Artemis Rising – PseudoPod https://pseudopod.org The Sound of Horror Fri, 30 Oct 2020 02:32:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pseudopod.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-PseudoPod-chip-32x32.png Artemis Rising – PseudoPod https://pseudopod.org 32 32 PseudoPod 641: ARTEMIS RISING 5: A Song for Wounded Mouths https://pseudopod.org/2019/03/29/pseudopod-641-ar5-a-song-for-wounded-mouths/ Fri, 29 Mar 2019 10:44:54 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8416 PseudoPod 641: ARTEMIS RISING 5: A Song for Wounded Mouths is a PseudoPod original. “I wanted to write a story about body glitter, and instead wrote something about teeth.” It was Brandon who found the teeth. He was the one who picked up the small Mason jar, imagining it to be the perfect thing for B roll, the kind of homespun charm we were hoping to emulate for the video we…

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]]> PseudoPod 640: ARTEMIS RISING 5: What Throat https://pseudopod.org/2019/03/24/pseudopod-640-ar5-what-throat/ Sun, 24 Mar 2019 11:25:39 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8414 PseudoPod 640: ARTEMIS RISING 5: What Throat is a PseudoPod original. It was embarrassingly easy to get lost. Even for someone like Jo, who was familiar with hiking and knew better than to make the mistakes she made. She’d always heard it was easier than you think; now she finally believed it. A bit of distraction. Forging ahead when something niggled in the back of her head that…

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]]> PseudoPod 639: ARTEMIS RISING 5: Of All the Things the Girls Had Ever Said https://pseudopod.org/2019/03/15/pseudopod-639-ar5-of-all-the-things-the-girls-had-ever-said/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 04:01:29 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8401 “Of All the Things the Girls Had Ever Said” was previously available on Amazon Content warning: Spoiler Kidnapping, confinement, predation [collapse] “This is one of the rare stories I wrote longhand in a fever pitch during a late night ferry crossing between the mainland and Vancouver Island. I don’t tend to write when inspired — I’m more of a work…

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]]> PseudoPod 638: ARTEMIS RISING 5: A Strange Heart, Set in Feldspar https://pseudopod.org/2019/03/08/pseudopod-638-ar5-a-strange-heart-set-in-feldspar/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 05:01:27 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8399 “A Strange Heart, Set In Feldspar” was first published in the anthology Abandoned Places (Shohola Press), published in March 2018 “I go back to visit Sweden pretty much every summer, staying in my parents’ summer house in the northern part of the country. Mining, and specifically mining for gold and copper, really shaped the economy in that part of the country, and this story was…

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]]> PseudoPod 637: ARTEMIS RISING 5: White Noise https://pseudopod.org/2019/03/06/pseudopod-637-ar5-white-noise/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 02:06:55 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8381 “White Noise” was previously published in the April 2018 issue of Anathema: Spec from the Margins “Despite its speculative content, I wrote this story to illustrate the complexities of the immigrant experience. In these current political climes, it’s important to recognize how many people struggle to be heard and understood in more ways than one. My family and I are first-generation…

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]]> On Inclusion and Artemis Rising: An Apology https://pseudopod.org/2018/09/07/on-inclusion-and-artemis-rising-an-apology/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 22:30:53 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=7397 It has come to our attention, through multiple channels, that the current incarnation of Artemis Rising 5 has caused harm to members of our community. Thanks to Bogi Takács’s eloquent explanation of how to bring more voices to the table, we are examining the best way to repair the trust we’ve broken. We appreciate the conversations happening on various platforms and thank you for allowing us to…

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]]> Artemis Rising 5: Hecate’s Pentacle https://pseudopod.org/2018/08/15/artemis-rising-5/ Wed, 15 Aug 2018 22:00:04 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=7276 During the month of September, PseudoPod seeks submissions to celebrate ARTEMIS RISING, a special month-long event across the Escape Artists podcasts featuring stories by any author who identifies as a woman, to any degree. Stepping in as guest editors for our fifth annual ARTEMIS RISING event is PseudoPod Associate Editor Cecilia Dockins and Nightlight Editor Tonia Thompson. …

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]]> PseudoPod 588: ARTEMIS RISING 4: The Good Mothers’ Home for Wayward Girls https://pseudopod.org/2018/03/30/pseudopod-588-artemis-rising-4-the-good-mothers-home-for-wayward-girls/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 06:57:11 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=5821 PseudoPod 588: ARTEMIS RISING 4: The Good Mothers’ Home for Wayward Girls is a PseudoPod original. This is Izzy’s first professional sale. “While writing this story, I was thinking a lot about how many of the worst things we do to one another are done out of a desire to protect and keep safe, and how little surety we have that change will bring about improvement.

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]]> PseudoPod 587: ARTEMIS RISING 4: When the Slipling Comes to Call https://pseudopod.org/2018/03/23/pseudopod-587-artemis-rising-4-slipling-comes-call/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 04:01:58 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=5819 PseudoPod 587: ARTEMIS RISING 4: When the Slipling Comes to Call is a PseudoPod original. Spoiler I found the seed of this story in an odd little remnant of a dream. In the dream, I opened my door and discovered a small faceless doll at my feet. I bent to pick it up and just as I turned it over, I abruptly woke. The rest of the dream was lost forever, but that image stuck with…

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]]> PseudoPod 586: ARTEMIS RISING 4: For Fear of Little Men https://pseudopod.org/2018/03/16/pseudopod-586-ar4-for-fear-of-little-men/ Fri, 16 Mar 2018 04:01:57 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=5817 PseudoPod 586: ARTEMIS RISING 4: For Fear of Little Men is a PseudoPod original. Preorder Godfall and Other Stories today! Once upon a time, there was a boy named Alton who longed to be a kobold and keep treasure in his stone shoes. . . That is until one came to live under his bed and he learned what horrid little creatures they truly were. The wicked thing smelled of…

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]]> PseudoPod 585: ARTEMIS RISING 4: Cinereous https://pseudopod.org/2018/03/09/pseudopod-585-artemis-rising-4-cinereous/ Fri, 09 Mar 2018 05:01:57 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=5815 “Cinereous” was originally published in Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages in 2013. Paris October, 1799 The nails on the heels of Olympe Léon’s boots are the only sounds in the silence of night’s chilly end. Click click click through indigo air, like the metallic beat of a metronome’s righteous heart. As always, when she sees her destination at the end of rue St. Martin…

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]]> PseudoPod 584: ARTEMIS RISING 4: The Drowned Man’s Kiss https://pseudopod.org/2018/03/03/pseudopod-584-ar4-drowned-mans-kiss/ Sat, 03 Mar 2018 16:21:34 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=5675 PseudoPod 584: ARTEMIS RISING 4: The Drowned Man’s Kiss is a PseudoPod original. “The Drowned Man’s Kiss” is inspired by the works of the Greek Poet Nikos Kavvadias: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Kavvadias In his poem “Esmeralda” there’s this verse: “Come sweet dawn, the drowned man kissed you.” And the story was born from that, playing as it went with the theme of the cursed…

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]]> Artemis Rising 4: Hecate Awakens https://pseudopod.org/2017/08/27/artemis-rising-4/ Sun, 27 Aug 2017 14:33:42 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=3045 During the month of September, PseudoPod seeks submissions to celebrate ARTEMIS RISING, a special month-long event across the Escape Artists podcasts featuring stories by women and nonbinary authors in genre fiction. Stepping in as guest editors for our fourth annual ARTEMIS RISING event is PseudoPod Assistant Editor Dagny Paul and Mothership Zeta Assistant Editor Karen Bovenmyer.

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]]> PseudoPod 536: ARTEMIS RISING 3: Meat https://pseudopod.org/2017/03/31/pseudopod-536-artemis-rising-3-meat/ Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:20:28 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=2751 PseudoPod 536: ARTEMIS RISING 3: Meat is a PseudoPod original. A poster on the far wall of the crowded cafeteria chamber shows an identical man and woman in coveralls and happy smiles with their hands on the woman’s pregnant belly. The caption at the bottom reads: A REPRODUCTIVE WORKER IS A HAPPY WORKER. MED CALL TO SCHEDULE YOUR NEXT SEXTIME TODAY. Ollie puts her hands to her…

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]]> PseudoPod 535: ARTEMIS RISING 3: The Lady with the Light https://pseudopod.org/2017/03/24/pseudopod-535-ar3-the-lady-with-the-light/ Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:02:58 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=2738 “The Lady with the Light” was published originally in For Mortal Things Unsung in February 2017. PseudoPod wants to draw your attention to an anthology that dovetails nicely with Artemis Rising. Sycorax’s Daughters, is a new volume of dark fiction and poetry and it is our understanding that this is the first horror anthology written entirely by Black women.

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]]> PseudoPod 533: ARTEMIS RISING 3: Drift Right https://pseudopod.org/2017/03/10/pseudopod-533-ar3-drift-right/ Fri, 10 Mar 2017 05:01:56 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=2678 PseudoPod 533: ARTEMIS RISING 3: Drift Right is a PseudoPod original. This piece was inspired by a trip to the Columbia River Maritime Museum and the Bumblebee Cannery Museum, both of Astoria, Oregon. Astoria has a long history of fishing and many of its original settlers were Finnish. It was also a hotbed of unionizing activity during the first few decades of the 20th century.

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]]> PseudoPod 532: Flash On The Borderlands XXXVI: Artemis Rising Showcase https://pseudopod.org/2017/03/03/pseudopod-532-flash-on-the-borderlands-xxxvi-artemis-rising-showcase/ Sat, 04 Mar 2017 02:14:36 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=2648 PseudoPod 532: Flash On The Borderlands XXXVI: Artemis Rising Showcase is a PseudoPod original. “When First He Laid Eyes” first appeared in Fireside, February 2016. Sometimes what is scariest in the world is what we normalize. This story is for the women who have lived this reality. “Eyes That See Everything” is a Pseudopod original. “Standard Procedure” first appeared in the…

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]]> Artemis Rising 3 : Return of Hecate – Submit! https://pseudopod.org/2016/09/01/artemis-rising-3-return-of-hecate/ Thu, 01 Sep 2016 04:01:03 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=2234 Now open for submissions through September 30 Pseudopod is now open for submissions to celebrate the third annual ARTEMIS RISING, a special month-long event across the Escape Artists podcasts featuring stories by women and nonbinary authors in genre fiction. Our sister podcasts are also taking original submissions for the event. Please visit Escape Pod for science fiction…

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]]> Artemis Rising 3 : Return of Hecate https://pseudopod.org/2016/08/18/artemis-rising-3-announcement/ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 02:15:59 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=2228 Artemis Rising returns in March 2017 across all four Escape Artists podcasts! Celebrating its third anniversary, Artemis Rising will be a month-long showcase of stories by women and nonbinary authors in speculative fiction. PseudoPod is seeking reprint or original (preferred) horror fiction with a length of 2000 – 6000 words and will be open for Artemis Rising submissions during the month…

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]]> PseudoPod Submissions – Closure Schedule https://pseudopod.org/2016/06/10/pseudopod-submissions-closure-schedule/ Fri, 10 Jun 2016 23:54:37 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=2140 As announced in January of this year, we have adjusted our submissions schedule. After moving to pro rates for original fiction and the Submittable system, we’ve received a humbling number of stories! Here is our working schedule: As with all plans they are subject to change. But we wanted to pull back the curtain a bit and let you know what we generally have in mind. Edited August 2016 to…

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]]> PseudoPod 479: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: Like Dolls https://pseudopod.org/2016/02/26/pseudopod-479-artemis-rising-like-dolls/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:18:47 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1938 PseudoPod 479: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: Like Dolls is a PseudoPod original. Like Dolls started as a meditation on the other side of the ‘wailing on your grave’ subgenre of folk music, such as I Am Stretched on Your Grave and The Unquiet Grave. Not only is Like Dolls a Pseudopod original, but also the author’s first professional publication sale. PseudoPod couldn’t be…

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]]> PseudoPod 478: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: Jay’s Place https://pseudopod.org/2016/02/19/pseudopod-478-artemis-rising-jays-place/ Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:54:05 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1934 PseudoPod 478: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: Jay’s Place is a PseudoPod original. Not only is Jay’s Place a Pseudopod original, but also the author’s first professional publication sale. PseudoPod couldn’t be prouder to introduce you to this author. The road looked like it was there by accident. Turnoff so steep it felt like driving straight into the trees.

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]]> PseudoPod 477: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: Bug House https://pseudopod.org/2016/02/12/pseudopod-477-artemis-rising-bug-house/ Sat, 13 Feb 2016 02:28:14 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1931 Bug House was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1980. It won second place for best short story category in the 1981 Locus Awards. The house was a wreck, resting like some storm-shattered ship on a weedy headland overlooking the ocean. Ellen felt her heart sink at the sight of it. ‘This it?’ asked the taxi-driver dubiously…

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]]> PseudoPod 476: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: Black Hearts https://pseudopod.org/2016/02/05/pseudopod-476-artemis-rising-black-hearts/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:01:41 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1928 PseudoPod 476: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: Black Hearts is a PseudoPod original. Alma carried the worm-fork and Lewis carried the knife. They didn’t speak and had not spoken since the morning, fifteen miles back through dry grass and bare dirt and the click-chatter of insects. Dust rose around their ankles and the sun beat hot on the napes of their necks.

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]]> Artemis Rising 2 Has Arrived https://pseudopod.org/2016/02/02/artemis-rising-2-has-arrived/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 02:43:52 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1971 Artemis Rising 2 is here! It’s a special month-long event featuring stories by some of the best female and non-binary authors in genre fiction, airing across all the Escape Artists podcasts in February 2016. PodCastle for fantasy, EscapePod for science fiction, and PseudoPod for horror. Cast of Wonders will be joining the Artemis Rising event in 2017. This year we have commissioned a special art…

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]]> Special art print for Artemis Rising 2 https://pseudopod.org/2015/10/27/special-art-print-for-artemis-rising-2/ Tue, 27 Oct 2015 06:52:26 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1817 By now, you’re sure to have heard about Artemis Rising 2! It’s a special month-long event featuring stories by some of the best female and non-binary authors in genre fiction, airing across all the Escape Artists podcasts in February 2016. We’re very pleased to announce that EA has commissioned a special art print for Artemis Rising 2 by none other than Galen Dara! Galen likes monsters…

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]]> Artemis Rising 2: Hecate Strikes Back: Open for Submissions https://pseudopod.org/2015/09/01/artemis-rising-2-hecate-strikes-back-open-for-submissions/ Tue, 01 Sep 2015 04:01:01 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1711 In 2016, Escape Artists will again celebrate ARTEMIS RISING, a special month-long event across all three Escape Artists podcasts featuring stories by some of the best female and non-binary authors in genre fiction. Pseudopod will fill the entire month with female-authored horror fiction. Payment will be $.06 per word for original fiction, and $100 for reprints. Original fiction is preferred.

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]]> Artemis Rising 2: Hecate Strikes Back https://pseudopod.org/2015/08/01/artemis-rising-2-hecate-strikes-back/ Sat, 01 Aug 2015 04:01:41 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1706 In 2016, Escape Artists will again celebrate ARTEMIS RISING, a special month-long event across all three Escape Artists podcasts featuring stories by some of the best female and nonbinary authors in genre fiction. PseudoPod will fill the entire month with female-authored horror fiction. Payment will be $.06 per word for original fiction, and $100 for reprints. Original fiction is preferred.

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]]> PseudoPod 427: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose https://pseudopod.org/2015/02/27/pseudopod-427-artemis-rising-women-in-horror-showcase-carnation-lily-rose/ Fri, 27 Feb 2015 04:01:57 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1526 “Carnation, Lily, Rose” first appeared in Fence, Vol. 1, No. 2 Fall/Winter in 1998. To find out more about Women In Horror month, please visit WomenInHorrorMonth.com. We were going to name the baby Beatrice. I just remembered that. We were going to name her after your aunt, the one that doesn’t like me. Didn’t like me. Did she come to the funeral? I’ve been here for three…

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]]> PseudoPod 426: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: The Devil Inside https://pseudopod.org/2015/02/20/pseudopod-426-artemis-rising-women-in-horror-showcase-the-devil-inside/ Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:54:48 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1509 “The Devil Inside” first appeared in SOMEONE WICKED: A WRITTEN REMAINS ANTHOLOGY by Smart Rhino Publications. “I did actually have a baby this past summer, but she is not possessed or evil – so far as I know.” To find out more about Women In Horror month, please visit WomenInHorrorMonth.com. ‘What do you mean by that, Rebecca?’ the doctor queried. ‘What did no one tell…

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]]> PseudoPod 425: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: Works Of Art https://pseudopod.org/2015/02/13/pseudopod-425-artemis-rising-women-in-horror-showcase-works-of-art/ Sat, 14 Feb 2015 03:55:59 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1502 “Works Of Art” was originally published in Pulphouse in 1988, and reprinted in The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XVII. Cerveza’s call came four days later. ‘Can we meet you for tea somewhere?’ Sally asked. I watched her face as she listened to his reply. Her blue eyes narrowed, then widened, tear-bright. ‘No, I—’ she said. A pause. She bit her lower lip.

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]]> PseudoPod 424: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: The Godsmaid Clara and Her Many Smiles https://pseudopod.org/2015/02/06/pseudopod-424-artemis-rising-women-in-horror-showcase-the-godsmaid-clara-and-her-many-smiles/ Sat, 07 Feb 2015 02:30:18 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1493 PseudoPod 424: ARTEMIS RISING Women In Horror Showcase: The Godsmaid Clara and Her Many Smiles is a PseudoPod original. To find out more about Women In Horror month, please visit WomenInHorrorMonth.com. ‘Godsmaid,’ I say, and the butler’s eyes immediately glaze over. That’s pretty much always the case. It’s remarkable how little attention they pay me, how consciously their eyes…

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]]> Artemis Rising https://pseudopod.org/2014/11/23/artemis-rising/ Mon, 24 Nov 2014 00:07:08 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=1424 Between now and December 20, 2014, Pseudopod is accepting submissions of woman-authored horror fiction for ARTEMIS RISING, a month of audio fiction celebrating women in genre fiction, airing in February 2015. What are you paying? $100 for a full length story (2k words and over), $20 for flash (up to 1k words) Who can submit? Anyone who identifies as a woman, to whatever degree that they do.

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