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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 4d

“I had a strange experience, not long ago.”

The Suitable Surroundings
by Ambrose Bierce
&
The Resurrection Of Chilton Hills
by Philip Curtiss

Narrators: Ben Phillips and Kaz
Host: Joshua Tuttle
Audio: Graeme Dunlop

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C/W suicide

PseudoPod 996: The Suitable Surroundings and The Resurrection of Chilton Hills

THE NIGHT ONE midsummer night a farmer’s boy living about ten miles from the city of Cincinnati was following a bridle path through a dense and dark forest. He had lost himself while searching for…

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Hannah Rutherford (she/her) @lomadiah.bsky.social · 1d

Please signal boost, it's for a good cause! 🙏

Hey folks - I'm working with an MS (multiple sclerosis) charity to find streamers to support fundraising in November. It's retro gaming themed, so if you're interested in more info - or you know someone who would be amazing - please chuck me a reply 💚

a young boy covering his face with his hands while a man says please say yes behind him .

Alt: a young boy crossing his fingers and screwing up his eyes, saying please say yes

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Conriocht @herewolf.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #WerewolfWedneaday! Here's some photos from my facepaint practice for the Harvest Super Moon earlier this week

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 1d

a man in a ghostbusters uniform is smiling and looking at the camera

Alt: Egon from Ghostbusters nodding and looking at the camera

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 1d

He slimed me!!

Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 1d

Oct 8th 1984 - After catching their first ghost at the Sedgewick Hotel, business quickly picks up for the Ghostbusters with more paranormal sightings. On Oct 8th they were featured on the front page of USA Today.

📽️📅 Ghostbusters (1984)

3 Screenshots from the movie "Ghostbusters" (1984): First, the Ghostbusters, wearing their iconic uniforms with proton packs, stand in a lavish hotel interior, engaging in a serious discussion with a man in a suit. Second, a woman with curly hair sits in a living room, watching a news broadcast about the Ghostbusters on an old-fashioned TV, with a cityscape visible through the window blinds. Third, a newspaper headline "Ghost Fever Grips New York" features an image of the Ghostbusters team.

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 1d

As today is World Octopus Day I’ll again mention that a Spanish equivalent to “like a fish out of water” is como un pulpo en un garaje. It means “like an octopus in a garage.”

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1d

Great piece: "Anything can be rejected, and for any reason, and there is pretty much nothing you can do about it. Certain rationales for rejection are forever beyond your control."

Yes! I have to send out a lot of rejections and there are So Many reasons, and none of them are personal. Keep going!

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

‘Stay true to yourself – and fly closer to the sun’: what I’ve learned from 50 years of rejection

As a writer, I have been rejected thousands of times, and it initially led to shock, denial and anger. Then I accepted it. Here’s what you can gain from doing so too

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tharook @tharook.bsky.social · 1d

28 business days later

ian.fenrisgames @fenrisgames.com · 1d

the human resources centipede

Courtney 🐙 Lovecraftian 🐙 Actually @hexadecibelle.fyi · 1d

the blair witch project manager

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DK Latta @dklatta.bsky.social · 1d

Random shout out:
"The Old Lady" by Eleanor Scott (vintage tale on Pseudopod: 1929) read by writer/ed/VOA Kat Day; a fun tale managing to be very traditional (old manor house, Oxford students, creepy families) w/ some freshness. Some, I think, via the female POV. 1/5
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PseudoPod 956: The Old Lady

Adela Young must have come up to Oxford at the same time as myself; but no one, in a way, knew that she had. She was one of those people whom one never notices, physically or mentally – the kind of…

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 1d

I mean it is, but I don't see the problem.

SarahAndCo @sarahandco.bsky.social · 1d

It's not hoarding if it's books.

PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 1d

MOON!!!

Antman Is Annoyed @antmanisannoyed.bsky.social · 2d

Moooooon

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A. A. Rubin @thesurrealari.bsky.social · 2d

Today is #EdgarAllanPoe’s death day. #Poe is one of my greatest influences and favorite writers. My #shortstory, The Vibrations Louder,
A modern retelling of Poe’s #TheTelltaleHeart was published in @pseudopod.org a few months back.
Give it a #read or a #listen.

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PseudoPod 968: The Vibrations, Louder

Insanity? Sure, why not. My lawyer advised me to plead insanity, and maybe it will help me. At least I’ll be able to talk to somebody qualified. The state of mental health care is deplorable in this…

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Olivia Portlander 🐙🧡🍋🐊🦋☂️ @sallyfisherprice.bsky.social · 2d

Hired some local muscle to enforce the "no soliciting" rule.

A big fucking orb weaver with a web spun across the upper left quadrant of a front door entryway. A sign on the door says, "no soliciting."

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 2d

Where's "a chariot pulled by hell hounds"?

Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 2d

What's your favorite mode of transport?

1. 2 wheels and a dream
2. drifting on the wind
3. matter/energy conversion
4. astral projection

PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 2d

A bit late

Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 3d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 2d

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… live. They’re ALIVE! MWHAHAHAHA! ⚡️

*cough*

• Patreon subscribers can access ad-free episodes
• Sign up now to get that for just $7 a month
• Go to pseudopod.org and click on "feed the pod"

(Please do. The Tower has a weirdly large electricity bill.)

PseudoPod | The Sound of Horror

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Scott Murderhouse @voxparlour.bsky.social · 4d

Taylor Swift announces next album title: The Queen in Yellow. She told Variety: "A few years back I came across this amazing play and I was so inspired. It's been living in my head for years. I even dream of it, of the city in the play."

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Steve Rasnic Tem @stevetem.bsky.social · 3d

I highly recommend this new collection by Thomas Ha from Undertow Books. Ha is one of the most exciting writers of short fantastic fiction to come along in years. undertowpublications.com/shop/uncerta...

Uncertain Sons and Other Stories — Undertow Publications

Sept. 2025 Cover art by Ove Tøpfer Trade paperback (284 pages) Uncertain Sons is a startling and masterful collection exploring familial love and trauma; societal and technological anxieties; ...

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 3d

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Sorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 3d

Virgo: This is the week to follow your dreams. When the clown beckons, go with him to the stream of blood. Your second grade teacher is waiting to roughly bathe you until you dissolve and become mist.

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 4d

Community news!
Stop by the haunted orchard today, where a new Dark Fruit Queen will be chosen, to act as a bridge between the living & the dead, tangled roots & ethereal leaves, shadow & flame.
Bring the whole family!

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 4d

PseudoPod is part of the Escape Artists Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 4d

Tagging 👆 @kibitzer.bsky.social

The Suitable Surroundings was first published in the San Francisco Examiner, 1889

The Resurrection of Chilton Hills first appeared in Harper’s Monthly Magazine, 1929

Everything we do is funded by you. If you can, please go to pseudopod.org and click FEED THE POD

PseudoPod | The Sound of Horror

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 4d

PseudoPod 996: The Suitable Surroundings and The Resurrection of Chilton Hills

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PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 5d

Happiest of birthdays to our host with the most!

PseudoPod @pseudopod.org · 5d

Same. But honestly, anything Ai-generated is likely to be rejected just purely on the basis that it’s *mundane*. These LLMs don’t produce anything original or interesting. They can’t. Only humans do that. Use your delightful terrible human brain.

Beneath Ceaseless Skies Magazine @bcsmagazine.bsky.social · 10d

Please know that at BCS, it's hugely important to us to not have 'false positives'. We don't treat subs or submittors as AI unless we're sure. We're not looking at em-dashes or key words. We're doubly careful with English as Second Language subs. Any sub we're not sure if it's AI, we treat as human.

Jessi D (Scary Ver.) @gothydellamorte.bsky.social · 10d

My only fear with this is being accused when I use no AI but do use stuff like m dashes that are frequently marked AS AI but I think people who make their jobs writing will probably be better equipped than most.

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Beidak @beidak.bsky.social · 17d

bothered. soggy. unforunate. not really in my lane. apathetic. rotting.

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