Earlier in the month, The Speculative Scotsman was proud to publish the first installment of Castmonger, a semi-regular podcast review series with a particular focus on aural excellence in the genres of fiction this site means to represent. The Castmonger's debut recommendation was for readers to point their podcatchers of choice towards the Tor.com Story Podcast, a weekly selection of short audio fiction from the vaults of that prolific sci-fi and fantasy publisher.
In the interests of balance, Castmonger - now in its record-breaking second outing - hopes to quell your hunger for that third echelon of speculative entertainment: horror, in convenient downloadable form. Let me introduce you to Pseudopod.
For more than three years, since it spun-off from sister series Escape Pod like the stray tentacles of some Lovecraftian nightmare, Pseudopod has made available short audio fiction for no cost at all - excepting, of course, your immortal soul, but surely that goes without saying. Host Alasdair Stuart introduces each twisted tale, which have run the gamut lately from post-apocalyptic terror to authentic South African intrigue.