Sudapod is made entirely by humans in service of an ancient being wider than time and older than hope.

She's nice. Says hello.

Sudapod. Episode 1021 for March 20th, 2026.

Bad Doors by John Wiswell, narrated by Trondane Sparks, hosted by Scott Campbell, audio by Chelsea Davis.

Hey, everyone, hope you're doing okay.

I'm Scott, Assistant Editor at Sudapod, your host for this week,

and I'm excited to tell you that for this week we have Bad Doors by John Wiswell. Bad Doors was

originally published in an uncanny magazine in 2023. This story was a finalist for the Nubula Award

for Best Short Story. John Wiswell is a disabled writer who lives where New York keeps all its trees.

His fiction has won both the Nebula Award and the Locust Award.

His works have appeared in Tor.com, Uncanny Magazine, the Lavar Burton-Reeds podcast, the No Sleep

Podcast, Diabolical Plots, and the Magazine of Fantasy and Science

Fiction, among other fine venues, and his works have been translated into eight different

languages. It's the third time appearing on Sudapod, following Under the Rubble in 2017,

and The Tenticle and You in 2022. He adores Sudapod and is so glad to be back.

His debut novel, Someone You Can Build a Nest in, was published by Daw Books in spring of 2024,

and it follows a shapeshifting monster who makes the mistake of falling in love with the woman who's hunting her.

You can find out more about John and his works on a substack at

John Wiswell.substack.com.

Your narrator is Tradane Sparks.

Originally born in Texas, Tradane Sparks eventually escaped and wound his way

through a mystical series of jobs in the San Francisco

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