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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...
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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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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.
Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction
Kaidankai: Ghost, Supernatural, and Dark Short Fiction
Linda GouldEpisodes & Posts
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11 FEB 2026 · A haunting supernatural story in which a woman receives a phone call from herself—warning her about the life she’s about to live.
Blending psychological horror with speculative dread, Torn uses the uncanny device of a doppelgänger to explore a world where the past, present, and future collide. The story asks whether foreknowledge is a gift—or just another form of cruelty.
Melissa Miles is a writer based in Aotearoa/New Zealand and is delighted to return to Kaidankai. Melissa has had numerous short stories published in online magazines, and has featured in a number of print anthologies. She has one children’s book out, Terri the Tiny Dragon, and is currently working on a short story collection and completing a Steam Punk novel. When she’s not writing she’s caring for her menagerie of rescue animals. The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Subscribe on https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction--5024115, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction/id1581361592, https://open.spotify.com/show/3YUwDkBpwHmn1KeZTbBETH, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read the stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow the show:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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4 FEB 2026 · A quiet supernatural story about aging, death, and the unsettling certainty that something always comes after. When a man is interrupted by an unexpected knock, he’s forced to face his mortality.
Told with restraint and dark humor, What Comes Next explores the thin boundary between life and whatever waits beyond it. This is a story about endings--life, relationships, our existence in a world we belong to, and what happens if that world tells us its time to move on. It's about the deeply human desire to remain in a world we know—even when the universe has other plans.
David Corisis is a born-and-raised Idahoan and graduate of Gonzaga University. He lives the exciting life of a programmer by day and aspiring writer by night. When not sharing a keyboard with his cat, David enjoys running, brewing mead, playing Magic the Gathering, camping, and worrying about the ever-marching hand of time stealing everything he holds dear. His favorite books include At the Mountains of Madness, and Flatland. He couldn’t be happier taking on the world and its challenges with his eternally inspirational wife at his side. To find out more, you can visit http://www.dcorisis.com/. The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Subscribe on https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction--5024115, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction/id1581361592, https://open.spotify.com/show/3YUwDkBpwHmn1KeZTbBETH, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read the stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow the show:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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28 JAN 2026 · A first-person supernatural confession about inheriting witchcraft, where fear, taboo, and belonging collide.In That Sound That the Crickets Make, tradition is not comfort—it’s obligation, and refusal has a cost.
This is not a story about monsters from the outside, but about what it means to inherit a world you didn’t choose. Told with brutal honesty and dark humor, it explores witchcraft as culture, survival, and generational obligation—and asks whether tradition must always be obeyed.
Valerie Tendai Chatindo is a biochemistry graduate, writer and communications consultant. She’s a regular contributor for The Kalahari Review, Enthuse Magazine, The Diplomat Zimbabwe and EarGround. Her work has also appeared in Pink Disco Magazine, Creepy Pod, Agbowo, Argyl Literary Magazine, The Afterpast Review, Whisper House Press, Omenana, Efiko Magazine, Writer’s Space, and Literary Yard. Her short story “Sheba,” was shortlisted for the African Cradle African Heroines literary prize, and her pieces were featured in Povo Afrika’s Nehanda Reimagined anthology. Her debut novel Mono: Tales of The Tapa Kingdom is shortlisted for the Iskanchi Book Prize. The twenty-nine-year-old resides in Harare, Zimbabwe with her cat, Muffins. She runs her own Literary Platform, Shumba Literary Magazine.
You can read "That Sound That The Crickets Make" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Illustration by Aubrey Beardsley The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Subscribe on https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction--5024115, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction/id1581361592, https://open.spotify.com/show/3YUwDkBpwHmn1KeZTbBETH, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read the stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow the show:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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21 JAN 2026 · A powerful retelling of the legend of La Loca, where betrayal, hypocrisy, and supernatural vengeance collide. A mythic tale of feral justice and reckoning.
In this haunting story, justice is not delivered by courts or institutions, but by something older and wilder. La Loca is no innocent, but neither is she deserving of her fate. What follows is a reminder that some legends endure because they speak truths society would rather ignore.
Robert Walton is a retired middle school teacher, rock climber and mountaineer with ascents in Yosemite and Pinnacles National Park. Walton is an experienced writer. His novel Dawn Drums won the 2014 New Mexico Book Awards Tony Hillerman Prize for best fiction. His novella “Vienna Station” won the Galaxy contest in 2011and was subsequently published by Rosetta Books. Most recently, his story “Suka Blat” was included in Alternative Truths, an anthology of protest literature.
You can read "La Loca" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Subscribe on https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction--5024115, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction/id1581361592, https://open.spotify.com/show/3YUwDkBpwHmn1KeZTbBETH, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read the stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow the show:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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14 JAN 2026 · A retired sailor’s fond memories of a ship’s cat take on a chilling afterlife.
In “Polydactyl Aboard,” a retired sailor recalls his years at sea and the extraordinary ship’s cat whose talents went far beyond catching rats. The bond between sailor and animal becomes something deeper after death.
Set against the rhythms of life aboard ship, the story explores loyalty, instinct, and the quiet persistence of the past.
Thomas Koperwas is a retired teacher living in Windsor, Ontario, Canada who writes short stories of horror, crime, fantasy, and science fiction. His story Vacation won a Freedom Fiction Journal Top Crime Editor's Choice Award 2024. His work has appeared, or is forthcoming in: Anotherealm; Jakob’s Horror Box; Literally Stories; The Literary Hatchet; Literary Veganism; Bright Flash Literary Review; Bombfire; Pulp Modern Flash; Savage Planets; Dark Fire Fiction; The Sirens Call; Yellow Mama Webzine; 96th of October; Underside Stories; Danse Macabre; A Thin Slice Of Anxiety; Androids and Dragons; Chewers & Masticadores Canada; The Piker Press; etc..
You can read "Polydactyl Aboard" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Subscribe on https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction--5024115, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction/id1581361592, https://open.spotify.com/show/3YUwDkBpwHmn1KeZTbBETH, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read the stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow the show:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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7 JAN 2026 · A quiet man’s passion for rare books draws him into an exclusive invitation—one that reveals an old literary grievance demanding a very personal and terrifying form of justice.
Nick Young is a retired award-winning CBS News Correspondent. His writing has appeared in more than thirty publications including the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, The Garfield Lake Review, Backchannels Journal, the San Antonio Review, the Bosphorus Review of Books, The Best of CaféLit 11 and Vols. I and II of the Writer Shed Stories anthologies. He lives outside Chicago.
You can read "Redress" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Website:https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Please feel free to contact me through the website contact form.
Follow us on:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
https://substack.com/@kaidankai?utm_source=user-menu The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Subscribe on https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction--5024115, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction/id1581361592, https://open.spotify.com/show/3YUwDkBpwHmn1KeZTbBETH, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read the stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow the show:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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24 DEC 2025 · The annual alternative Charles Dickens story to A Christmas Carol.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Linda The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Subscribe on https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction--5024115, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction/id1581361592, https://open.spotify.com/show/3YUwDkBpwHmn1KeZTbBETH, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read the stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow the show:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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17 DEC 2025 · A drifter joins a strange sheriff’s posse, only to discover he’s part of a ghost-hunting ritual—and far closer to the dead than he ever realized.
This story appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of SPOOKY Magazine.
Chad Gayle’s short speculative fiction has appeared in DreamForge Magazine, Inner Worlds, and Cosmic Horror Monthly.
You can read "Dead Man's Posse" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Website:https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Please feel free to contact me through the website contact form.
Follow us on:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
https://substack.com/@kaidankai?utm_source=user-menu The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Subscribe on https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction--5024115, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction/id1581361592, https://open.spotify.com/show/3YUwDkBpwHmn1KeZTbBETH, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read the stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow the show:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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10 DEC 2025 · Two brothers flee through frozen fells from an unearthly pursuit, only to discover a city that chooses who may enter and who must be lost.
Bio: Daniel Stride has a lifelong love of literature in general, and speculative fiction in particular. He writes both short stories and poetry; his stories have appeared in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Tales to Terrify Podcast, and Eternal Haunted Summer. His first novel, Wise Phuul, was published in 2016 by a small UK press, Inspired Quill. A sequel, Old Phuul, is due out in the near future. He likes chocolate and cats, and can be found blogging about the works of Tolkien (among other things) at https://phuulishfellow.wordpress.com/. Daniel lives in Dunedin, New Zealand.
You can read "Fleeing To The Dawn" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Website:https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Please feel free to contact me through the website contact form.
Follow us on:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
https://substack.com/@kaidankai?utm_source=user-menu The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Subscribe on https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction--5024115, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction/id1581361592, https://open.spotify.com/show/3YUwDkBpwHmn1KeZTbBETH, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read the stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow the show:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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3 DEC 2025 · A celebrated self-help guru meets a follower whose “infinite patience” twisted his teachings into something dark.
Rick McQuiston is a 57-year-old horror fanatic with over 400 publications, including three novels. A new novel is due for publication in 2026. McQuiston spends his time working on new full-length and short stories.
You can read "The Patience Factor" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Website:https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Please feel free to contact me through the website contact form.
Follow us on:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
https://substack.com/@kaidankai?utm_source=user-menu The Kaidankai Podcast features original short fiction exploring horror, fantasy, science fiction, and the strange.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Subscribe on https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction--5024115, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kaidankai-ghost-supernatural-and-dark-short-fiction/id1581361592, https://open.spotify.com/show/3YUwDkBpwHmn1KeZTbBETH, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Read the stories at https://www.kaidankaistories.com
Follow the show:
https://www.instagram.com/kaidankaisupernaturalstories/
https://www.facebook.com/kaidankai100
https://ghoststorylover.bsky.social
Have a story you'd like us to read? Send submissions to kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com.
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...
show more
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.
show less
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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| Author | Linda Gould |
| Organization | Linda Gould |
| Categories | Fiction , Arts , Drama |
| Website | www.kaidankaistories.com |
| kaidankai100ghoststories@gmail.com |
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