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Sagittarius: Your war with the Merfolk will suffer a setback when your pirate crew realizes they're not only sexier but nicer than you are.

*Points with tentacle*

(Pleeeeaase don’t leave it ‘till 10:59 tomorrow and then realise you’re actually in a different time zone? 😆)

Congratulations, bugge!!

PseudoPod 971: Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight Thistle stepped over an upturned root that twisted from the dark, wet earth. “Your mama live near the river?” “Naw.” “Your mama live in a tree?” “Nope.” “Then what we doing?” “Mama the river and the…

An amazing evening discussing ecology and lyricism with @shereereneethomas.bsky.social and @electricsheepsf.bsky.social including Thistle's gorgeous story in @pseudopod.org pseudopod.org/2025/04/11/p...

(Formally, it closes on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 11:00 AM UTC, but we know what you lot are like with deadlines. Get it in tomorrow.)

We close tomorrow. We don’t recommend leaving it until the very last minute – the portal can be… snappy.

Submissions | PseudoPod PseudoPod is always looking for quality fiction to feed our listeners. If you’re a writer with a short horror story that you’d like to hear narrated by one of our talented performers, we’d like to see...

I don't know what to tell ya, fam!

Our open submission period closes in two days. Two whole days!! (Aug 11th)

So if you got something good, get that good gotten to us while the getting is good. (This sentence somehow makes sense because English is the true horror.)

pseudopod.org/submissions/

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

pseudopod.org/2025/08/01/p...

This story is a PseudoPod original

Some curses are arriving early 💛

PseudoPod 920A: The Gorgon | PseudoPod The small island, which lay off the larger island of Daphaeu, obviously contained a secret of some sort, and, day by day, and particularly night by night, began to exert an influence on me…

We read a Tanith Lee story, The Gorgon, on @pseudopod.org

If you’re interested: pseudopod.org/2024/05/24/p...

Don't forget yourself. Dont forget, men that stand alone, wannabe tyrants, flounder in hubris, thinking that there is a reality where they can stave off the horde's hunger.
They can resist us for only a brief moment until we organize ourselves into vicious falanx.

Slither forth, my apex predators!

Don't believe the myth of The Great Man.
Our proclivity for coordinated atrocity is what makes the Earth groan in agony everywhere we tread.

If we were the invading Alien, we'd be the thing every creature hid from...just like here on Earth.

😈

Remember, you are the monster under the proverbial bed in this life.

There is a reason that every major predator of humanity went extinct. There is a reason that the creatures from A Quiet Place would eventually need a federal conservation order.

We are insidious in our ability to cooperate.

THIS is a horror story.

We have!

We have stories! See pseudopod.org/people/e-f-b...

Translators are the unsung heroes of international book releases. I've set up a page on my website, only two entries so far but I'm hoping to eventually list all the translators that want to be there.
www.benaaronovitch.com/translators/

You still have a few more days: get polishing over the weekend!

Tom Gauld cartoon panel, showing a woman in a pest control-type uniform talking to a man surrounded by crumpled paper and post-it notes all over the walls. Speech balloons read: CRUMPLED PAPER, DIRTY COFFEE CUPS, AGONISED MOANING... I'M AFRAID IT LOOKS LIKE A NOVELIST HAS GOT IN HERE. I SUGGEST WE BRING IN AN EDITOR TO ASK HOW THE NEW DRAFT IS COMING ALONG. THAT USUALLY SCARES THEM OFF.

Yes. Editors are very scary. WooooOOOOOoooo. Get back to work.

Comic by @tomgauld.bsky.social

… or who the deal is with…

Miriam has a story in our upcoming horror collection about arachnid parasites and visa paperwork and very strange doggos and it's superamazing yougaiz

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TESCO finest Dubai Chocolate Labubu Angel Hair Sandwich. Sandwich is in a grey box with Labudu monster figures made out of… grey frosting? … in between the bread slices, something that looks like pink cotton candy, yellow… sugar? strands and some sort of green… jam?

Pretty sure this is fake. Preeettty sure…

You’ve heard Dani at the Tower, now listen to her at the Curtains 🎭

We will always face mountains before us, but you don't always need to struggle up.
Use dynamite to tunnel through.
Summon a giant eagle to carry you over.
Or disappear into the hollow earth beneath, and start a new life with the deep gnomes and mole people.

a stuffed animal holding a hammer in its mouth Alt: a furry monster is eating a man, his shoe sticking out of its mouth

Us: oh, well, if you insist

What’s a Novel Idea? What’s a Short Story Idea? I Used to Know the Difference - Uncanny Magazine How can you tell if a particular story idea is more suitable for a short story or a novel? People ask me this all the time, and I used to have a pretty good answer. I used to say that a short story fe...

How do you know if an idea is better for a novel or a short story?

I used to have a clear sense of what would work as a novel versus short fiction... until I realized I was wrong. Now I deliberately write novels with all the hallmarks of short stories.

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/what...

We hadn’t, but congratulations again to all the other short-listees, and especially to our sister pod, @podcastle.org 🎉

We must remain whimsical to survive the horrors of this world.

a person 's foot with fingers painted with faces and the words i feel it in my toes Alt: a person's foot, sole forwards, with toes (disturbingly) painted with faces. The words “I feel it in my toes” are beneath

Happy #NationalWiggleYourToesDay, everyone!

… make sure you send that little piggy off to market, now