THE GHOST MODERNIST
Episodes
FEAR BEGINS HERE
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WELCOME TO THE GHOST MODERNIST.This is serialized horror fiction podcast, with every episode building upon the one before. Each season is novel length...
The Baroness (Chapter Twenty-One)
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Twenty-One: "The lido deck was filling up again, with once eager vacationers milling around the deck. Coming down from the bridge, Chad S...
The Baroness (Chapter Twenty)
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Twenty: "But now, hearing his shoes splashing across the Lido deck of the Baroness, and the footsteps of those pursuing him, Chad felt th...
The Baroness (Chapter Nineteen)
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Nineteen: "Wives had poisoned husbands, husbands smothering or strangling their wives. Drunken friends got into fist fights, breaking nos...
The Baroness (Chapter Eighteen)
21 Sep 2022
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Chapter Eighteen: "On the lido deck, the knuckles on Donnie’s Fredericks left hand were stark white as he throttled the railing. He clutched th...
The Baroness (Chapter Seventeen)
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Seventeen: "Teresa watched her husband pull the pistol out from his waistband, and hover it above Austin’s face. Marie’s attention sh...
The Baroness (Chapter Sixteen)
07 Sep 2022
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Chapter Sixteen: "Marie heard it as she stood up. A tapping. Soft, rhythmic, like morse code. Something intentional. The woman clutched the cart’...
The Baroness (Chapter Fifteen)
24 Aug 2022
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Chapter Fifteen: "When the intercom cut out, the only sound was heavy rain pattering the waves and the soft whistle of wind through the sliding g...
The Baroness (Chapter Fourteen)
16 Aug 2022
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Chapter Fourteen: "None of the group had said a word until they were safely behind the long glass counter. Teresa eased herself down to the carpe...
The Baroness (Chapter Thirteen)
04 Aug 2022
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Chapter Thirteen: "When they had reached the waterfall, they heard gunshots. The first sounded like a firecracker, then two more. Screams. Glass ...
The Baroness (Chapter Twelve)
28 Jul 2022
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Chapter Twelve: "Just under a foot tall, the stone sculpture was washed in a sickly green shade like oxidized copper. The passage of time, of bei...
The Baroness (Chapter Eleven)
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Eleven: "Oh, I’m just fooling about,” Donnie said. “Forgive me, I don’t want to take up much of your time, but alas, this needs t...
The Baroness (Chapter Ten)
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Ten: "In that moment, Chad realized how profoundly little he knew about his and his wife’s safety aboard the ship. How little most peop...
The Baroness (Chapter Nine)
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Nine: "The State of Wisconsin, especially in brutal winter months, felt like living on the moon. Not known for its mountain ranges, the a...
The Baroness (Chapter Eight)
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Eight: "During his many years of civilian medicine, especially in the emergency room, he saw the aftermath of car accidents and the slow ...
The Baroness (Chapter Seven)
29 Mar 2022
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Chapter Seven: "The Baroness had begun her journey.They were underway.Maybe it was this subtle rumble that woke her, pinioning from beam to girde...
The Baroness (Chapter Six)
22 Mar 2022
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Chapter Six: "After the rush died down, and most of the cordoned off tables had been populated, a woman came hurrying through the main entry door...
The Baroness (Chapter Five)
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Five: "While Austin felt stuck, imprisoned by the secret conversation, yet his body was moving. Like muscle memory, or a subconscious nee...
The Baroness (Chapter Four)
08 Mar 2022
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Chapter Four: "The idea of a curse is nothing new. The covered bridge or the condemned barn, doors falling from the hinges, on the outskirts of y...
The Baroness (Chapter Three)
01 Mar 2022
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Chapter Three: "This wasn’t the couple’s first cruise, and they were passed the point of being awed by the sheer enormity of the floating cit...
The Baroness (Chapter Two)
22 Feb 2022
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Chapter Two: "Celebration Vacations obviously kept whatever information it had confidential, as they didn’t want to metaphorically sink their m...
The Baroness (Chapter One)
15 Feb 2022
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Chapter One: "Now, here they were, about to board Celebration Vacations’ flagship, The Baroness of the Open Waters, taking a one-off reposition...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 27)
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Twenty-Seven: "This was the woman Denny had married, had misquoted song lyrics to on a beach in Florida. The woman he’d spent twelve ho...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 26)
24 Dec 2020
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Chapter Twenty-Six: "After centuries of watching humans bumble around, fearing and fighting against their eventual demise, the entity had begun r...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 25)
24 Dec 2020
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Chapter Twenty-Five: "Everyone, it seemed, was iced over, stuck in place, waiting for someone else to make the first move, to cause the last crac...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 24)
22 Dec 2020
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Chapter Twenty-Four: "The low murmur of harmonizing voices drew Denny into consciousness. His head throbbed, a dull ache emanating from the spot ...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 23)
22 Dec 2020
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Chapter Twenty-Three: "Despite the rain pounding the windows and roof, the house suddenly felt full of life. Pulsing with hope. Kate awoke with a...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 22)
17 Dec 2020
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Chapter Twenty-Two: "Before he slid he key into the lock, Denny could feel that something had changed. He’d only been gone for an hour. Two, ma...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 21)
10 Dec 2020
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Chapter Twenty-One: "Getting out isn’t always as simple as we would like it to be. There are plenty of reasons why the “perfect place” migh...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 20)
24 Nov 2020
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Chapter Twenty: "If you’ve been following this story, and clicked into this episode, you’ll notice how much shorter the duration is. Most cha...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 19)
24 Nov 2020
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Chapter Nineteen: "Often, the problems in relationships are systemic, they fester and spread, infecting all decisions and forged memories. One wa...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 18)
19 Nov 2020
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Chapter Eighteen: "Most of the time, when we lose items of value, we panic. We imagine scenarios where undesirables are flipping through the phot...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 17)
12 Nov 2020
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Chapter Seventeen: "Without the safety of a group, we are, in essence, forced to contemplate our mortality alone. In doing so, we have to explore...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 16)
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Sixteen: "“I tried just laying there with my eyes closed. Even counted sheep for awhile. Can you believe that? Just pictured them hoppi...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 15)
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Fifteen: "What else can push a friendship to the breaking point? What else, beyond matters of sex and property, can snap that bond?How ab...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 14)
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter Thirteen: "...most of what we think is a haunting, is just frustration. Nine times out of ten, what we perceive as malicious supernatural...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 13)
15 Oct 2020
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Chapter Thirteen: "We search. As humans, it is in our nature to seek answers, to formulate explanations to our greatest mysteries. Moreover, we w...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 12)
08 Oct 2020
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Chapter Twelve: "What happens when old friends stir up the very thing you’ve been shying away from? Your safety net becomes the trap door. Your...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 11)
01 Oct 2020
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Chapter Eleven: "The ghost slid down the hallway, pulling energy and shadow along behind. With unshod feet, steps barely a whisper, the shape jit...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 10)
23 Sep 2020
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Chapter Ten: "An obituary is like Hemingway’s iceberg. Only ten percent is visible on paper, just like what was visible to most of the people w...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 9)
19 Sep 2020
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Chapter Nine: "Getting to know the neighbors doesn’t seem to be the priority it once was. What if, we no longer rush out to make friends with t...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 8)
14 Sep 2020
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Chapter Eight: "How often do we see a man, trying to convince the woman that he feels something, that, yes, it might sound crazy, but he believes...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 7)
07 Sep 2020
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Chapter Seven: "The decision to buy a car, or where to school your children, these can be taxing decisions for a couple, but to decide, together,...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 6)
02 Sep 2020
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Chapter Six: "Next time you find yourself alone in a basement, and your skin begins to crawl, your stomach sinks, and you want to run from what y...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 5)
28 Aug 2020
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Chapter Five: "Silence is scarce, and the homeowners feel like they are never alone. And someone wants them to come down to the basement."Re...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 4)
21 Aug 2020
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Chapter Four: "Tensions build and secrets are revealed. There are too many voices in the house, and not all of them are human."Remember, the...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 3)
14 Aug 2020
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Chapter Three: "An uninvited guest has invaded the Coleman's backyard, while the sensation of being watched grows."(NEW RECORDING)Remem...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 2)
05 Aug 2020
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Chapter Two: "Flashback to the first tour of their home, and signs that might make the whole situation too good to be true."Remember, there ...
The House Unsettling (Chapter 1)
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chapter One: "With new houseguests crowding her, Kate Coleman begins to see things in darker corners of her home. Things she can't understan...