Come walk the road (or unsettling staircase leading down into the earth) less traveled this week on the Drabblecast, as we present author Rory Say’s story “The Bridge.” Enjoy!
Episode Art by Bo Kaier
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The Quantum Doctor is in! …on this week’s Drabblecast. We bring you “Fatal Conditions,” by Chris Campbell. Read by Onicia D Mueller.
Want to find more of this episode’s author Chris Campbell’s work? Find them on Bluesky : https://bsky.app/profile/chriscampbell.bsky.social or on their website: https://www.clundycampbell.com
Like many good stories, Chris Campbell’s (he/him) starts with a wrong turn, but after a few dark years working for a major multinational he was lucky enough to emerge with his soul mostly intact and a chance to do a little good as an activist and political consultant.
While best known for his work in campaign finance reform Chris is most proud of the work he has done getting BIPOC leaders elected to office. Chris credits the world of politics- full of strong personalities thrown together in the chaos of unending battle- for inspiring his appreciation of the powerful intersections between society and storytelling.
Chris writes Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Historical fiction.
The voice in this episode comes from the award-winning Caribbean comedian, Onicia Muller who regrets leaving sunny St. Maarten for windy Chicago. Her weekly humor column, Just Being Funny is chicken soup for the naive skeptic’s soul. She gave up crime reporting to write silly thoughts for American Greetings, The Daily Herald, Hello Giggles, TODAY.com, HuffPost, and others. Past comedy showcases: the kates, Mother Cluckers Comedy, the Lincoln Lodge, the Annoyance Theater, and Louder Than a Mom. Join her newsletter for funny stories and stand-up comedy at oniciamuller.com
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Silosibyn Sandalhemp (Cryptkeeper Norm) returns to host the Drabblecast Hallowellness Special, and the Drabblecast presents a production of Thomas Ha’s creepy short story, “Window Boy.”
This story originally appeared in Clarkesworld.
Did you know Norm is working on an album? More details here.
Thomas Ha is a Nebula, Ignyte, Locus, and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated writer of speculative short fiction. You can find his work in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Weird Horror Magazine, among other publications. His work has also appeared in The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy and The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. His debut short story collection, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, is available for preorder and will be released by Undertow Publications in September 2025. Thomas grew up in Honolulu and, after a decade plus of living in the northeast, now resides in Los Angeles with his family. Find Thomas (he/him) here. Bluesky: @thomasha.bsky.social https://www.thomashawrites.com
The Creative Mercenary Originator of Electronic Imagery known as Umbra Ludus is a self-taught artist focusing on dark, dramatic, bold and colourful designs by exploiting 3D mediums in a traditional semi-impressionistic staging or just a pixel jockey who hides that can’t paint under layers of digital masturbation. Bluesky – @umbra-ludus.bsky.social X – @joel_bisaillon https://www.instagram.com/umbraludus
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Narrator: Norm Sherman
Norm Sherman’s latest CD, “The Instruction Book”
Author: J. M. J. Brewer
J. M. J. Brewer (he/him) is a staunch supporter of nature conservation. You can find more of his fiction at jmjbrewer.com.
Episode Artist: Bo Kaier
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We can, as well. Create. Respect. His. Might.
This story originally appeared in Clarkesworld.
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Norm Sherman’s latest CD, “The Instruction Book”
Thomas Ha is a Nebula, Ignyte, Locus, and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated writer of speculative short fiction. You can find his work in Clarkesworld, Lightspeed Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and Weird Horror Magazine, among other publications. His work has also appeared in The Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy and The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. His debut short story collection, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories, is available for preorder and will be released by Undertow Publications in September 2025. Thomas grew up in Honolulu and, after a decade plus of living in the northeast, now resides in Los Angeles with his family. Find Thomas (he/him) here. Bluesky: @thomasha.bsky.social
Samir Sirk Morató is a scientist, artist, and flesh heap. Some of their published and forthcoming writing can be found in ergot., Cosmic Horror Monthly, NIGHTMARE, and khōréō; their visual art can be found in Flash Fiction Online, body fluids magazine, and The Skull & Laurel. They are on Bluesky and Instagram @spicycloaca.
Kristin Holland (he/him) is Host, Creator, Producer and Humble Narrator at Nocturnal Transmissions Podcast. Kristin is a Tasmanian born, now ‘mainland’ residing, Australian. With a background in education and visual art, he decided to embrace a ‘Renaissance man’ approach to his working life and has subsequently worked as a professional musician, stage and screen actor and voice over artist. He has appeared on the small screen in Neighbours, Rush, The Pacific, Nightmares & Dreamscapes and City Homicide and on the large screen in Australian feature film ‘The Sunset Six’. Find him here.
Would you like some mounds of meat? Come look at our Patreon. We have ad-free episodes and bonus content to sate your curious mind.
We have a discord as well if you want to smear some brown and black with your own weird fingers and sizzle some of that meat on out fire.
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Listen to the Diggerman, the crooked music in his steps, the muddled drumbeat in his cusses. He can’t walk straight or talk straight. All those years of digging left him bent.
A story of change and renewel and supernatural bears on this week’s Drabblecast! We bring you “The Bleeding Tree,”by Joe Koch. Also, Norm announcies The Strangies awards! Go here to learn more and vote for your favorite stories of 2023 and 2024:
Norm Sherman’s latest CD, “The Instruction Book”
Joe Koch writes literary horror and surrealist trash. Their books include The Wingspan of Severed Hands, Convulsive, Invaginies, and The Couvade, a 2019 Shirley Jackson Award finalist. His short work appears in Nightmare Magazine, Vastarien, Southwest Review, PseudoPod, The Mad Butterfly’s Ball, and many others. Find Joe (he/they) at horrorsong.blog. Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/horrorsong.blog Twitter: @horrorsong
Łukasz Godlewski is a comic book creator from Gdańsk – Poland. He is an author of Painter, his first big graphic novel which is a tribute to Lovecraft and other classic weird fiction authors. Currently he is about to publish his new horror comic book – Black Heart. Story combines modern horror and the ancient history of India. Facebook: @godlewskiart Instagram: @godlewski_art
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We have a discord as well so you could compare notes with our aspiring Small Emmas looking to hone their dissection skills.
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At last! Another touching dog story on the Drabblecast! This week we bring you an original by H. Robert Barland. Enjoy!
H. Robert Barland is a teacher, Viking re-enactor and black belt martial artist. A former climber, film extra, and resident of the UK, he has now returned to Newcastle, Australia where he lives with his wife and two boys. His work has been published in Etherea and Nightmare Fuel magazines and also in the Wicked Flashes of Fantasy and Written into the Wind anthologies. He considers himself well adapted for life on land and can be followed on X ( @hrobertbarland) and Instagram (@h.robertbarland).”
Episode Art: Ben Mueller
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In a little pastel house, a seer and a psychopomp have questions. This week on Drabblecast– something’s fishy in a curious small town. We bring you a paranormal murder-mystery by
Cormack Baldwin & EV Smith. Enjoy!
Cormack Baldwin (he/him) and EV Smith (he/she/they) are a daring duo of authors and editors. Together, they run Archive of the Odd, a found fiction press. Apart, they have done such jobs as “working in an abandoned lighthouse grinding up fish to feed to other fish” and “succumbing to madness among impossible maps” (no, really!). They went to the coast recently. It was nice. You should see it.
Episode Art: Shane Bevin
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This week on the Drabblecast, we bring you a dark ancient tale from a distant lost land called “The Black Waters of Lethe,” by Oliver Buckram.
Also, exciting news! Norm is launching a new Kickstarter for his 3rd album, “The Instruction Book.”
And how!
Follow the upcoming campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drabblecast/the-instruction-book
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The Drabblecast hits the lanes this week with original story, “Cosmic Bowling” by Mike James Davis. Cover art by Shane Bevin!
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The Drabblecast wraps up 2023 with a Drabbleganza, followed by a story about tough decisions and leaving things behind– a Drabblecast original by Em Liu, called “Snow.” Happy New Year!
Cover art by Bo Kaier
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The Drabblecast Weird West Event closes out this week with another original story– this time with epic train shoot-outs, centaurs, and manifest destiny! We bring you, “That Bloody Frontier” by Sasha Brown.
Cover art by Tristan Tolhurst
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The Drabblecast Weird Wild West continues, with “The Alamo” by Cedrick May.
Cover art by Tristan Tolhurst
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A merry hanging and a game of jacks, this week on the Drabblecast!
This week on the Drabblecast– mutant hillbillies! 
The Drabblecast brings you an original tale of interspecies aid.
#Hivelife this week on the Drabblecast!
The Drabblecast takes you on an expedition you’re gonna have to see with your own eyes to believe!