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Ocicat
Castle Watchcat
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Anything for a Weird Life
PodCastle Miniature 70: Accompaniment
on:
July 10, 2012, 04:57:32 AM
PodCastle Miniature 70: Accompaniment
by
Keffy R.M. Kehrli
.
Read by
John Meagher
.
Originally published in
10Flash Quarterly
. Read the story online
here
!
“You’re making me crazy,” Jonas said. “Can’t you play the fucking thing any quieter?”
I didn’t speak. I just kept playing the damn guitar while my cracked fingers bled rivulets that clung to the strings and dripped down the lacquered wood. Eventually I did say that I was sorry, that I couldn’t stop, but he’d already gone out for a smoke. He left the shed door cracked open, so the nicotine-laden winter air flooded in and froze my lungs.
Outside, Jonas’ phone trilled. He answered with a sharp, “Yeah?”
Rated R
For Fairies and F-Bombs!
Listen to this week’s PodCastle!
Unblinking
Sir Postsalot
Hipparch
Posts: 8729
Re: PodCastle Miniature 70: Accompaniment
Reply #1 on:
July 10, 2012, 01:42:26 PM
Ah, a new adaptation of the tale of the
red shoes
, an extremely creepy mythology horror story. I think my first exposure to it was a Looney Tunes
"The Wearing of the Green"
where Porky Pig meets a similar fate.
Good stuff. Enjoyable, with the new twist of the man snaring his friend with the guitar music just so that he won't have to die alone.
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Last Edit: October 30, 2012, 01:48:45 PM by Unblinking
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Devoted135
Hipparch
Posts: 1252
Re: PodCastle Miniature 70: Accompaniment
Reply #2 on:
July 18, 2012, 02:51:09 PM
Well, that was horrifying! A fitting punishment for thieves who use magic to pull of their heists, I suppose, but horrifying nonetheless.
John_in_Calgary
Extern
Posts: 15
Re: PodCastle Miniature 70: Accompaniment
Reply #3 on:
September 06, 2012, 09:28:46 PM
I liked this story. It was short enough that it didn't overstay it's welcome or explain to us more of the world then we needed to know. But still packed with juicy elements that you can think about for days after.
ThomasTheAttoney
Palmer
Posts: 27
Re: PodCastle Miniature 70: Accompaniment
Reply #4 on:
September 12, 2012, 03:42:58 PM
Quote from: Unblinking on July 10, 2012, 01:42:26 PM
Good stuff.
Agreed.
Scattercat
Caution:
Hipparch
Posts: 4904
Amateur wordsmith
Re: PodCastle Miniature 70: Accompaniment
Reply #5 on:
September 29, 2012, 01:54:34 AM
Funny and mean and just the right length.
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