PseudoPod 978: Where the Brass Band Plays

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 […]

Authors : Joanne Harris, Archita Mittra, Kat Day and A. L. Munson Narrators : Joanne Harris, Tatiana Grey, Kat Day and Samantha Loney Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Talented Beetle” was first published on the social media platform Bluesky, on 13th April 2025 “My Heart in a Snow Globe” is […]

Author : Molly Tanzer Narrators : The Word Whore and Preston Buttons Host : Kat Day Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Grave Worms” originally appeared in Cassilda’s Song: Tales Inspired by Robert W. Chambers’ King in Yellow Mythos an anthology edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. Grave-Worms By Molly Tanzer The grey flannel suit might […]

Author : H.P. Lovecraft Narrator : Boocho McFly Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Haunter of the Dark” first appeared in Weird Tales, December 1936 CW: xenophobia H.P. Lovecraft The Horror of the Heights Federal Hill, Providence Voluminous: The Letters of HP Lovecraft Episode 82 Lovecraftian horror — and the racism […]

Author : Robert Bloch Narrator : Jon Padgett Host : Joshua Tuttle Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Vincent Napoli “The Shambler from the Stars” first appeared in Weird Tales, September 1935 The Shambler From the Stars By Robert Bloch I have nobody but myself to blame for the whole affair. It was my […]

Author : W.E.B. DuBois Narrator : Boocho McFly Host : Joshua Tuttle Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis Artist : Louise R. Latimer “Jesus Christ in Georgia” was printed in The Crisis in the 1911 Christmas issue. It later appeared as “Jesus Christ in Texas” in Darkwater: Voices from the Veil. Use of the n-word 2010 […]

Author : Siobhan Carrol Narrator : Leanna Renee Hieber Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Dave Robison “Nesters” originally appeared in the anthology Lovecraft’s Children CW: Animal death Nesters By Siobhan Carroll They killed the last calf that morning. Ma wanted to hold off, give the poor thing a chance, but Pa said it […]

Authors : Leanna Renee Hieber and Robert Bloch Narrators : Leanna Renee Hieber, Andrew Leman and Alasdair Stuart Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Old Things are Meant to Be Found and Shared” first appeared as “Of Lovecraft and ‘He’” in The Book of Starry Wisdom. “The Secret in the Tomb” originally […]

Author : Katie McIvor Narrator : Eliza Chan Host : Scott Campbell Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis PseudoPod 978: Where the Brass Band Plays is a PseudoPod original. CW: environmental horror, parent loss; grief, reality vs. illusion, nostalgia, willful blindness From the author:  “This story grew out of the feeling that we live in an […]