The Kaidankai is a short fiction podcast featuring strange, supernatural, and dark stories across horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the uncanny. The Kaidankai presents original short stories from experienced and emerging authors that explore the unsettling edges of human experience. These tales can be touching, scary, gruesome, funny, and even heartwarming. From ghostly encounters and supernatural revenge to speculative futures and uncanny moments, the stories span genres while sharing a common atmosphere of mystery and unease. The Kaidankai is narrated with a focus on mood, pacing, and immersion. Whether a story leans toward horror, fantasy, science fiction, or something harder to define, each episode invites listeners to step into a world just slightly off-kilter.
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Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 400 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.
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Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction
Molly's Divergent Blessing by Barry Lewis: Supernatural Western
Sep 9, 202630 min
In “Molly’s Divergent Blessings,” Barry Lewis introduces us to Molly, a fiercely capable woman trying to hold together the ranch she inherited from her father. Feverish, alone, and confronted with an unexpected visitor, Molly must decide whether to trust what she is seeing—or dismiss it as a fever dream. Blending supernatural fiction, Western storytelling, mystery, and folklore, the story explores family, fate, loss, and the possibility that help can sometimes arrive from the most unexpected places. Barry Lewis is the author of The Wyoming Adventure and What’s Dragon You Down. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including HotPoet Equinox, Literature Today, Amethyst Review, Poetry Breakfast, The Writers’ Journal, Grist, and Harrow House Journal. He also has an upcoming short story in Bloomin Onion. The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange. New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe on Spreaker , Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you listen to podcasts. Read the stories at kaidankaistories.com Follow the show: Instagram Facebook Bluesky Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction
We Love You, Miss Raina by Prachi Shah | Horror Story
Sep 2, 202612 min
What happens when a favorite teacher is pushed too far? In “We Love You, Miss Raina,” Prachi Shah takes us into a classroom where a popular teacher's easygoing personality makes her a student favorite—until one student's challenge to her authority changes everything. Blending supernatural horror, dark humor, school horror, and unsettling transformation , this story turns an ordinary classroom into a place where the rules are very different from what the students expect. Author bio: Prachi Shah is a horror writer whose work has appeared in Flash Phantoms , Delhi Poetry Slam, and the Tidbits 'Wishes' Anthology , among others. Her work was longlisted for the 2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, and she is currently working on a horror series for young adults and her Substack, terriblycreative . The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange. New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe on Spreaker , Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you listen to podcasts. Read the stories at kaidankaistories.com Follow the show: Instagram Facebook Bluesky Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction
Ep. 380: The Penciller’s Lament by George Larson | Wendigo Horror Story
Aug 26, 202626 min
What happens when an artist's imagination becomes more powerful than he expected? A freelance comic-book artist has a talent for drawing horror creatures. When he receives an assignment to create a Wendigo for a horror anthology, he dives into the project—and into the folklore surrounding the creature. But the more he brings the Wendigo to life on the page, the more unsettling his own experience becomes.“ The Penciller’s Lament” is a supernatural horror story about artistic obsession, imagination, hunger, and the unsettling boundary between creating a monster and becoming part of its story. George Larson is a retired special agent with the Diplomatic Security service, US Department of State. He's written eight novels (DICK AVERY ADVENTURE STORIES) and twenty-four horror stories. Many of his stories have appeared in print or been podcasted. He holds a BA degree in English. Listen to the Unpleasantville story "Clazie Porter" by Jen Schneider here . Listen to the Unpleasantville story "Charles Stonebridge" by Anne Hansell here . Listen to the Unpleasantville story "Timothy Montgomery" by Robert Pettus here . Sketch by Leonardo da Vinci The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange. New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe on Spreaker , Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you listen to podcasts. Read the stories at kaidankaistories.com Follow the show: Instagram Facebook Bluesky Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction
An Acquisition of Words by Todd Sullivan | Supernatural Horror
Aug 24, 202614 min
In Todd Sullivan’s “An Acquisition of Words,” a writer discovers that inspiration can come at a terrible price. What begins with ambition and the desire to create becomes a supernatural encounter involving creativity, temptation, and a bargain that has terrible consequences. Blending supernatural horror, dark fantasy, and a classic bargain-with-the-devil premise, the story explores the darker side of artistic ambition and the consequences of wanting success badly enough to pay for it. About the author: Todd Sullivan is a writer of speculative fiction whose work explores the darker and stranger corners of human experience. Guest reader Melissa Miles Listen to the Unpleasantville story "Noah Fiindley" by Travis Mushanski here . Listen to the Unpleasantville story "Claire Fiindley" by Travis Mushanski here . Listen to the Unpleasantville story "Marcus Findley" by Travis Mushanski here . The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange. New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe on Spreaker , Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you listen to podcasts. Read the stories at kaidankaistories.com Follow the show: Instagram Facebook Bluesky Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction
Bobby Bumping by Diane Arelle| Pine Barrens Ghost Story & Roadside Horror
Aug 19, 202621 min
A lonely road. Thick morning fog. One horrifying collision. Driving home after an overnight shift, Brett encounters something no driver ever wants to see—a teenager standing in the middle of an empty road. But what begins as a tragic accident soon leads him into one of South Jersey's most disturbing local legends. Perfect for fans of ghost stories, haunted roads, urban legends, and atmospheric supernatural horror. Diane Arrelle, the pen name of South Jersey writer Dina Leacock, has sold more than 400 short stories and has three published books including Just A Drop In The Cup, a collection of short-short stories and Seasons On The Dark Side, her collection of horror stories. She is the editor of the anthologies Crypt Gnats: Horror You’ve Been Itching to Read, WhoDunit, Trees and A Little Fantasy Everywhere. Retired from being director of a municipal senior citizen center, she is now co-owner of Jersey Pines Ink LLC. She resides with her sane husband and her insane cat on the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens (home of the Jersey Devil). https://jerseypines.ink Listen to the Unpleasantville story "Adolph Hitler" by Snigda Agrawal here . Listen to the Unpleasantville story "Peter Heatherington" by James Roderick Burns here . Listen to the Unpleasantville story "Jane Davidson" by Lou Normann here . The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange. New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe on Spreaker , Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you listen to podcasts. Read the stories at kaidankaistories.com Follow the show: Instagram Facebook Bluesky Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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