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The Drabblecast
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We are an audio fiction magazine bringing you strange stories by strange authors for strange listeners, such as yourself. Hosted by Norm Sherman.

Podcast: https://www.drabblecast.org/category/drabblecast/

Discord: https://discord.gg/79nHe5fwh3
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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.
November 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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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
October 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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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
October 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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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
October 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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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!
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August 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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...
Digital collage, alluding to a face, broken pencils bisect a landscape, where two figures huddle together.
August 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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The Drabblecast is seeking a Black female narrator for an upcoming episode. If you are interested, please drop us an email at submissions@drabblecast.org with NARRATOR in the subject line and a little about yourself, including any links to your website or other narration. This is a paid role.
A greenish gray tentacle is curling out of a murky background, with "The Drabblecast" in front. This is the podcast's logo.
June 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Interested in becoming a part of the flesh-mass that is the Drabblecast?

We are looking for assistant editors! This is a volunteer opportunity with flexible commitment.

Click through to learn more about us, ask questions here or through the website.

docs.google.com/forms/d/1QWX...
A collage of various pieces of episode art from Drabblecast director BO Kaier. Most prominent are a screaming chicken, an angry teddy bear, a purple giraffe, a tentacle monster. All are in a variety of styles.
June 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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We are very happy to announce the return of our own People's Choice Awards. This is not a trick to get you to select the next sacrifice or Chosen One. We super duper promise.

Click the link below to find out more and to cast your vote! It's open now to June 30th!
www.drabblecast.org/the-strangies/
THE STRANGIES annoucement. A black back ground with images of various episode art falling and floating. Green text reads "The Strangies People's Choice Award for all stories drabbles, art, and voices on the show in 2023 and 2024 ore can be found at drabblecast.org"
May 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Listen to the Diggerman,
the crooked music in his steps,
He can’t walk straight or talk straight.
All those years of digging left him bent.

Author: Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog
Artist: Łukasz Godlewski @godlewskiart.bsky.social
Narrator: Norm Sherman

www.drabblecast.org/2025/05/29/d...
A bear and a girl are centered in the image. In front of them in the foreground is an open grave, dirt and shovel on the side. Behind them is a large looming tree with large gouge marks. The style is hand drawn and mainly red colored with a blue cloudy evening sky. The bear is snarling and has his paw raised. The little girl is worried, looking down at the grave.
May 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Sasha knows about weird shit. Trust us.

www.drabblecast.org/2023/12/19/d...
Art image for "That Bloody Frontier" episode of the Drabblecast. A centaur with tattoos stands atop a train car brandishing a gun and grappling hook. A woman cowers in front of the centaur in a white dress and hat. The train appears to be moving quickly, as the wind whips against the figures. In the distance, we can see a mountain and a bizarre tentacle emerging from the clouds.
April 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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What happens when a seer and a psychopomp go on vacation?

Why, a paranormal murder mystery about a body in a pipe organ, listen to see if you can solve it.

Authors: Cormack Baldwin & EV Smith
Artist: Shane Bevin
Narrator: Norm Sherman

www.drabblecast.org/2025/03/21/d...
A pipe organ is on a red and brown background. The art is drawn in a hand drawn and almost animation style. The pipes seem to be alive and wriggling. Two curve towards the ground spilling bright red blood pooled into the shape of a skull by the pedals of the organ. The episode title PASTORALE is on the bottom of the image.
March 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Red Blue Oreoes, Cherry Pringles, Flamin Hot Toothpaste

Are you real? Are we real? Is this effervescent glowing screen real? Find out if you can make things really real.

www.drabblecast.org/2025/02/27/d...

Author: Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social
Artist: Bo Kaier
Narrator: Norm Sherman
A group of people stand in a wide street. The image is wrinkly, like crumpled paper. In torn scraps of colored paper are the words "Drabblecasr #500 The Repairers of Reality" in various fonts and handwriting styles. The cetner person has blue hair and is doing a cat's cradle. The other people are also holding a chikden, knitting a red scarf, reading a book. The background is abstract and looks like a landscape, but it's half formed.
March 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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John Brown john brown brown john pants. Brown john john brown. Brown john John Brown, john brown; john brown brown john john brown.

Author: @kayv.bsky.social
Narrator: Norm Sherman
Artist: Bo Kaier

www.drabblecast.org/2025/01/22/d...
January 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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hey!!

I think we went to school together?

What’s your name?

🌞🤡

Author: Arasibo Campeche
@arasiboc.bsky.social

Narrator: Karlo Yeager Rodriquez
@kjy1066.bsky.social

Artist: Łukasz Godlewski
@godlewskiart.bsky.social

www.drabblecast.org/2025/01/09
January 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Open for submissions!
We have TWO open calls right now:

The Drabblecast Presents: Eros's Fables of Flesh and Machine - a special curated episode www.drabblecast.org/the-drabblec...

--AND--

The Drabblecast General Submissions for the general podcast feed
www.drabblecast.org/submissions/
A purple creature with various tentacles like an octopus and a jellyfish. It has a point, angular face with ten nostril like holes, four blue green eyes, and a pointed smiled with lots of teeth.
October 29, 2024 at 6:22 PM
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An announcement: Nichole Neely @nicholeon.bsky.social is our new managing editor at the Drabblecast. Nichole has been an invaluable member of our editorial team for a year now, and her keen eye for weird stories is part of the Drabblecast's DNA. Please give her a warm and weird welcome!
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September 21, 2023 at 12:41 PM
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This issue we bring you Weird West drabbles from the winners of our Quickdraw contest: @endewriting.bsky.social , @linardos.bsky.social, @kaidelmas.bsky.social, and @mattblairstone.bsky.social.

Heavy hitting nonfiction work from @cedrickm.bsky.social and returning contributor Bobby Derie.
September 16, 2023 at 3:07 AM
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Our special Weird West themed issue of The Tentaculum is now live on the Drabblecast Patreon! Featuring short fiction from @sashabrown.bsky.social @cedrickm.bsky.social @avramargariti.bsky.social and Arthur H. Manners. Cover art and story illustrations by Tristan Tollhurst.
September 16, 2023 at 3:03 AM
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The third issue of The Tentaculum, our quarterly magazine of weird fiction, has been released under a creative commons license. Anyone can read it, right now, for free! Pretty cool, huh? Grab it here: www.drabblecast.org/2023/09/13/t...
September 16, 2023 at 2:54 AM