Alex Hofelich, PseudoPod

PseudoPod 987: Reflections on Bloody Mary “Maaa-reee,” my husband taunts. “Oh, Maaa-reee. Come out now, dear. We need to talk.” Wrong, I think but don’t say. My mother used to say, “A real lady knows when to keep her mouth shut.

“Maaa-reee,” my husband taunts. “Oh, Maaa-reee. Come out now, dear. We need to talk.”

Reflections on Bloody Mary, by Catherine MacLeod

Narrator: Christiana Ellis
Host: Kat Day
Audio: Chelsea Davis

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WORD Presents Leanna Renee Hieber & Andrea Janes

Thanks Gabino! Gearing up for a huge October! AMERICA'S MOST GOTHIC: HAUNTED HISTORY STRANGER THAN FICTION is an examination of ghost lore through Gothic lit lens, our follow-up to A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN, signed copies via @wordbookstores.bsky.social! wordbookstores.com/event/2025-1...

Well, we tried to stop the portal, but it looks like it’s opening anyway. Oh well. We open for submissions at midnight. Ish.

Horror. Up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each.

Don’t agonise over your cover letter. Just send us a brilliant story.

Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death

we are still counting down the days until Halloween here at the deadlands

hoping beyond hope to gain ONE new patreon patron a day

so that we can keep our bone husks going

*stuffs handful of candy into mouth*

*weeps*

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MAGA Rep. Roasted After Misspelling The Name Of His Own State In Awkward Campaign Launch Video

Republican Rep. Mike Collins kicked off his campaign for U.S. Senate in Georgia with a new campaign video—but spelled his state's name wrong.

Cover image of the PDF "October Film Haunt: Under the House"

Special pre-order offer! Open to those who have already pre-ordered, too! Get a free matching PDF of “October Film Haunt: Under the House" when you pre-order The October Film Haunt. This story resonated for years until I knew I had to write a novel in its world. Complete the form at the link below!

It’s 100% okay to repost your own shit. People who WANT to see it and WANT to share it absolutely will miss it the first, second, even third time.

You don’t owe anyone an apology either. They can scroll. They’re fine.

Don’t make your whole feed promo, but do promo often and with confidence.

Ladies is it gay to be a ghost doing penance for the pain you caused in life by watching your widow and her new fiancee have sex

Soft censorship is so scary, but this is such a good policy

“I used AI to write my novel.”

Okay, but Treebeard spent 248 years naming a hill. Not everything quick is worth keeping.

I wrote another satire bc I'm the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor and I have strong feelings about camps:

An Automated Phone Tree for Your Brand New Alligator-Themed Detention Center (That Is Definitely Not A Concentration Camp)

Content Warning: totally a concentration camp

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Mind how you go with this one, folks. It is EXCELLENT, and Kitty’s narration is gorgeous, but the content warnings are not for funsies 🖤

Pleased to see a story from @cyankatz.bsky.social, who is both a workshop alumnx and a 120 MURDERS contributor in the latest Weird Horror!

That means it's just not me who likes Cyan's writing!

you know what's rude?

posting only one pic of your cat.

rude.

In 1997 I ate a fresh human pineal gland on the scene of a messy hit-and-run (I was not involved in the hit-and-run). I'd never tasted anything so good in my life. And I prayed, to the God that I saw in that moment, that I would never taste anything that good again.

Friends, @weightlessbooks.bsky.social has the exclusive digital subscription to Weird Horror. Grab a digital sub from them and save 30%. And support another great indie. Plus, they have a ton of amazing magazines you can subscribe to.

I'm looking to book podcast, print media, and digital publication interviews for our Cursed Morsels authors.

I have some leads, but what are your favorite horror/Weird lit podcasts and print/digital interview outlets?

Got a ghostly story you say? 👻

Poster art from the 1959 film version of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.

Just finished going over copyedited proofs for NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND, my book of tales from the Hollow Earth story cycle that's coming later this year from @wordhorde.bsky.social - which definitely makes it all feel more real.

SILK & & SINEW A COLLECTION OF FOLK HORROR FROM THE ASIAN DIASPORA EDITED BY KRISTY PARK KULSKI

Night Worms is partnering with
@badhandbooks.bsky.social to gift readers with this book when you join our book club, our July reading selection! Read it with Mother Horror and other horror fiction lovers here:
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Yeah, yeah, there's not a lot of day left, but any day is a good day for a @johnlangan.bsky.social book!

Tales from the Darkside: Inside the Closet (written by Michael McDowell)

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contemplating the beauty of ozzy on his throne going out in his hometown. just in case anybody doesn't know the story:

Congratulations to Escape Pod on reaching 1000 stories! Amazing run! So proud to have been part of the journey. ✨

ALL THE PIECES COMING TOGETHER | Mysite All the Pieces Coming Together brings you fourteen selections from award-winning horror author, Sonora Taylor’s best works over the years along with two previously unpublished stories. Stories full of...

My collection, ALL THE PIECES COMING TOGETHER, is now available for pre-order! You can pre-order copies directly from @mantapress.bsky.social. It features 14 pieces of my best work, along with 2 brand new stories, an introduction from me, and a foreword from @stevestred.bsky.social. Out July 10!

oh NO

Putting on my Publisher hat, I have an announcement:

Augur Press will be open to submissions of Novellas & Novelettes from both agented and unagented writers starting THIS WEEK!

It’s not open yet. But while we wait…

AMA about publishing with this fledgling small press.

Vote - The Ignyte Awards Public voting for the 2025 AWARDS IS NOW OPEN THRU AUG 15. GO VOTE OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/...

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