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“Appleseed” by Marisca Pichette
12th January 2026 • The Voice of Dog • Rob MacWolf and guests
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You may have heard this story as a child, but you did not hear all of it. Wolves inhabit more than fairytales and folklore sprouts from real history…

Today’s story is “Appleseed” by Marisca Pichette, who has published more than a hundred short stories and three hundred poems, and whose eco-horror novella, EVERY DARK CLOUD, is out now from Ghost Orchid Press. Find links to all her work on mariscapichette.com. You can find this, alongside other wolf stories, in Spirit of the Wolf from Wolfsinger Publications, proceeds of which go to benefit a wolf sanctuary.

Read for you by Rob MacWolf — werewolf hitchhiker.

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