In November we welcomed  Mother Horror Sadie Hartmann who is visiting the back catalog and reviewing some of the short stories of years past. She began with “The Pit” by Joe N. Lansdale narrated by John Bell. (Continue Reading…)

We thought we’d share a number of the places PseudoPod was mentioned in the media during October 2020:

Frolic calls out two stories which have run on PseudoPod as scarring including 20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism by Jon Padgett and The Screwfly Solution by James Tiptree, Jr: https://frolic.media/10-horror-tales-that-scarred-me-for-life-by-laura-marks/amp/

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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:

1. Joe Lansdale.
2. The description boasts that Lansdale describes this story as “Alice in Wonderland meets Southern Gothic”
3. I was hoping the narrator would have a ‘Cigarette and Whisky’ flavored Southern drawl, and I was not disappointed.

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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 the Witch. Or maybe our Ragnarok. Third time’s the charm!

Also, our gHostus Mostus Alasdair’s weekly pop culture newsletter, The Full Lid, has gotten a nonfiction nomination!

Please join us in congratulating our hardworking editorial teams on this awesome recognition.

The British Fantasy Awards are typically presented each year at Fantasycon, which (under normal circumstances) takes place in Glasgow, Scotland in October.