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The oldest short-fiction horror podcast. We have always lived in the tower. We/they/them 🦑 Co-Editors: Kat Day & Alex Hofelich | Host: Alasdair Stuart | Asst Eds: Scott Campbell & Joshua Tuttle | Audio: Chelsea Davis & Graeme Dunlop 🎙️ PseudoPod.org
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PseudoPod 1009: Christmas Eve at Beach House
It seemed as if the Mackenzies were under a spell, and that none of the men were ever destined to die in their beds. We sometimes see this strange law of persistent accident run through a family…
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“It seemed as if the Mackenzies were under a spell”
Christmas Eve In Beach House, by E Lynn Linton
Narrator: Lewis Davies
Host: Kat Day
Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop
CW: murder, intimate partner violence
Christmas Eve at Beach House was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870
Christmas Eve In Beach House, by E Lynn Linton
Narrator: Lewis Davies
Host: Kat Day
Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop
CW: murder, intimate partner violence
Christmas Eve at Beach House was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870
We at The Tower want to wish a joyful and peaceful Kwanzaa to all our friends and colleagues who observe!!!
December 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We at The Tower want to wish a joyful and peaceful Kwanzaa to all our friends and colleagues who observe!!!
We had one of these at The Tower this year.
A big hit with the kids.
A big hit with the kids.
December 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We had one of these at The Tower this year.
A big hit with the kids.
A big hit with the kids.
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It’s Boxing Day! Traditionally (in the UK) this is a time for visiting others and exchanging gifts. So here’s a PseudoPod gift for you, featuring a haunted house in a remote costal location and a spot of murder – we hope you like it, enjoy! 🎁
“It seemed as if the Mackenzies were under a spell”
Christmas Eve In Beach House, by E Lynn Linton
Narrator: Lewis Davies
Host: Kat Day
Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop
CW: murder, intimate partner violence
Christmas Eve at Beach House was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870
Christmas Eve In Beach House, by E Lynn Linton
Narrator: Lewis Davies
Host: Kat Day
Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop
CW: murder, intimate partner violence
Christmas Eve at Beach House was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870
PseudoPod 1009: Christmas Eve at Beach House
It seemed as if the Mackenzies were under a spell, and that none of the men were ever destined to die in their beds. We sometimes see this strange law of persistent accident run through a family…
pseudopod.org
December 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It’s Boxing Day! Traditionally (in the UK) this is a time for visiting others and exchanging gifts. So here’s a PseudoPod gift for you, featuring a haunted house in a remote costal location and a spot of murder – we hope you like it, enjoy! 🎁
“It seemed as if the Mackenzies were under a spell”
Christmas Eve In Beach House, by E Lynn Linton
Narrator: Lewis Davies
Host: Kat Day
Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop
CW: murder, intimate partner violence
Christmas Eve at Beach House was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870
Christmas Eve In Beach House, by E Lynn Linton
Narrator: Lewis Davies
Host: Kat Day
Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop
CW: murder, intimate partner violence
Christmas Eve at Beach House was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870
PseudoPod 1009: Christmas Eve at Beach House
It seemed as if the Mackenzies were under a spell, and that none of the men were ever destined to die in their beds. We sometimes see this strange law of persistent accident run through a family…
pseudopod.org
December 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“It seemed as if the Mackenzies were under a spell”
Christmas Eve In Beach House, by E Lynn Linton
Narrator: Lewis Davies
Host: Kat Day
Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop
CW: murder, intimate partner violence
Christmas Eve at Beach House was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870
Christmas Eve In Beach House, by E Lynn Linton
Narrator: Lewis Davies
Host: Kat Day
Audio Producer: Graeme Dunlop
CW: murder, intimate partner violence
Christmas Eve at Beach House was first published in Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1870
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THREAD.
A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text.
1. Weeping Fence Banshee.
A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text.
1. Weeping Fence Banshee.
December 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
THREAD.
A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text.
1. Weeping Fence Banshee.
A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text.
1. Weeping Fence Banshee.
Merry Christmas from the Tower, every body!
a skeleton in a santa suit is holding a bag of gifts
Alt: a skeleton in a santa suit is holding a bag of gifts and blinking
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December 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Merry Christmas from the Tower, every body!
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Happy Wintertide from me and all the creatures.
December 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Happy Wintertide from me and all the creatures.
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For purely horror fans, I've something for YOU today too. "Not More Lovely than Full of Glee", my sequel to Poe's abrupt "The Oval Portrait" is SET ON THIS VERY DAY, CHRISTMAS EVE, in a time long ago, where an artist confronts his life's work...
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PseudoPod 844: Gothic Duo: The Oval Portrait & Not More Lovely than Full of Glee | PseudoPod
The chateau into which my valet had ventured to make forcible entrance, rather than permit me, in my desperately wounded condition, to pass a night in the open air, was one of those piles of…
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December 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
For purely horror fans, I've something for YOU today too. "Not More Lovely than Full of Glee", my sequel to Poe's abrupt "The Oval Portrait" is SET ON THIS VERY DAY, CHRISTMAS EVE, in a time long ago, where an artist confronts his life's work...
Free via @pseudopod.org pseudopod.org/2022/12/23/p...
Free via @pseudopod.org pseudopod.org/2022/12/23/p...
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Merry Xmas everyone! 🎄 As you decorate your homes with magical plants, light candles to keep away evil spirits, and leave offerings of food for the undead saint who is always watching you, and knows all, remember the reason for the season: to celebrate the endless night, the hungry dark.
December 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Merry Xmas everyone! 🎄 As you decorate your homes with magical plants, light candles to keep away evil spirits, and leave offerings of food for the undead saint who is always watching you, and knows all, remember the reason for the season: to celebrate the endless night, the hungry dark.
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It's Christmas eve. It's time for the nativity eels!
But wait...there aren't the eels in the Xmas story!
Oh no?
Not in the original. But eels DO appear in the Second Shepherd's Play...a 15th C. mystery play from N. England featuring the shepherds of nativity fame. 1/5
But wait...there aren't the eels in the Xmas story!
Oh no?
Not in the original. But eels DO appear in the Second Shepherd's Play...a 15th C. mystery play from N. England featuring the shepherds of nativity fame. 1/5
December 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It's Christmas eve. It's time for the nativity eels!
But wait...there aren't the eels in the Xmas story!
Oh no?
Not in the original. But eels DO appear in the Second Shepherd's Play...a 15th C. mystery play from N. England featuring the shepherds of nativity fame. 1/5
But wait...there aren't the eels in the Xmas story!
Oh no?
Not in the original. But eels DO appear in the Second Shepherd's Play...a 15th C. mystery play from N. England featuring the shepherds of nativity fame. 1/5
🎶 Last Christmas, I gave you my heart 🎶
Better feed the pod before it starts sending other body parts.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
Better feed the pod before it starts sending other body parts.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
a woman in a white hat says " last christmas i gave you my heart " in front of a man
Alt: The woman in the white hat from the Last Christmas music video. Caption says "last christmas I gave you my heart”
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December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🎶 Last Christmas, I gave you my heart 🎶
Better feed the pod before it starts sending other body parts.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
Better feed the pod before it starts sending other body parts.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
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Happy Cthulhu-mas to all who celebrate.
a drawing of a monster that looks like a christmas tree with a r on the bottom
Alt: a drawing of a monster that looks like a christmas tree
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December 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Happy Cthulhu-mas to all who celebrate.
🎶 On the fourth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Four calling birds…🎵🐦⬛
… what’s that they’re screeching?
Feed the Pod Feed the Pod Feed the Pod
Er. Better do that before this bird business gets out of hand. (All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
My true love sent to me
Four calling birds…🎵🐦⬛
… what’s that they’re screeching?
Feed the Pod Feed the Pod Feed the Pod
Er. Better do that before this bird business gets out of hand. (All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🎶 On the fourth day of Christmas
My true love sent to me
Four calling birds…🎵🐦⬛
… what’s that they’re screeching?
Feed the Pod Feed the Pod Feed the Pod
Er. Better do that before this bird business gets out of hand. (All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
My true love sent to me
Four calling birds…🎵🐦⬛
… what’s that they’re screeching?
Feed the Pod Feed the Pod Feed the Pod
Er. Better do that before this bird business gets out of hand. (All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
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Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning.
Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
Red sky at noon, Cthulhu arrives bearing gifts, and that gift is your doom.
Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
Red sky at noon, Cthulhu arrives bearing gifts, and that gift is your doom.
December 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning.
Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
Red sky at noon, Cthulhu arrives bearing gifts, and that gift is your doom.
Red sky at night, sailor's delight.
Red sky at noon, Cthulhu arrives bearing gifts, and that gift is your doom.
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If anyone is currently reviewing horror novels & would to be added to the reviewer directory, comment on the post linked below or reply here with your links. Please pass on to anyone you might know who may be interested
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#HorrorCommunity #HorrorWriting
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#HorrorCommunity #HorrorWriting
Horror Reviewer Directory
👀 at this cute graphic created by Erica Robyn ! Are you a reader looking for scary book recommendations? Are you an author needing s...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If anyone is currently reviewing horror novels & would to be added to the reviewer directory, comment on the post linked below or reply here with your links. Please pass on to anyone you might know who may be interested
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All writing advice with the exception of “write stuff” and “finish stuff”
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
All writing advice with the exception of “write stuff” and “finish stuff”
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"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"This story doesn't need a sandworm"
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
This is almost always wrong. Arguably, EVERY story benefits from adding a huge subterranean worm with quasi-mystical or semi-supernatural powers, or equivalent (similar to Moby Dick).
Obviously the bigger the worm, the more literary quality it adds.
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Dec 23rd - Frank Cross is taken on a taxi ride through his life by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
📽️📅 Scrooged (1988)
📽️📅 Scrooged (1988)
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Dec 23rd - Frank Cross is taken on a taxi ride through his life by the Ghost of Christmas Past.
📽️📅 Scrooged (1988)
📽️📅 Scrooged (1988)
Dean Koontz, online event, tickets available to BFS members for free and non-members for a small fee. Register now!
BFS Online is excited to announce a special guest interview. International bestselling author Dean Koontz chats to BFS Chair Shona Kinsella Wed 21st Jan 2026, 7pm (GMT).
Ticket: tinyurl.com/dkoontz
#BritishFantasySociety #AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity #DeanKoontz
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December 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Dean Koontz, online event, tickets available to BFS members for free and non-members for a small fee. Register now!
Frosty the Snowman,
was a jolly happy soul…
⛄️
was a jolly happy soul…
⛄️
🎵 Thumpety thump thump,
Look at Frosty go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Over the hills of snow ☃️
Quick, feed the Pod before Frosty gets here.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
Look at Frosty go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Over the hills of snow ☃️
Quick, feed the Pod before Frosty gets here.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
jack frost is sitting in a car with his head out the window
Alt: A snowman is sitting in a car, his head turning towards the window
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December 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Frosty the Snowman,
was a jolly happy soul…
⛄️
was a jolly happy soul…
⛄️
🦑
Cast of Wonders 670: Little Wonders 47 - We Wish You a Creepy Christmas with stories by KT Wagner and Anne Wilkins, narrated by Jen Zink and Alexis Goble, produced by Andrew Jack.
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December 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🦑
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They are waking up
a man is standing in front of a giant octopus with red eyes
ALT: a man is standing in front of a giant octopus with red eyes
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December 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
They are waking up
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Well, of course!
2025 has been declared the 'year of the octopus' 🐙thanks to record numbers of the intelligent invertebrates across England's south coast, from Penzance in Cornwall to south Devon! More below 👇
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
2025 is ‘year of the octopus’ as record numbers spotted off England’s south coast
Milder weather led to a bloom in the invertebrates off the coast of Cornwall and south Devon, wildlife charity says
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December 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Well, of course!
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Dear writer:
No, Mary Shelley was not influenced by Charles Darwin while writing Frankenstein.
Charles was born in 1809. She started writing it during the House Party From Hell in 1816, and published in 1818, when he was 9.
Please ensure your editor fixes this laughable error you all made.
No, Mary Shelley was not influenced by Charles Darwin while writing Frankenstein.
Charles was born in 1809. She started writing it during the House Party From Hell in 1816, and published in 1818, when he was 9.
Please ensure your editor fixes this laughable error you all made.
December 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Dear writer:
No, Mary Shelley was not influenced by Charles Darwin while writing Frankenstein.
Charles was born in 1809. She started writing it during the House Party From Hell in 1816, and published in 1818, when he was 9.
Please ensure your editor fixes this laughable error you all made.
No, Mary Shelley was not influenced by Charles Darwin while writing Frankenstein.
Charles was born in 1809. She started writing it during the House Party From Hell in 1816, and published in 1818, when he was 9.
Please ensure your editor fixes this laughable error you all made.