The details differ but any reputable mag will answer your questions respectfully & in good faith. They get a lot of first time authors.
Podcasts get a little more complicated with audio rights, but Pseudopod’s is pretty standard. (And they explain it)
pseudopod.org/submissions/
Podcasts get a little more complicated with audio rights, but Pseudopod’s is pretty standard. (And they explain it)
pseudopod.org/submissions/
Submissions | PseudoPod
PseudoPod wants to find 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 it.
pseudopod.org
October 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The details differ but any reputable mag will answer your questions respectfully & in good faith. They get a lot of first time authors.
Podcasts get a little more complicated with audio rights, but Pseudopod’s is pretty standard. (And they explain it)
pseudopod.org/submissions/
Podcasts get a little more complicated with audio rights, but Pseudopod’s is pretty standard. (And they explain it)
pseudopod.org/submissions/
Antae Fifth Issue // Annie ZH Sun is a Chinese Writer who grew up in Malta. She graduated with a MSc in Creative Writing with distinction from the University of Edinburgh. Her work has been published in Pseudopod, Hex, IHRAM Press, Behind the Revolving Door Anthology, and others. [...]
October 7, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Antae Fifth Issue // Annie ZH Sun is a Chinese Writer who grew up in Malta. She graduated with a MSc in Creative Writing with distinction from the University of Edinburgh. Her work has been published in Pseudopod, Hex, IHRAM Press, Behind the Revolving Door Anthology, and others. [...]
Oh yay! Please reach out if you’d like to chat more about PseudoPod 😁
For non-fiction storytelling, I don’t think you can beat Tim Harford’s Cautionary Tales @timharford.ft.com
For non-fiction storytelling, I don’t think you can beat Tim Harford’s Cautionary Tales @timharford.ft.com
October 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Oh yay! Please reach out if you’d like to chat more about PseudoPod 😁
For non-fiction storytelling, I don’t think you can beat Tim Harford’s Cautionary Tales @timharford.ft.com
For non-fiction storytelling, I don’t think you can beat Tim Harford’s Cautionary Tales @timharford.ft.com
🕷️ SPOOKY 🕸️ SEASON 👻
For day four, I read "Red Ripper" by Gordon Grice, published by @pseudopod.org .
The story is free from Pseudopod, so you really have no excuse to not check it out.
youtube.com/shorts/pyGwI...
For day four, I read "Red Ripper" by Gordon Grice, published by @pseudopod.org .
The story is free from Pseudopod, so you really have no excuse to not check it out.
youtube.com/shorts/pyGwI...
Spooky Season Day 4: "Red Ripper"
YouTube video by K Bosgra
youtube.com
October 5, 2026 at 4:03 AM
🕷️ SPOOKY 🕸️ SEASON 👻
For day four, I read "Red Ripper" by Gordon Grice, published by @pseudopod.org .
The story is free from Pseudopod, so you really have no excuse to not check it out.
youtube.com/shorts/pyGwI...
For day four, I read "Red Ripper" by Gordon Grice, published by @pseudopod.org .
The story is free from Pseudopod, so you really have no excuse to not check it out.
youtube.com/shorts/pyGwI...
"Oh I enjoy feeding with a variety of methods! Mouth to mouth is my favorite in general, I love giving a feedee a deep kiss that comes with a good filling. If they're not comfortable with that, or in the mood for something else, I'll use a pseudopod, or my tail, as a kinda hose to fill 'em with!"
October 4, 2026 at 2:47 AM
"Oh I enjoy feeding with a variety of methods! Mouth to mouth is my favorite in general, I love giving a feedee a deep kiss that comes with a good filling. If they're not comfortable with that, or in the mood for something else, I'll use a pseudopod, or my tail, as a kinda hose to fill 'em with!"
Tagging 👆 @czwrites.bsky.social
@pseudoscott.bsky.social
@chelsead.bsky.social
~~~
Everything we do is funded by you. If you can, please go to pseudopod.org and click FEED THE POD
PseudoPod is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
@pseudoscott.bsky.social
@chelsead.bsky.social
~~~
Everything we do is funded by you. If you can, please go to pseudopod.org and click FEED THE POD
PseudoPod is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
PseudoPod | The Sound of Horror
pseudopod.org
October 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Tagging 👆 @czwrites.bsky.social
@pseudoscott.bsky.social
@chelsead.bsky.social
~~~
Everything we do is funded by you. If you can, please go to pseudopod.org and click FEED THE POD
PseudoPod is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
@pseudoscott.bsky.social
@chelsead.bsky.social
~~~
Everything we do is funded by you. If you can, please go to pseudopod.org and click FEED THE POD
PseudoPod is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
“My husband is home again."
This House of Hopes, This House of Bones
by Cynthia Zhang
Narrator: Kitty Sarkozy
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2026/10/02/p...
This story is a PseudoPod original.
C/W: domestic violence, murder
This House of Hopes, This House of Bones
by Cynthia Zhang
Narrator: Kitty Sarkozy
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2026/10/02/p...
This story is a PseudoPod original.
C/W: domestic violence, murder
PseudoPod 1050: This House of Hopes, This House of Bones
My husband is home again. I cannot hear him well, not with the ringing in my ears and the throbbing headache making every movement agony, but the ghosts keep me informed. There he is…
pseudopod.org
October 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
“My husband is home again."
This House of Hopes, This House of Bones
by Cynthia Zhang
Narrator: Kitty Sarkozy
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2026/10/02/p...
This story is a PseudoPod original.
C/W: domestic violence, murder
This House of Hopes, This House of Bones
by Cynthia Zhang
Narrator: Kitty Sarkozy
Host: Scott Campbell
Audio: Chelsea Davis
pseudopod.org/2026/10/02/p...
This story is a PseudoPod original.
C/W: domestic violence, murder
Of course 99% of them flee from the mind at the moment, but I regularly think about the ending of Alarm Will Sound by Christopher Schultz.
pseudopod.org/2018/01/19/p...
pseudopod.org/2018/01/19/p...
October 2, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Of course 99% of them flee from the mind at the moment, but I regularly think about the ending of Alarm Will Sound by Christopher Schultz.
pseudopod.org/2018/01/19/p...
pseudopod.org/2018/01/19/p...
Again, I learned about him from PseudoPod running "Oil of Dog."
And everything else about him is magical. I need to pull out the Devil's Dictionary illustrated by Gahan Wilson for this weekend.
And everything else about him is magical. I need to pull out the Devil's Dictionary illustrated by Gahan Wilson for this weekend.
October 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Again, I learned about him from PseudoPod running "Oil of Dog."
And everything else about him is magical. I need to pull out the Devil's Dictionary illustrated by Gahan Wilson for this weekend.
And everything else about him is magical. I need to pull out the Devil's Dictionary illustrated by Gahan Wilson for this weekend.
Excellent thank you! I have half of those (and agree entirely) but need to fix the other half.
Hard same on "Chicamauga."
Link for those following at home:
pseudopod.org/2024/05/27/p...
Hard same on "Chicamauga."
Link for those following at home:
pseudopod.org/2024/05/27/p...
PseudoPod 921: Chickamauga
One sunny autumn afternoon a child strayed away from its rude home in a small field and entered a forest unobserved. It was happy in a new sense of freedom from control, happy in the opportunity of…
pseudopod.org
October 1, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Excellent thank you! I have half of those (and agree entirely) but need to fix the other half.
Hard same on "Chicamauga."
Link for those following at home:
pseudopod.org/2024/05/27/p...
Hard same on "Chicamauga."
Link for those following at home:
pseudopod.org/2024/05/27/p...
If I can only name one, right now I'm going with Connecting Door by @rdansky.bsky.social
I'm not sure that I would be involved with PseudoPod if not for this story. Thank you Richard (and Ben et al)
pseudopod.org/2007/11/16/p...
I'm not sure that I would be involved with PseudoPod if not for this story. Thank you Richard (and Ben et al)
pseudopod.org/2007/11/16/p...
PseudoPod 64: Connecting Door
They weren’t even trying to be quiet now. The idea of keeping it down had become a joke, a sort of high-decibel sotto voce. Ian felt red rage bubbling up within him, and hammered on the door with the…
pseudopod.org
October 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
If I can only name one, right now I'm going with Connecting Door by @rdansky.bsky.social
I'm not sure that I would be involved with PseudoPod if not for this story. Thank you Richard (and Ben et al)
pseudopod.org/2007/11/16/p...
I'm not sure that I would be involved with PseudoPod if not for this story. Thank you Richard (and Ben et al)
pseudopod.org/2007/11/16/p...
Allow us…
pseudopod.org/2007/04/20/p...
pseudopod.org/2007/04/20/p...
October 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Allow us…
pseudopod.org/2007/04/20/p...
pseudopod.org/2007/04/20/p...
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong, Bliss by James Michael White (I heard this one TOO YOUNG on pseudopod, have not read/listened to since, and still remember it 20 years later), Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link. A lot of these I read over a decade ago so if any suck uh, whoops
October 1, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers by Alyssa Wong, Bliss by James Michael White (I heard this one TOO YOUNG on pseudopod, have not read/listened to since, and still remember it 20 years later), Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link. A lot of these I read over a decade ago so if any suck uh, whoops
Happy #Kinktober26
@sommelierofsweets.bsky.social is off to a slippery start with a tentacle coming up through the drain to have some fun while she showers!
@sommelierofsweets.bsky.social is off to a slippery start with a tentacle coming up through the drain to have some fun while she showers!
October 1, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Happy #Kinktober26
@sommelierofsweets.bsky.social is off to a slippery start with a tentacle coming up through the drain to have some fun while she showers!
@sommelierofsweets.bsky.social is off to a slippery start with a tentacle coming up through the drain to have some fun while she showers!
In addition to running us over, the slugs can apparently spit acid at us.
One just hit me with its... foot? Pseudopod? Dunno. It crit me and I'm at 10 hp.
One just hit me with its... foot? Pseudopod? Dunno. It crit me and I'm at 10 hp.
October 1, 2026 at 1:45 AM
In addition to running us over, the slugs can apparently spit acid at us.
One just hit me with its... foot? Pseudopod? Dunno. It crit me and I'm at 10 hp.
One just hit me with its... foot? Pseudopod? Dunno. It crit me and I'm at 10 hp.
Listened to this last night on @pseudopod.org and quite enjoyed it. Recommended for fans of surreal whimsy and massive bummers. Also, it features a bear, which is like one of my favorite things.
pseudopod.org/2022/03/11/p...
pseudopod.org/2022/03/11/p...
PseudoPod 801: The Bear Across the Way
I paid no more attention to the bear than I would have any new neighbors. Despite what my husband might tell you, the fact that he was a bear played into my curiosity very little. It was his behavior…
pseudopod.org
September 30, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Listened to this last night on @pseudopod.org and quite enjoyed it. Recommended for fans of surreal whimsy and massive bummers. Also, it features a bear, which is like one of my favorite things.
pseudopod.org/2022/03/11/p...
pseudopod.org/2022/03/11/p...
(5/?) "The next day, he received a promotion" in motherboard from @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social (300 words, sf horror). POV: your boss just posted this on [SOCIAL MEDIA OF CHOICE]. fifthwheelpress.com/anth9-backen...
The next day, he received a promotion — Meagan Kane — fifth wheel press
Meagan Kane lives in Minneapolis with her wife, dodging emails and writing science fiction. Her stories have appeared in Baffling Magazine , PseudoPod , Flash Fiction Online , and Adventitious , ...
fifthwheelpress.com
September 30, 2026 at 6:58 AM
(5/?) "The next day, he received a promotion" in motherboard from @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social (300 words, sf horror). POV: your boss just posted this on [SOCIAL MEDIA OF CHOICE]. fifthwheelpress.com/anth9-backen...
Oh hey, that’s me! fifthwheelpress.com/anth9-backen...
September 30, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Oh hey, that’s me! fifthwheelpress.com/anth9-backen...
Pseudopod!
Opened for Steve Morse @ Toad's Place a long time ago. I was blown away by the music and musicianship.
Bought their CD before their set was over.
Still listen to them today...
Opened for Steve Morse @ Toad's Place a long time ago. I was blown away by the music and musicianship.
Bought their CD before their set was over.
Still listen to them today...
September 27, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Pseudopod!
Opened for Steve Morse @ Toad's Place a long time ago. I was blown away by the music and musicianship.
Bought their CD before their set was over.
Still listen to them today...
Opened for Steve Morse @ Toad's Place a long time ago. I was blown away by the music and musicianship.
Bought their CD before their set was over.
Still listen to them today...
What a gorgeous, eerie narration by @shwetaadhyam.bsky.social!! ✨️
I'm incredibly grateful to PseudoPod, @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social / @aijiang.bsky.social / @christinogle.bsky.social for giving this Faustian story about student loans such wonderful homes. 🖤
I'm incredibly grateful to PseudoPod, @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social / @aijiang.bsky.social / @christinogle.bsky.social for giving this Faustian story about student loans such wonderful homes. 🖤
“Green flows from your imagination onto the page, bleeding viridescent liquid through the intermediary of your brush."
An Inordinate Amount of Interest
by Ayida Shonibar
Narrator: Shweta Adhyam
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
C/W: exploitation, violence, reference to misgendering
An Inordinate Amount of Interest
by Ayida Shonibar
Narrator: Shweta Adhyam
Host: Alasdair Stuart
Audio: Graeme Dunlop
C/W: exploitation, violence, reference to misgendering
PseudoPod 1049: An Inordinate Amount of Interest
Green flows from your imagination onto the page, bleeding viridescent liquid through the intermediary of your brush. The handle bends to your grip like the natural extension it’s been for as long as…
pseudopod.org
September 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What a gorgeous, eerie narration by @shwetaadhyam.bsky.social!! ✨️
I'm incredibly grateful to PseudoPod, @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social / @aijiang.bsky.social / @christinogle.bsky.social for giving this Faustian story about student loans such wonderful homes. 🖤
I'm incredibly grateful to PseudoPod, @tenebrouspress.bsky.social, and @shortwavebooks.bsky.social / @aijiang.bsky.social / @christinogle.bsky.social for giving this Faustian story about student loans such wonderful homes. 🖤
An Inordinate Amount Of Interest by Ayida Shonibar - It's a horror story with an ending we all need to believe in right now against the double dealing fey and devil of our own reality right now.
pseudopod.org/2026/09/25/p...
pseudopod.org/2026/09/25/p...
PseudoPod 1049: An Inordinate Amount of Interest
Green flows from your imagination onto the page, bleeding viridescent liquid through the intermediary of your brush. The handle bends to your grip like the natural extension it’s been for as long as…
pseudopod.org
September 26, 2026 at 3:49 PM
An Inordinate Amount Of Interest by Ayida Shonibar - It's a horror story with an ending we all need to believe in right now against the double dealing fey and devil of our own reality right now.
pseudopod.org/2026/09/25/p...
pseudopod.org/2026/09/25/p...
Decided to make a goals list. Easy ones, middling ones, and long term.
*Edit "Bait And Switch"
*Finish / launch "Expired"
*Become Edge Lit guest
*Plan and begin a script
*Complete "Pricks" novel
*5 subscribers
*3 Kofis
*Positive reviews x 3
*Agent
*Published by Pseudopod
*Record song for "Pricks"
*Edit "Bait And Switch"
*Finish / launch "Expired"
*Become Edge Lit guest
*Plan and begin a script
*Complete "Pricks" novel
*5 subscribers
*3 Kofis
*Positive reviews x 3
*Agent
*Published by Pseudopod
*Record song for "Pricks"
September 25, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Decided to make a goals list. Easy ones, middling ones, and long term.
*Edit "Bait And Switch"
*Finish / launch "Expired"
*Become Edge Lit guest
*Plan and begin a script
*Complete "Pricks" novel
*5 subscribers
*3 Kofis
*Positive reviews x 3
*Agent
*Published by Pseudopod
*Record song for "Pricks"
*Edit "Bait And Switch"
*Finish / launch "Expired"
*Become Edge Lit guest
*Plan and begin a script
*Complete "Pricks" novel
*5 subscribers
*3 Kofis
*Positive reviews x 3
*Agent
*Published by Pseudopod
*Record song for "Pricks"
PseudoPod is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
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September 25, 2026 at 8:10 AM
PseudoPod is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit
Buy merch here! voidmerch.threadless.com/collections/...
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This story was first published in the Wilted Pages anthology in 2023, and reprinted in The Skull & Laurel in 2025
Tagging 👆 @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @shwetaadhyam.bsky.social @alasdairstuart.com @kibitzer.bsky.social
If you can, please go to pseudopod.org and click FEED THE POD
Tagging 👆 @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @shwetaadhyam.bsky.social @alasdairstuart.com @kibitzer.bsky.social
If you can, please go to pseudopod.org and click FEED THE POD
PseudoPod | The Sound of Horror
pseudopod.org
September 25, 2026 at 8:10 AM
This story was first published in the Wilted Pages anthology in 2023, and reprinted in The Skull & Laurel in 2025
Tagging 👆 @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @shwetaadhyam.bsky.social @alasdairstuart.com @kibitzer.bsky.social
If you can, please go to pseudopod.org and click FEED THE POD
Tagging 👆 @ayidashonibar.bsky.social @shwetaadhyam.bsky.social @alasdairstuart.com @kibitzer.bsky.social
If you can, please go to pseudopod.org and click FEED THE POD