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Meta: Announcements – PseudoPod https://pseudopod.org The Sound of Horror Thu, 09 Nov 2023 19:40:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pseudopod.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-PseudoPod-chip-32x32.png Meta: Announcements – PseudoPod https://pseudopod.org 32 32 Anthologies and Collections from 2023: Bloodline https://pseudopod.org/2023/11/09/anthologies-and-collections-from-2023-bloodline/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 19:21:23 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=11536 Novels are all very well, but is there anything more satisfying than a well-crafted short story? We don’t think so, here at PseudoPod towers. A gripping introduction, a compelling narrative and a hard-hitting ending, all in under six thousand words. A point well made and a story well told. Some may be nibbles while others are more… substantial, but they’re all, in a manner of speaking, bite-sized.

]]> January 2023 Metacast https://pseudopod.org/2023/01/31/january-2023-metacast/ Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:38:03 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=11162 Presenters: Marguerite Kenner and Alasdair Stuart Hey folks, welcome to an Escape Artists metacast. I’m Marguerite Kenner. And I’m Alasdair Stuart. For those of you who have never heard a metacast before, think of this like a mini State of the Union address, a way for us to update you about what’s been happening at EA. The big thing is our news that EA now stands for the Escape Artists…

]]> Anthologies and Collections from 2022: Dream Warriors https://pseudopod.org/2022/11/03/anthologies-and-collections-22/ Thu, 03 Nov 2022 04:01:46 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=10920 Here at PseudoPod we believe that short stories in anthologies (pieces by different authors) and collections (pieces from a single author) deserve to be seen by more readers. We, and our audience, love short fiction and we never have enough slots to run everything we’d like to in a year – but what we can do is shine a light on some of the many, many books that feature amazing selections of stories.

]]> Anthologies and Collections and PseudoPod and You III: Dream Warriors https://pseudopod.org/2022/06/02/anthologies-and-collections-2022/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 17:11:21 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=10730 There are a number of short stories in anthologies and collections that deserve to get in front of more readers. We want to shine more light across our community and widen our circle to make room for more writers and readers. We and our audience love short fiction, and we never have enough space to run everything we want in a year, so we want to get samples of entire books of short fiction in…

]]> For Your Consideration 2022: Original PseudoPod Fiction in 2021 https://pseudopod.org/2022/02/13/for-your-consideration-2022-original-pseudopod-fiction-in-2021/ Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:45:43 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=10572 For your consideration we present the Escape Artists stories that ran in 2021 which are eligible in the upcoming award nomination season. The list of individual stories for PseudoPod follows in order of publication can be found below, or all year long as we go along. 2021 first publications: Reprints of stories originally published in 2021…

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]]> British Fantasy Award Shortlist 2021! https://pseudopod.org/2021/07/27/british-fantasy-award-shortlist-2021/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 11:00:53 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=10101 The British Fantasy Society shortlist has been announced, revealing that both PseudoPod and PodCastle have both been nominated under the Best Audio category! We are honored to share a list with a number of truly stunning artists, not just on the audio shortlist, but the entire list of British Fantasy Award nominees. Also a PodCastle story is up for Best Short Fiction: John Wiswell’s 8-Bit Free…

]]> Mother Horror and the Dystopia of Meat https://pseudopod.org/2021/05/29/mother-horror-and-the-dystopia-of-meat/ Sun, 30 May 2021 02:09:34 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9981 This PseudoPod episode is narrated by Linda Hamilton. You know, she plays Sarah Connor in the Terminator franchise? THAT Linda Hamilton. She doesn’t just read the story or animate the dialog, she brings a cinematic quality to every line for the duration of this 30+ minute episode. It’s a real delight. But what is an Oscar-worthy performance without something memorable to perform?

]]> Mother Horror and Final Girl Theory https://pseudopod.org/2021/04/30/mother-horror-and-final-girl-theory/ Sat, 01 May 2021 01:49:23 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9978 “Final Girl Theory” is a fictional story about a fictional, cult-classic movie called Kaleidoscope. The narrator is addressing the audience with a high level of knowledge about the film. At first, it’s almost documentary-like in tone but later, this changes. John Meagher’s reading is perfect- he has an urgent, almost excited way of engaging with the text that demands rapt attention. The author…

]]> Anthologies and Collections and PseudoPod and You, Round Two! https://pseudopod.org/2021/04/02/anthologies-and-collections-2021/ Sat, 03 Apr 2021 01:03:56 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9886 There are a number of short stories in anthologies and collections that deserve to get in front of more readers. We want to shine more light across our community and widen our circle to make room for more writers and readers. In specific, PseudoPod has penciled out space in a large portion of November and early December 2021 to support this effort. Want to know what this might look and sound like?

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]]> Mother Horror challenges you to Take A Walk In The Night, My Love https://pseudopod.org/2021/02/15/mother-horror-challenges-you-to-take-a-walk-in-the-night-my-love/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 03:55:16 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9758 First, I must use this opportunity to encourage horror fans that if they are only digesting their horror fiction through the traditional method of the written word, I strongly recommend integrating some audio into your diet. This is only my third PseudoPod episode but already I can feel my appetite for more grow stronger every day. “Take A Walk In The Night, My Love” by Damien Angelica Walters…

]]> Mother Horror and “The Christmas Spirits” https://pseudopod.org/2021/01/02/mother-horror-and-the-christmas-spirits/ Sat, 02 Jan 2021 19:01:17 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9673 It seems like something strange happens during the holiday season. Perhaps it’s the combination of eggnog, fruitcake, and the “Spirit of Christmas” that turns average people into consumers of cheesy books and movies with zero substance. To counter this alluring nonsense, I fill my December with Anti-Hallmark-Christmas-Horror. Instead of book covers featuring Golden Retrievers in Santa hats or…

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]]> For Your Consideration 2021: Original PseudoPod Fiction in 2020 https://pseudopod.org/2021/01/02/for-your-consideration-2021-original-pseudopod-fiction-in-2020/ Sat, 02 Jan 2021 18:50:43 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9654

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]]> Mother Horror and “The Smell of Night in the Basement” https://pseudopod.org/2020/12/01/mother-horror-and-the-smell-of-night-in-the-basement/ Tue, 01 Dec 2020 05:01:15 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9582 Do you ever drive by a dark alley and catch a glimpse of something that makes your breath catch in your throat? Maybe as you drive away, you’re already telling yourself you didn’t see what you thought you saw. Have you ever passed in front of a dilapidated house with its dark, ratty curtains and old mail spilling out of the door’s mail slot and wondered about what goes on inside a house like…

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]]> Mother Horror and “The Pit” https://pseudopod.org/2020/11/05/mother-horror-and-the-pit/ Fri, 06 Nov 2020 02:03:33 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9510 Join me, Sadie Hartmann, aka “Mother Horror”, each month as I take a deep dive into the back catalog of PseudoPod episodes. My first choice is a recommendation from the PseudoPod “About” page: THE PIT by Joe R. Lansdale. I chose this episode for 3 reasons: THE PIT is a story about a hole in the ground where men (and animals) are forced to fight to the death. At the bottom of the pit…

]]> British Fantasy Award Shortlist 2020! https://pseudopod.org/2020/10/24/bfa-shortlist-2020/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:04:50 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9376 The British Fantasy Society shortlist has been announced, revealing that both PseudoPod and PodCastle have both been nominated under the Best Audio category! We are honored to share a list with a number of truly stunning artists, not just on the audio shortlist, but the entire list of British Fantasy Award nominees. Now, please note that we are Dream Warriors hoping this will be the Season of…

]]> Anthologies and Collections and PseudoPod and You! https://pseudopod.org/2020/04/05/anthologies-collections-2020/ Mon, 06 Apr 2020 02:15:06 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9152 There are a number of short stories in anthologies and collections that deserve to get in front of more readers. We want to shine more light across our community and widen our circle to make room for more writers and readers. In specific, PseudoPod has penciled out space in a large portion of November and early December 2020 to support this effort. Publishers, please send us your collections and…

]]> March 2020 Metacast https://pseudopod.org/2020/03/28/march-2020-metacast/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 18:55:16 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=9141 (Alasdair) Hi everyone, Alasdair here. We’re not going to ask how you are right now, because we have a pretty good idea. You’re fine. You’re FINE. You’re the same version of fine as everyone right now, the one Aerosmith sang about. The one where you’re alternately anxious, terrified, furious and calm. We empathise. We’re the same. This metacast was originally written nearly two weeks ago now.

]]> For Your Consideration 2020: Original PseudoPod Fiction in 2019 https://pseudopod.org/2019/12/28/for-your-consideration-2020-original-pseudopod-fiction-in-2019/ Sun, 29 Dec 2019 01:26:08 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8980 For Your Consideration 2020: Original PseudoPod Fiction in 2019 is a PseudoPod original. For your consideration we present the Escape Artists stories that ran in 2019 which are eligible in the upcoming award nomination season. Below are links to some aggregation projects, where fans are building lists of those eligible in the various categories. They’re great tools, and we’d like to…

]]> Flash Fiction Contest 6 is Lurking on Your Doorstep https://pseudopod.org/2019/10/01/flash-fiction-contest-6-is-lurking-on-your-doorstep/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 04:01:35 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8724 The stars are right again, and what an age-old cult had failed to do, a band of innocent authors has accomplished. After vigintillions of years the Flash Fiction Contest is loose again, and ravening for delight. Each week, batches of stories will be released into gladiatorial pits to fight for supremacy. The floor will be churned to mud with the blood of the fallen until the mightiest stories…

]]> Flash Fiction Contest 6: The Curse of Flash Fiction https://pseudopod.org/2019/08/10/flash-fiction-contest-6/ Sat, 10 Aug 2019 04:01:26 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8727 The original paraphernalia for the Flash Fiction Contest had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Stuart, the oldest man in town, was born. Mr. Lieberman spoke frequently to the forum members about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. There was a story that the…

]]> Submissions for the Remainder of 2019 https://pseudopod.org/2019/08/04/submissions-for-2019/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:56:00 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8722 Our story calendar for 2019 is almost completely buttoned up, and we are starting to slot stories into the 2020 calendar. What follows is our plans for submissions for the remainder of 2019. As identified on our Submissions Page, we will be open for one more review period right around Halloween: October 25 through November 3. Please see the Escape Artists Prime page for the announcement and any…

]]> British Fantasy Award Shortlist! https://pseudopod.org/2019/07/24/british-fantasy-award-shortlist/ Wed, 24 Jul 2019 04:01:12 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8677 Great news everyone! Morale has improved, so the beatings have achieved temporary surcease! Additionally, the British Fantasy Society shortlist has been announced, revealing that both PseudoPod and PodCastle have both been nominated under the Best Audio category! Also, our gHostus Mostus Alasdair’s weekly pop culture newsletter, The Full Lid, has gotten a nonfiction nomination!

]]> Fan Favorite PseudoPod Fiction from 2018 https://pseudopod.org/2019/02/12/fan-favorite-pseudopod-fiction-from-2018/ Wed, 13 Feb 2019 03:24:19 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8365 The results of our poll are in! The listeners voted Epsiode 610: Beneath Their Hooves by Katharine E.K. Duckett as their favorite! Runners up were Episode 578: Alarm Will Sound by Christopher Shultz, Episode 617: The Culvert by Maxwell Price, and Episode 624: Ten Things I Didn’t Do by Maria Haskins. Our stories are only half of what they can be without our narrators. Many thanks to the voice…

]]> THIS IS HORROR AWARD https://pseudopod.org/2019/01/06/this-is-horror-award/ Sun, 06 Jan 2019 05:01:13 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8272 Greetings from Pseudopod Towers, We were amazed and honoured to win the first Best Fiction Podcast THIS IS HORROR award two years ago. We were even more amazed and honoured to win it a second time this past year. None of our staff are in the same time zone, we all work day jobs, and we all love creating PseudoPod. To hear that other people love it as much as we do? Day made, forever.

]]> For Your Consideration 2019: Original PseudoPod Fiction in 2018 https://pseudopod.org/2019/01/01/for-your-consideration-2019/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 05:01:01 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=8240 We’re running a poll to see what were your favorite stories of 2018. Vote here: https://goo.gl/forms/0lQYAdl5k1HErccy2 For your consideration we present the Escape Artists stories that ran in 2018 which are eligible in the upcoming award nomination season. Below are links to some aggregation projects, where fans are building lists of those eligible in the various categories.

]]> 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…

]]> 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. …

]]> This is Horror Award: Fiction Podcast of the Year https://pseudopod.org/2018/04/19/this-is-horror-award-fiction-podcast-of-the-year-2/ Thu, 19 Apr 2018 11:47:00 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=6037 We’re honored to accept FOR THE SECOND TIME the This is Horror Award for the Fiction Podcast of the Year category. We would have been perfectly satisfied losing to any of the other folks we graced the shortlist with, and we are humbled by the outcome. Congratulations to all the other winners! 2017 was an amazing year for PseudoPod. We ran three stories by Ramsey Campbell, a master of the short…

]]> For Your Consideration 2018: Original PseudoPod Fiction in 2017 https://pseudopod.org/2017/12/29/original-fiction-2017/ Sat, 30 Dec 2017 01:29:08 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=4277 For your consideration we present the Escape Artists stories that ran in 2017 which are eligible in the upcoming award nomination season. Below are links to some aggregation projects, where fans are building lists of those eligible in the various categories. They’re great tools, and we’d like to thank David Steffen for his efforts. We’ll also link to our Wikia page, containing links to all the…

]]> BONUS EPISODES COMMERCIAL https://pseudopod.org/2017/12/05/free-episodes-commercial/ Tue, 05 Dec 2017 22:22:28 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=4091 Click the Subscribe button on PayPal or Patreon and get access to some all the previous premium content. This includes our Trio of Terror and The Century of Horror and a number of other excellent stories and goodies!

]]> EA Metacast: New Websites https://pseudopod.org/2017/11/14/ea-metacast-new-websites/ Tue, 14 Nov 2017 05:01:02 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=3596 Hi there! A short metacast to tell you all about our new websites. Transcript follows for those who who prefer to read along. (Alasdair) Hi there! This is Alasdair! (Marguerite) And this is Marguerite! (Alasdair) And we’re looking a good deal shinier. The EA family of podcasts has all new websites, thanks to Jeremy Tolbert of Clockpunk Studios and Scott Pond for the incredible new logo…

]]> Flash Fiction Contest 5 is Lurking on Your Doorstep https://pseudopod.org/2017/10/01/flash-fiction-contest-5-is-lurking-on-your-doorstep/ Sun, 01 Oct 2017 04:01:26 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=3014 The stars are right again, and what an age-old cult had failed to do, a band of innocent authors has accomplished. After vigintillions of years the Flash Fiction Contest is loose again, and ravening for delight. Each week, batches of stories will be released into gladiatorial pits to fight for supremacy. The floor will be churned to mud with the blood of the fallen until the mightiest stories…

]]> 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.

]]> Flash Fiction Contest 5: A New Beginning https://pseudopod.org/2017/08/15/flash-fiction-contest-5-a-new-beginning/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 04:01:33 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=3011 The original paraphernalia for the Flash Fiction Contest had been lost long ago, and the black box now resting on the stool had been put into use even before Old Man Stuart, the oldest man in town, was born. Mr. Lieberman spoke frequently to the forum members about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box. There was a story that the…

]]> Flash Fiction Contest 5: The Dream Child https://pseudopod.org/2017/08/03/flash-fiction-contest-5-the-dream-child/ Fri, 04 Aug 2017 02:02:44 +0000 https://pseudopod.org/?p=3010 Across the globe, the dreams of the artists are causing many a restless and feverish night. Someday soon the call would come, when the stars were ready. The time would be easy to know, for then mankind would have become as the Flash Fiction Contest; free and wild and beyond good and evil, with laws and morals thrown aside and all men shouting and killing and revelling in joy.

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