Soodapod is extruded into this universe from a dimension of purest fear.

It's beautiful in its own alien way, but what's to come will unsettle you.

Soodapod Episode 829 for September 23rd, 2022.

We've all gone to the magic show by Todd Keesling.

I'm Alex, co-editor of Soodapod, your host this week.

Audio production is courtesy of Marty Perrett.

Our author this week is Todd Keesling.

Todd is the author of Devil's Creek, a 2020 Brainstoker award nominee for Superior

Achievement in a Novel, along with scan lines, the final reconciliation, and ugly little

things collected horrors among many shorter works.

He also dabbles in graphic design under the moniker of Dullington Design Company and

was the recipient of This Is Horror Awards for cover art of the year for his cover design

of arterial bloom, edited by Mercedes M. Yardley and published by Crystal Lake Publishing.

A former Kentucky resident, Keesling now lives somewhere in the wilds of Pennsylvania with

his family where he is at work on his next novel.

We've all gone to the magic show, was originally published in Vastarian Volume 3 issue 1 by

Grim'scribe Press.

Our narrator this week is the incomparable John Pageant.

John is a professional, though lapsed, ventriloquist who lives in New Orleans with his spouse,

their daughter, and a rescue dog in cat.

He is the editor-in-chief of Vastarian, a literary journal, a source of critical study and

creative response to the works of Thomas Lagatti, as well as associated authors and ideas.

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