The Drabblecast

Thanks for a very weird year. We hope you are spending this holiday season surrounded by the weirdos you love. Happy holidays from The Drabblecast family. #drabblecast #thedrabblecast #strange #weird #fiction #weirdfiction #audiofiction #podcast #holidays #christmas Video is from @horrornoirfx on IG

Throwback to Ep. 249: Jimmy's Roadside Cafe (2012)
The apocalypse draws together a small group of polar opposites, and drags a wagonload of guilt through a deceptively-quiet plot. #drabblecast #thedrabblecast #strangefiction #weirdfiction #apocalypse
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Wowww! Window Boy by Thomas Ha is the perfect Drabblecast story. Come celebrate late Halloween with Norm, and old friend Silosybin Sandalhemp (formerly Cryptkeeper Norm). #drabblecast #thomasha #podcast #fiction #newepisode #fantasy #scifi #horror #class #story #episode #strangefiction #halloween

The Drabblecast Podcast
Stay tuned. New episode inbound. #drabblecast #thedrabblecast #strange #weird #fiction #weirdfiction #audiofiction #podcast #episode #newepisode #normsherman #incoming #upcoming #new #alien #escape

A graphic with surreal pink/violet plantlife and butterflies with the text: Nominations open December 01 - January 31 ECO25: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction For more info visit www.violetlichen.com/ecofiction-guidelines

It's nearly time to nominate your best speculative ecofiction for ECO25! Full guidelines here: www.violetlichen.com/ecofiction-guidelines
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🚨 And don't miss your 30% preorder discount on ECO4. Only a couple days left to preorder - release day is Nov 18!
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Norm is hard at work on his third album. Here is a sneak peak. #drabblecast #thedrabblecast #strange #fiction #weirdfiction #audiofiction #podcast #newalbum #originalsong #songwriter Real ones know that duck A&P is deep in the ancient lore of DC. This full song "Corkscrew Penis" is up on YT.

the artist is Joel Bisaillon (IG profile: @umbraludus)

A cool and creepy episode coming up soon. Stay tuned! #drabblecast #thedrabblecast #strange #weird #fiction #weirdfiction #audiofiction #podcast #episode #newepisode #podstagram #creepy #halloween #holiday #spooky #crypt #normsherman #thomasha @thomas.ha.writes @umbraludus

It's scary in there...😈🧠🍄

Was such a great story. The weird horror kept escalating past the point where I thought it would stop. Delightful stuff! Would love to see more of your work.

That story is one of my favorites we have ever run on the show. Would love to see more of your work.

Who needs "The Life of a Showgirl"? Norm's new album, "The Instruction Book" is in the factory now, having ichorous fluids pumped through it's squamous veins. Two tracks have been uploaded to YouTube for your Cthonian edification. #album #newalbum #taylorswift #lifeofashowgirl #originalsong #music

Whelp, we have to let Nichole out now. She's solved all the riddles from the no-face cat in the void AND finished reviewing everything in our slush pile. They have slid to the Desk of the Norm-ender. If you haven't gotten an email from us, query now!

Episode 505: No Real Creatures
Author: JMJ Brewer
Narrator: Norm Sherman
Artist: Bo Kaier
THIS...is a weird one. Just go listen to it. Trust me. JMJ Brewer knows how to deliver my favorite kind of world-building, the bag-over-your-head-in-a-white-van kind. #jmjbrewer #fiction #weird #newepisode #sf

Drabblecast 481- The Alamo The Drabblecast Weird Wild West continues, with “The Alamo” by Cedrick May. Cover art by Tristan Tolhurst

Congratulations to Patrick Bazile for being one of the two winners of a Strangies Award for "Best Voice" in the story, "The Alamo" on the @drabblecast.bsky.social podcast! Thank you for making the story sound so amazing!
www.drabblecast.org/2023/11/23/d...
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Oh, and we have long admired you. ❤️

💜💜💜 I wish there were 7 Nicholes!

Nichole's decommissioning was done with a heavy heart, but we are so excited to see what's growing over at Violet Lichen and Apex.

Drabblecast 470 – Personal Best The Drabblecast presents an original story by Michael Bettendorf about football and growing up the hard way.  Read to you by Renee Chambliss. Art by DS Oswald

Love, hate, or indifferent - sports are ingrained into Midwest culture, particularly football, & especially in a place w/out pro-teams. The season kicks off today, so I'm gonna share my body horror pee-wee football story "Personal Best" @drabblecast.bsky.social
www.drabblecast.org/2023/04/18/d...

A parody of the Little Golden Books logo featuring a circle of vintage black Halloween cats surrounded by spilled potions, lit matches, pawprints, and candies. Text reads: "Apex Magazine Kickstarter 2026"

"Apex Magazine Submissions OPENING! October 1st!"

The Apex Magazine team is thrilled to announce that our Kickstarter for 2026 begins OCTOBER 1ST!! 🎃🍁

We're keeping all the rewards you love, adding exciting new rewards for readers and writers alike, AND reopening submissions! Mark your calendars, and we'll see you at the graveyard smash! 👻🌙🐈‍⬛📅

Catching up on some podcasts over the weekend and loved “The Mub” by Thomas Ha as much in audio in the Drabblecast as in print! The art is fab too. Fantastically unsettling “spreading incoherence.” Admittedly I may be biased but the Aussie accent for the man in the hat was a perfect choice! 💯 🙌🏻

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Slush Update:

Whew you made this hard. We had around 1,200 stories sent in, and we have pulled around 130 into the first round. Now, we place Nichole into the Backrooms, where each first round story decision gets her 1 cup of water and 1 clue to the exit!

If you haven't gotten an email, query us!

*taps mic*. Okay, the mub is back. Check out the audio here. Great narration, voice acting, effects, and the rest. Thanks to the Drabblecast team for looking into things quickly and reissuing as needed.

Digital collage, alluding to a face, broken pencils bisect a landscape, where two figures huddle together.

RESPECT HIS MIGHT!
We are officially members of the Mub Club.
Be careful what you make.

Author: Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social
Artist: Samir Sirk Morató @spicycloaca.bsky.social
Narrator: Kristin Holland of Nocturnal Transmissions Podcast

www.drabblecast.org/2025/07/31/d...

We have removed some art for this episode while we research it's origins. Meat-fingers art only here. More information coming.

expert-trained creators have brought you this stunning episode of The Drabblecast. Be careful what you make. Respect his might.

Author: Thomas Ha @thomasha.bsky.social
Narrator: Kristin Holland of Nocturnal Transmissions Podcast

www.drabblecast.org/2025/07/31/d...

Mubs everywhere guys! Better safe than sorry.

Ooof. It's come to my attention that art used for a reprint of mine might be genAI (thanks for flagging @davidniallwilson.com)! Just to be safe, going to delete any promo until I can confirm. Luckily the publisher has a contract provision for no genAI art, so if confirmed/changed, will promo again!