEO of the Ranvannian Colony to Her Daughter, on the Survival Imperative of Maximising Market Profits” was originally published in Diabolical Plots, October 2021 “We didn’t set out to write this as a story: we only really set out to try and gross each other out, exchanging segments in a series of escalations for our own amusement. But then Matt considers it a crime to... <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2023/06/09/pseudopod-869-audio-recording-left-by-the-ceo-of-the-ranvannian-colony-to-her-daughter-on-the-survival-imperative-of-maximising-market-profits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 869: Audio Recording Left by the CEO of the Ranvannian Colony to Her Daughter, on the Survival Imperative of Maximising Market Profits

Pseudopod tells TRUE, mind you, stories in the horror fiction genre. Alasdair Stuart, your kind and thoughtful host, gently walks you to the gates of Hell and says, &#34;Have a blast, Kiddo!!  I&#39;ll be waiting for you &#39;IF&#39; you can get back.&#34; 
Then he IS there, to give real, yet soothing, insight to the fantastic chill you just experienced.  It&#39;s FEAR.  It&#39;s TERROR. And believe it or not, somehow it&#39;s HOPE.  Powerful stuff.  I absolutely LOVE this podcast.  CHEERS!!

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Provocative stories, well told. Alastair, the host, provides his own brief, insightful commentary that sets this podcast apart from others. At the end of each year there is a special episode. Characters and elements from that year’s stories are woven into a tale about a macabre parade. It’s hard to explain, but it is mind blowingly original and makes me so glad I found this podcast. The makers of Pseudopod strive to provide its writers, voice actors, and entire creative team with fair pay. Thank you for many hours of thoughtful entertainment.

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PseudoPod 599: The Boy with the Glass Eyes is a PseudoPod original. My son arrived in a brown cardboard package, no bigger than a shoebox. I lifted the lid to see him lying there flat on his back, eyes closed, as though he were asleep. ‘Go on,’ my Boss said, ‘lift him up.’ Nervously, I lifted him up out of the box and cradled him in my arms. His skin was velvet. His smell; pure talcum powder. Source

PseudoPod 599: The Boy with the Glass Eyes is a PseudoPod original. My son arrived in a brown cardboard package, no bigger than a shoebox. I lifted the lid to see him lying there flat on his back, eyes closed, as though he were asleep. ‘Go on,’ my Boss said, ‘lift him up.’ Nervously, I lifted him up out of the box and cradled him in my arms. His skin was velvet. His smell; pure talcum powder. <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2018/06/15/pseudopod-599-the-boy-with-the-glass-eyes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 599: The Boy with the Glass Eyes

“A Visit to the Catacombs of Via Altamonvecchi” was originally published in Karamu (vol. xx, no. 2, Spring 2007), a literary review out of Eastern Illinois University. In addition, I have featured a shortened version in readings around the Chicago area, including at the Twilight Tales reading series at the Red Lion Pub (then the only haunted bar in the Chicago metropolitan area). Source

“A Visit to the Catacombs of Via Altamonvecchi” was originally published in Karamu (vol. xx, no. 2, Spring 2007), a literary review out of Eastern Illinois University. In addition, I have featured a shortened version in readings around the Chicago area, including at the Twilight Tales reading series at the Red Lion Pub (then the only haunted bar in the Chicago metropolitan area). <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2018/08/17/pp-608-visit-to-the-catacombs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 608: A Visit to the Catacombs of Via Altamonvecchi

“The Yellow Cat” originally published in Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine, June 1924 Trophy RPG: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/trophy-rpg?ref=discovery&amp;term=trophy Duggan Hill Podcast: https://dugganhill.com/ The Walken Puss In Boots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEjKmsMkPKQ It all began when Grey was followed home, inexplicably enough, by the strange, famished yellow cat. Source

“The Yellow Cat” originally published in Hutchinson’s Mystery Story Magazine, June 1924 Trophy RPG: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/trophy-rpg?ref=discovery&amp;term=trophy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/trophy-rpg?ref=discovery&amp;term=trophy</a> Duggan Hill Podcast: <a href="https://dugganhill.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://dugganhill.com/</a> The Walken Puss In Boots: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEjKmsMkPKQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEjKmsMkPKQ</a> It all began when Grey was followed home, inexplicably enough, by the strange, famished yellow cat. <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2020/01/31/pseudopod-687-the-yellow-cat/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 687: The Yellow Cat

“The Phantom Rider” originally appeared in Weird Tales, November 1924 Big Bill Hawkins laid the trap with admirable precision. Every little detail had been worked out with the utmost nicety. The care-free manner of his partner, Seth Ormsby, indicated that he suspected nothing, though he did seem somewhat puzzled by Big Bill’s unwonted loquacity and unprecedented joviality. He had shown a strange... Source

“The Phantom Rider” originally appeared in Weird Tales, November 1924 Big Bill Hawkins laid the trap with admirable precision. Every little detail had been worked out with the utmost nicety. The care-free manner of his partner, Seth Ormsby, indicated that he suspected nothing, though he did seem somewhat puzzled by Big Bill’s unwonted loquacity and unprecedented joviality. He had shown a strange... <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2020/01/25/pseudopod-686-the-phantom-rider/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 686: The Phantom Rider

“The Fog” first appeared in The Strand Magazine in October 1908 and was collected in MIDSUMMER MADNESS in 1909. The fog had been thickening for many weeks, but now, moving like a black wall, it fell on the town. The lights that guided the world were put out—the nearest were almost as invisible as the stars; a powerful arc-lamp overhead was but a blur. Traffic ceased, for drivers could not see... Source

“The Fog” first appeared in The Strand Magazine in October 1908 and was collected in MIDSUMMER MADNESS in 1909. The fog had been thickening for many weeks, but now, moving like a black wall, it fell on the town. The lights that guided the world were put out—the nearest were almost as invisible as the stars; a powerful arc-lamp overhead was but a blur. Traffic ceased, for drivers could not see... <a href="https://pseudopod.org/2020/04/03/pseudopod-696-the-fog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Source</a>

PseudoPod 696: The Fog

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