Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 17/09/2026Featuring our audio producer, the fabulous @chelsead.bsky.social! 0105
Reposted by Chelsea DavisDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Booker longlist week continues with @chelsead.bsky.social on Missouri Williams’ The Vivisectors. Love how this review focuses on that traditional “literary” effect of characterisation, while siting it in the book’s interesting approach to that supposedly “speculative” technique of “worldbuilding.”strangehorizons.comThe Vivisectors by Missouri WilliamsThis novel cues us to distrust metaphor. 1105
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 31/07/2026The 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). 312084
Reposted by Chelsea DavisRajiv Moté @rajivmote.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I'm thrilled that "Othertongue", my weird horror story about disembodied alien language and a xenophobic fascist response, joins this collection of trippy, au courant horrors. I ADORE how PseudoPod rendered my "subliminal" boldfaced words in Pine Gonzalez's excellent audio. It even creeped me out! 142
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPaula D. Ashe @pauladashe.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Tool had me passionately singing Sartre this whole time? Disgusting. This story is good. 481
Reposted by Chelsea Davisterror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Saw your man floating ass up in the bog. Undignified 191659582
Reposted by Chelsea Davisergot. @ergot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026"The problem...was...the yawning abyss that separated their respective brains... You could look and talk and think alike, but none of these were the same as occupying a single physical space." Today on ergot.: 'One and One and One are One' by @chelsead.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Chel...ergot.pressergot.innovative + experimental horror 083
Reposted by Chelsea Davisergot. @ergot.bsky.social · 28/05/2026"An orgy was as good a place as any to start. Television said that sex brought people closer together, and greater closeness was what they wanted." Today on ergot.: 'One and One and One are One' by @chelsead.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Chel...ergot.pressergot.innovative + experimental horror 0144
Reposted by Chelsea DavisSix-Eyed Kitten @andrewkozma.net · 28/05/2026It is very disturbing (complimentary). 141
Reposted by Chelsea DavisJoe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 28/05/2026Turning your friends into cubes is the new sex 4244
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 28/05/2026My short story about friendship, plastic surgery, & the problem of other minds is now available on ergot. ◾◼️⬛◼️◾ www.ergot.press/authors/Chel...ergot.pressergot.innovative + experimental horror 4204
Reposted by Chelsea Davisergot. @ergot.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Tomorrow on ergot. (we're doing an early one this week): getting together with some good friends, with Chelsea Davis chelseamdavis.netchelseamdavis.netChelsea Daviswriter & radio producer 1104
Reposted by Chelsea DavisBruce H. McCosar @bmccosar.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I loved it! The last line just killed it. (Well, literally) 111
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 11/04/2026My short story about meth, estate disputes, and swamps appears in this week's PseudoPod with a pitch-perfect narration by Rae Lundberg 🌴 Read or listen in celebration of National Siblings Day! 172
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 27/03/2026A very special call: Over our 20 (!) years we’ve published stories from all the continents of the world, except Antarctica. We want to remedy that. We’re looking for stories between 2000–6000 words from writers who are in, have recently been to, or have plans to visit Antarctica in the near future. 1211896
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 20/03/2026In the latest edition of my essay series on horror & comedy, I discuss the films SOUL PLANE and CARNIVAL OF SOULS. Both are nightmarish fantasies of social & geographic mobility. shrieksandhowls.substack.com/p/carnival-o...shrieksandhowls.substack.comCARNIVAL OF SOUL PLANESBefore we get into this edition of S&H, here are a few pieces I’ve recently published elsewhere: 100
Reposted by Chelsea DavisTales to Terrify @talestoterrify.bsky.social · 13/03/2026It's week 2 of #WiHM. A grandmother warns her new granddaughter of the world of men (by @l-foxauthor.bsky.social, read by @michelle-kane.bsky.social). Then, two sisters try to banish their visions of otherworldly beings (by @chelsead.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/737-l-fox-chelsea-davis 1118
Reposted by Chelsea DavisDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 01/01/2026I could keep going day by day, tbh: @deanleetal.bsky.social on Magica Riot, @chelsead.bsky.social on Julia Armfield, @tristanbeiter.bsky.social on North Continent Ribbon. We really are gifted with - and grateful for - excellent, lovely writers.strangehorizons.comPrivate Rites by Julia ArmfieldThere’s a plodding pace to things in Private Rites, and by design. 262
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 04/01/2026For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social ), I reviewed Katherine Dunn’s first, and posthumous, collection of short fiction. Violence, motherhood, resilience, boxing. lareviewofbooks.org/article/fles...lareviewofbooks.orgFlesh Under Pressure | Los Angeles Review of BooksChelsea Davis considers Katherine Dunn’s posthumous story collection ‘Near Flesh.’ 033
Reposted by Chelsea DavisLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 04/01/2026"'Near Flesh' often treats motherhood and violence as two sides of the same coin, or sword." @chelsead.bsky.social considers Katherine Dunn’s posthumous story collection "Near Flesh." lareviewofbooks.org/article/flesh-u… 032
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 21/11/2025In the latest edition of my essay series on horror & comedy films, I discuss SORRY, BABY and THE DEVIL'S BATH. St. Agnes, suffering, and specialness. shrieksandhowls.substack.com/p/agni-dei 162
Reposted by Chelsea DavisKristina Ten @kristinaten.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Absolute dream speaking with @chelsead.bsky.social for @electricliterature.com about the great Dorothy Allison, the agency in body horror, my perpetual motion sickness, where people-pleasing gets dangerous, being your own absent babysitter, and more.electricliterature.comA Provocative Story Collection About Immigrants, Bodies Under Siege, and the Horror of Being Perceived - Electric LiteratureKristina Ten’s “Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine” gets spooky about girlhood 0114
Reposted by Chelsea DavisMattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Here it is, the call for submissions for my next anthology, ACT UP BEYOND NEW YORK: Stories and Strategies from a Movement to End the AIDS Crisis, to be published by @haymarketbooks.org! Please forward widely!⚡💕⚡💕⚡ Here's the link to the call: www.mattildabernsteinsycamore.com/other 6176144
Reposted by Chelsea DavisSamuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Hey! I'm reading in SF this Thursday! Et al. Gallery at 6pm with @milesklee.bsky.social @spookymeatball.bsky.social @chelsead.bsky.social, Colin Winette and Lucy Corin 094
Reposted by Chelsea DavisSamuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Very excited to share the official announcement of my first book 'The Veldt Institute'! Official Double--Negative announcement here: www.instagram.com/p/DOIx9MGkWxg Add it on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24... Order it on Asterism: asterismbooks.com/product/the-...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 52615
Reposted by Chelsea DavisBright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 17/08/2025Real talk (reel talk?): BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.brightwalldarkroom.comSubscribe - Bright Wall/Dark RoomSubscribe for $29 a year Subscribe now to receive immediate access to each new essay we publish, plus our entire 135+ issue archive. Bright Wall/Dark Room is 100% independent, runs no ads, and strongl... 3311279
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 12/08/2025It was a total delight to interview @annaleen.bsky.social about their new queer sci-fi novella, Automatic Noodle. You can read the interview online now, or in print this Thursday ✨ tinyurl.com/yc53d83uebar.comAnnalee Newitz’ ‘Automatic Noodle’ – Queer robots in futuristic California“I love writing gay robots,” Annalee Newitz says. It’s clear the Lambda Literary Award-winning author and science journalist had a ball writing “Automatic Noodle” (Tor), their fourth queer sci-fi book... 081
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 31/07/2025Well, we tried to stop the portal, but it looks like it’s opening anyway. Oh well. We open for submissions at midnight. Ish. Horror. Up to 6,000 words, including flash. Originals and reprints: you may submit one of each. Don’t agonise over your cover letter. Just send us a brilliant story. 7234128
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 28/07/2025I reviewed Silvia Moreno-Garcia's newest novel for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social. The Bewitching is a reflection on misanthropy, cross-cultural witch lore, and the pleasures of research. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...lareviewofbooks.orgThe Heart Is a Lonely Haunter | Los Angeles Review of BooksChelsea Davis hangs out with dead people in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “The Bewitching.” 011
Reposted by Chelsea DavisLos Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 25/07/2025"But who needs sex when you’ve got books? Minerva’s emotional connection to the dead authors she studies is so hot-blooded it verges on the erotic." @chelsead.bsky.social reviews "The Bewitching." lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-hea… 031
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 23/06/2025Woo! Delighted to have been nominated by the BFS for Best Audio! 🎉 Congratulations to The Tiny Bookcase, Breaking the Glass Slipper and, of course, our friends in the Castle! @podcastle.org 86210
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 13/06/2025In the latest edition of my horror-comedy newsletter, Shrieks & Howls, I wrote about Bring Her Back and Bring It On. File under: mourning & melancholia, pirated copies, Nancy Kerrigan. Read here, & subscribe for free at the link in the comments to catch future installments. tinyurl.com/5b8hs6r3 121
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 04/06/2025For The Brooklyn Rail, I reviewed Naomi Falk’s mesmerizing memoir-in-art, The Surrender of Man. brooklynrail.org/2025/06/art_...brooklynrail.orgNaomi Falk’s The Surrender of Man | The Brooklyn RailAn editor and art book designer who has worked in galleries and museums, Falk offers up her own existential and emotional bildung (education) as a case study in how artistic experience might help nonb... 154
Reposted by Chelsea Davisjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 23/05/2025ok so an important thing i really think people on bluesky need to hear about the anti-trans megabill the tl;dr is that you could actually turn the tide of trans rights in america right now but if you don’t act now, then we’re all cooked indefinitely please read on 🧵 1637422744
Reposted by Chelsea DavisDani Daly @danooli.bsky.social · 21/05/2025So this story by @chelsead.bsky.social means a lot to me, and I am very proud of the narration for it. I hope you like it too! 155
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 21/05/2025They’d long since passed the point where road gave way to trail gave way to forest. The Fruits Of, by Chelsea Davis Narrator: Dani Daly Host: Kat Day Audio: Chelsea Davis pseudopod.org/2025/05/20/p... C/W for dementia, suicidal ideation, death of a family memberpseudopod.orgPseudoPod 977: The Fruits OfThey’d long since passed the point where road gave way to trail gave way to forest. Bright green ferns now rose to their knees. Around them, old-growth redwoods loomed forth. It had been like this for... 2116
Reposted by Chelsea Davis𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I love this piece because the dude is clearly completely satisfied with his hairline 482849657
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 01/04/2025The PseudoPod portal is open, you say? Yes! But ONLY FOR stories that have been, or will be, published in anthologies or collections in this year of our lord* 2025. Hold on to your previously unpublished work for now: that door's opening in the summer. [*we'll leave you to decide who that is]media.tenor.coma very ornate wooden door with a fancy handleAlt: An ornate wooden door which opens to reveal a character with a pumpkin head, who beckons a girl to join him. 69352
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 31/03/2025Happiest of birthdays to our audio producer, @chelsead.bsky.social!media.tenor.coma neon glowing skull wearing a party hat blowing a party hornAlt: a neon glowing skull wearing a party hat blowing a party horn 2191
Reposted by Chelsea DavisGareth Southwell @garethsouthwell.bsky.social · 13/03/2025The new OpenAI creative writing bot's "short story" has the phrase "democracy of ghosts". It's the sort of phrase that would make me stop and admire it, if I were reading a human author - which, it turns out, I was, because it's from Nabokov's 1957 novel "Pnin". www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m... 472512648
Reposted by Chelsea DavisKQED Arts & Culture @kqedarts.bsky.social · 20/02/2025In her new book ‘Sky Daddy,’ author Kate Folk explores uncharted territory: It's the gently empathetic fictional story of a Menlo Park tech worker who spends her free time at SFO — because she's sexually attracted to airplanes. The author chats with KQED:kqed.orgAirplanes! Sex! ‘Sky Daddy’ Takes Object Fetishization to New Heights | KQEDA visit at SFO with Kate Folk, author of this year’s No. 1 book for those sexually attracted to planes. 121
Reposted by Chelsea DavisDan Hartland @danhartland.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Another week, another @strangehorizons.bsky.social issue, another Monday review. Good one of an important book, too: @chelsead.bsky.social on Julia Armfield’s Private Rites. This novel has already rightly occasioned much comment, and right before its US publication Chelsea has new things to add.strangehorizons.comPrivate Rites by Julia ArmfieldThere’s a plodding pace to things in Private Rites, and by design. 056
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I reviewed @katefolk.bsky.social 's forthcoming novel, Sky Daddy. For the piece, I also spoke with Folk about the inspiration behind the novel, the banal miracle of air travel, and blackpilled desire. 000
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 27/05/2024“One sunny autumn afternoon a child strayed away from its rude home in a small field and entered a forest unobserved.” Chickamauga, by Ambrose Bierce Narrator: Brian Lieberman Host and audio producer: @chelsead.bsky.social This story first appeared in the San Francisco Examiner, 1889pseudopod.orgPseudoPod 921: ChickamaugaOne 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… 163
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 08/01/2024I wrote a plot for this play-to-die horror RPG & it's finally available in meatspace! Enter The Zone, where your body is changing & it's not going to be ok :) :) thezonerpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preor... 133
Reposted by Chelsea Davisa.a. de levine @aadelevine.bsky.social · 21/12/2023LOVED this observation: 121
Chelsea Davis @chelsead.bsky.social · 21/12/2023I interviewed Anna Biller, one of my favorite living filmmakers (The Love Witch, Viva), about her debut novel. Bluebeard's Castle uses the ancient legend to comment on modern-day violence against women. electricliterature.com/anna-biller-...electricliterature.comAnna Biller on How the Gothic Gives Voice to Women’s Pleasure—and Pain - Electric LiteratureHer novel "Bluebeard's Castle" is a feminist reinvention of the French fairytale in the modern day 242
Reposted by Chelsea DavisPseudoPod 🎙️ @pseudopod.org · 09/11/2023Every year we do everything we can to promote anthologies and collections at PseudoPod. Take a look at our blog post (link below) and be reminded of some of the pieces we’ve already published, and salivate over some of the things we’ve got coming up… pseudopod.org/2023/11/09/a...pseudopod.orgAnthologies and Collections from 2023: BloodlineNovels are all very well, but is there anything more satisfying than a well-crafted short story? We don’t think so, here at PseudoPod towers. A gripping introduction, a compelling narrative and a ha... 02417
