PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor • A Table Set and Waiting, by Jordan Shiveley • Third Date, by Divya Kernan • You’re Still Here, by Thea Liu • 9 Steps to Dissecting a Ghost, by Jeanna Cammarano Multiple content warnings: see website for details

PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor

Ubi amor, ibi dolor – where there is love, there is pain “Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.” – C. S. Lewis No one knows who found the Dark Room first. Maybe it found us?

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AHAHAHAHAHA who has ever met an author who would SHUT UP about writing That said I am guessing the complainers are not seeking "How do I write" -- of which there are REAMS of advice -- but "How do I get published" And are not satisfied with the answers received

Antony Johnston@antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 2d ago

Seeing complaints online that authors 'gatekeep' information…! Absolute nonsense. There is no industry or craft in the world which is so comprehensively written about, studied, and discussed as fiction writing, and every author I know welcomes new writers who are serious about giving it a go.

It feels weird to be book-posting when this up in sports emotions (oh no, Adley), but I did review a Hugo finalist www.tarvolon.com/2026/08/03/h...

Horror Novella Review: What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher - Tar Vol on

T. Kingfisher’s Sworn Soldier series offers bite-sized horror stories linked by a common central character. And because the first three have been nominated

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PseudoPod thought for the day: Human brains run on food. We could run electronic devices on food. It’s just that they’d have to poop, and we’d have to figure out what to do with all the electronic device poop.

It is time! The @pseudopod.org general submissions is open!!! Go submit your short horror fiction (<6000 words). I want to get my grubby claws on your stories!! Guidelines: pseudopod.org/submissions/ Submission portal: escapeartists.moksha.io/publication/...

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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.

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If you missed our submission window, this swirling hell-portal of dark delights is still open!

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 3d ago

The portal is open! 🕳️ We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

The portal is open! 🕳️ We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

Aries: The cocoons in chamber 4 will hatch today. I wish we had more details for you.

August Derleth: welcome to another sanity-draining game of Call of Cathulhu Derleth: i'm your dungeonmaster, august Derleth Derleth: let's go around the table are reintroduce our characters Derleth: and they better NOT be subversive!

Huge News! My Story, 9 Steps to Dissecting a Ghost, is now out at Pseudopod. This is definitely a dream market for me and even more so to have my story read by the award winning author @premeemohamed.com. This is one of my favourite and most deeply emotional stories to date. I hope you enjoy.

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor • A Table Set and Waiting, by Jordan Shiveley • Third Date, by Divya Kernan • You’re Still Here, by Thea Liu • 9 Steps to Dissecting a Ghost, by Jeanna Cammarano Multiple content warnings: see website for details

👋 ℰ𝓍𝒸𝒾𝓉ℯ𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓋𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝓃ℴ𝒾𝓈ℯ𝓈! Hiya, Bluesky friends! Something different tonight! Catching up on @pseudopod.org episodes while doing housework and episode 916 SEIZED me by the THROAT! So much so I posted one of the stories on my site—but go listen to the episode! It's GLORIOUS! #horror #flashfic

A Persistent Woman @ Knotty Biscotti's (sometimes) Naughty Treats

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The perfect place to send your Midnight story 🖤

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

The portal opens tomorrow… are you ready? We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

THE PORTAL IS OPEN and I have already slipped through it? OH WOW YOU GUYS OH WOW

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

The portal opens tomorrow… are you ready? We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

Inject it right into my eyeballs, please. No, seriously. I'm reading subs again this year and if the quality is nearly as phenomenal as it was last year then the slush pile is going to be delicious. Give me your nasty stories, baby.

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

The portal opens tomorrow… are you ready? We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

#writing #writesky #writingcommunity

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

The portal opens tomorrow… are you ready? We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

If you got something, send something. Got one to pitch, so wish me luck.

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

pseudopod.org/submissions Absolutely *no* Ai-generated text. Please don’t ask an LLM to write your cover letter, either.

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

pseudopod.org/submissions Absolutely *no* Ai-generated text. Please don’t ask an LLM to write your cover letter, either.

A long time bucket list! I have a story on Pseudopod! 😭I hope you all like it! I’d love to hear what you thought

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor • A Table Set and Waiting, by Jordan Shiveley • Third Date, by Divya Kernan • You’re Still Here, by Thea Liu • 9 Steps to Dissecting a Ghost, by Jeanna Cammarano Multiple content warnings: see website for details

And the narration by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social breaks my heart every time I listen to it. PseudoPod 428: When It Ends, He Catches Her | PseudoPod share.google/lUMAVrp98J6W...

PseudoPod 428: When It Ends, He Catches Her | PseudoPod

The dim shadows were kinder to the theater’s dilapidation. A single candle to aid the dirty sheen of the moon through the rent beams of the ancient roof, easier to overlook the worn and warped…

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So happy to have you!

Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles)@jordanshiveley.bsky.social · 5d ago

A long time bucket list! I have a story on Pseudopod! 😭I hope you all like it! I’d love to hear what you thought

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HELLO YES I NARRATED ONE OF THESE if you would like to listen to my MELLIFLUOUS CANADIAN VOWELS actually I don't know if they're mellifluous but it was a good story (flash)

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor • A Table Set and Waiting, by Jordan Shiveley • Third Date, by Divya Kernan • You’re Still Here, by Thea Liu • 9 Steps to Dissecting a Ghost, by Jeanna Cammarano Multiple content warnings: see website for details

I am buzzing with excitement: my new flash piece "Third Date" is out in PseudoPod! Listen to it or read it here:

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor • A Table Set and Waiting, by Jordan Shiveley • Third Date, by Divya Kernan • You’re Still Here, by Thea Liu • 9 Steps to Dissecting a Ghost, by Jeanna Cammarano Multiple content warnings: see website for details

Just saw someone comment that PseudoPod merch is rad and yes, it is. T-shirt model’s own 😁

The horror thing? We really mean it this week. Check the content warnings, and mind how you go x

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor • A Table Set and Waiting, by Jordan Shiveley • Third Date, by Divya Kernan • You’re Still Here, by Thea Liu • 9 Steps to Dissecting a Ghost, by Jeanna Cammarano Multiple content warnings: see website for details

I narrated the first story so you should listen to the whole episode.

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor • A Table Set and Waiting, by Jordan Shiveley • Third Date, by Divya Kernan • You’re Still Here, by Thea Liu • 9 Steps to Dissecting a Ghost, by Jeanna Cammarano Multiple content warnings: see website for details

These are rad.

PseudoPod 🎙️@pseudopod.org · 5d ago

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PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor • A Table Set and Waiting, by Jordan Shiveley • Third Date, by Divya Kernan • You’re Still Here, by Thea Liu • 9 Steps to Dissecting a Ghost, by Jeanna Cammarano Multiple content warnings: see website for details

PseudoPod 1040: Flash on the Borderlands LXXIX (79): Ubi amor, ibi dolor

Ubi amor, ibi dolor – where there is love, there is pain “Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.” – C. S. Lewis No one knows who found the Dark Room first. Maybe it found us?

pseudopod.org

The portal opens tomorrow… are you ready? We want horror stories up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints. We pay $0.08 per word. Simultaneous submissions are accepted so long as you keep us informed. More details on our website (below).

“When the trees start to smell sharp and crisp, I know The Dead Things are coming.” The Song of the Living by Tonja K. Johnson Narrator: Cherrae L. Stuart Host and Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop pseudopod.org/2026/07/24/p... C/W: harm to animals

PseudoPod 1039: The Song of the Living

When the trees start to smell sharp and crisp, I know The Dead Things are coming. That warning scent perfumes the air now. The fading summer gale bellows over a field of rolling wheat.

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