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Title: PC524: Shine like the Sea’s Deepest Secrets
Post by: Ocicat on May 31, 2018, 05:21:56 PM

PodCastle 524: Shine like the Sea’s Deepest Secrets (http://podcastle.org/2018/05/29/podcastle-524-shine-like-the-seas-deepest-secrets/)

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Rated R for blood, guts, and monstrous appetites.

Originally published in Flame Tree’s gothic fantasy anthology Pirates & Ghosts: Short Stories (https://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Ghosts-Stories-Gothic-Fantasy/dp/1786645564).

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Title: Re: PC524: Shine like the Sea’s Deepest Secrets
Post by: spidervet on June 05, 2018, 07:22:48 PM

I'm surprised this story hasn't gotten more comments. I loved the language and the twist ending. Would love more from this author.

Title: Re: PC524: Shine like the Sea’s Deepest Secrets
Post by: Katzentatzen on June 20, 2018, 10:43:48 PM

Happy for more queer romances, even doomed ones. I loved the writing style, even though it was hard to follow aurally. Thanks again for including a text version for those of us who enjoy multiple mediums!

Title: Re: PC524: Shine like the Sea’s Deepest Secrets
Post by: Ichneumon on September 06, 2018, 07:46:42 PM

I think the ghost was a very unreliable narrator. She didn't care anything about right or wrong, only her own feelings. As a pirate, I wouldn't be surprised if her Captain had done terrible things to earn her end.
I liked the underwater creatures and interactions between them. Beautiful and mysterious. The mermaids could be thought of as dealers of mercy for the doomed sailors. Is dying under a spell that brings you ecstasy and a quick death really worse than dying from exposure and dehydration on the ruined ship?